dana micael
jordan.

i’m the girl who loves golf, travel, and all the snacks. this site is the personal side of my life where i can write as i feel it: the places i go, the phases i’m in, and the small things in between.

the work side, quickly: i’ve spent over 10 years in digital marketing, mostly deep in SEM - it’s the corner of the internet i know best. somewhere in there i started a candle brand, Brilliant, but Scary - half creative outlet, half crash course in building something from nothing and selling it. and because one candle venture apparently wasn’t enough, i’m now building WickMetrics, a SaaS platform for candle business management.

and then there’s doug - my person, who i happened to meet on a golf course in wisconsin. he does his own thing over at mrdoug.com, but together we run Faded Vibes, selling graphic tees we find from all over, and we take on consulting work as a pair (if you ever need an exec + marketer duo, we got you). i like making things and figuring out how they work. that’s pretty much everything i do. if you can’t find us behind a computer or bingeing a show together, we may be on the golf course...

my life has shifted over the last year or two in ways i didn’t see coming. i never thought i’d enjoy WFH every day, have my own business, or shoot a round of golf under 90 (tho i have big goals, lol). yet here i am, doing more than i ever expected.

i started this site to get back to writing, something i’ve slowly drifted away from over the years. xanga was my first blog, and the outlet it provided probably saved those few years of my life. my interests come and go, but having a creative outlet has always been an underlying need of mine. this blog won’t be polished or consistent, but that’s kind of the point - i just want a place to feel creative again.

— dmj

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