End of 2019 already! Whew! Where the fuck did last year go!?! Feels like it flew by. Faster than any year that I’ve previously experienced by a long shot. Right now I’m sitting in Rio de Janeiro, the same place I was last year at this time. I was here, stayed, left, and now returned … Continue reading Looking back to look forward 2019>2020
The best moments of my life are rarely captured on camera
A few weeks ago I went to a highline festival. On day 1 I gave my camera to someone and told them to take some pictures of me while I was on the line. Naturally, I wanted to get the picture/video of the experience. It was great to view afterwards. I learned a lot about … Continue reading The best moments of my life are rarely captured on camera
Wait for the chemicals to hit
I’ve recently gotten into the sport of highlining. If you’re not familiar with what that is, it’s when you tie a line in between two points on a mountain and walk in between. If you fall, you are attached to a chord that catches you, and then you climb back up. It looks like this…. … Continue reading Wait for the chemicals to hit
Fall back on flow
When I’m feeling off, when I’m feeling like I’m not myself, when my energy feels anything other that how I would love to feel… I fall back on my flow - I fall back on the activities that bring joy and fulfilment. The activities that I enjoy doing just for the sake of doing. Last … Continue reading Fall back on flow
Whiteknuckling vs Autotelic
There’s a lot to be said for work ethic. Discipline. Being regimented and methodical. Being able to force yourself to to do the things that you don’t want to do because you know that they are good for you. As Jocko Willinck says, “discipline = freedom". I’m a big believer in this. I believe that … Continue reading Whiteknuckling vs Autotelic
The Journey is the Destination
I recently finished the final book of Steven King’s epic Magnum Opus, “The Dark Tower”. A phenomenal epic journey of Roland the Gunslinger and his troupe of comrades and how they overcome the impossible to fight evil and reach the tower. I loved it. Shortly before the very end of the final book, the part … Continue reading The Journey is the Destination
Why I love the rain – and why you should too!
A few months ago I moved to Florianopolis, Brazil. A place touted for it's beaches and nature and good weather…however, it's been raining probably about 70% of the time I've been here. But I'm not here to complain…I love it! Don’t get me wrong, I’m a beach and sun kinda guy. I can only deal … Continue reading Why I love the rain – and why you should too!
The low hanging fruits of frustration
The other day the internet went down at the co working space that I work at. At the time, I allowed it to piss me off. I was mid flow in a great call and the internet went down and it threw everything off. It’s a perfectly justified reason to get pissed off and angry. … Continue reading The low hanging fruits of frustration
The World We Can’t See
"The ordinary everyday consciousness that we have leaves out MORE than it takes in. And because of this it leaves out things that are terribly important. It leaves out things that would, if we did know them, allay our anxieties and fears and horrors. And If we could extend our awareness to include those things … Continue reading The World We Can’t See
Closing out 2019 and emptying the mind
For the last few weeks I’ve fallen back into a habit that I genuinely like in my writing practice - writing without releasing. For so much of this year I had a consistent stream of content because I was good at batch producing content. I would write 8-12 blog posts, schedule them out in advance … Continue reading Closing out 2019 and emptying the mind