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Stoicism

The Art Of Just Being

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“We were born into a world in which things were ready to our hands. It is we who have made everything difficult to come by through our disdain for what is easily come by.” Seneca It was my 15th day of living in the wild. We had just finished learning how to process animals and [...Read the rest of the article →]

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The Art of Serenity: Finding Solitude In A Busy World

(This article was written in October, during the solo portion of my trip. I lived in the Utah desert for 28 days, with no backpack, tent, sleeping bag, or technology) “But nothing will help quite so much as just keeping quiet, talking with other people as little as possible, with yourself as much as possible.” [...Read the rest of the article →]

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Stoicism 101: A quick guide to the philosophy (Win a Free Book!)

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And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship – be it JC or Allah…or some infrangible set of ethical principles – is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. -David Foster Wallace For 28 days in October, I lived in the wilderness of the [...Read the rest of the article →]

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The Sweetness Of Adversity

I hadn’t eaten in four days. It was the first week of my 28 day survival course when I started to ask myself what I was doing in the Utah backcountry. I’d never experienced such intense hunger: no food whatsoever, couples with 12-15 mile daily hikes. Today was one of the toughest: we had battled [...Read the rest of the article →]

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October News: I’m going to try and survive in a Utah desert

UPDATE: I’m back and alive. Here are the photos of my 28 days in the wild!!!   It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. I’ve been working on several secret projects, and getting ready to launch them in the Fall. But for the next month, I’m moving into a desert. What? That’s right…for 28 [...Read the rest of the article →]

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