Essays on men's work, initiation and coming back to yourself. New writing goes out through The Letters.https://ishhasan.com/enish@ishhasan.com (Ish Hasan)ish@ishhasan.com (Ish Hasan)https://ishhasan.com/writings/letter-from-terminal-m-round-2/https://ishhasan.com/writings/letter-from-terminal-m-round-2/Exactly two years and 31 letters ago, I sent you a note from Vancouver International Airport as I was heading to Peru (You can read that letter here ).Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/the-one-thing-you-need/https://ishhasan.com/writings/the-one-thing-you-need/One thing I've come to innerstand is my ability to embrace change. While it's never easy, I've gotten to experience first hand that on the other side of fear…Mon, 11 Dec 2023 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/steven-and-i/https://ishhasan.com/writings/steven-and-i/I know a man. He lives in the forest. How he got there, or how long he’s lived there, no one knows. He doesn’t speak.Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyTravelhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/letter-from-terminal-m/https://ishhasan.com/writings/letter-from-terminal-m/I'm sitting in Terminal M, Vancouver International. In a few minutes, for the first time in 20 years, I'll be on a plane departing North America.Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/chronicle-in-the-day-of-neurosis/https://ishhasan.com/writings/chronicle-in-the-day-of-neurosis/The humour of the monkey that’s our mind doing its thing. The humour seems more palpable when I’m not engaging with it.Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/the-wild-and-the-quiet/https://ishhasan.com/writings/the-wild-and-the-quiet/If you have known me for a while, you know that I am a pacifist. I abhor getting into arguments and am not fond of fights.Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/life-lessons-in-the-canadian-wilderness/https://ishhasan.com/writings/life-lessons-in-the-canadian-wilderness/I went camping in the backcountry last week with two friends. On the second day, I decided to go off on my own.Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/memoir/https://ishhasan.com/writings/memoir/Context: I have been thinking of writing a book about some of my past and how I've come to be who I am. This is a start towards that. Enjoy.Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/memoir-ii/https://ishhasan.com/writings/memoir-ii/This is a continuation of my hypothetical autobiography. Continued Development At this point, the option was to: Go back home and start over Stay here and…Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/mountaineering/https://ishhasan.com/writings/mountaineering/The idea of fear is that it’s telling us something. And it’s up to us to decide if that something is worth listening to, or is it worth working through.Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/persistence/https://ishhasan.com/writings/persistence/I have spent almost a decade of my life pursuing knowledge, mentors, and any help, in any form, that I can get.Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/struck-by-your-awe/https://ishhasan.com/writings/struck-by-your-awe/I haven't written for a while. It's not because I haven't had much to write about. Quite the contrary, in fact.Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/surviving-child/https://ishhasan.com/writings/surviving-child/Why should we lose the child, the one that questions everything, says the most random things at the most inopportune times, and has no limits for…Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/identity/https://ishhasan.com/writings/identity/"I was born in a small country next to India , but grew up in England and Australia for most of my life before coming to America, which is why I have a funny…Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/minimalism/https://ishhasan.com/writings/minimalism/Minimalism is not just about owning less. It is about not collecting just for the sake of collecting. It is about creating an outer expanse through less…Fri, 25 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/failure/https://ishhasan.com/writings/failure/“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/alone/https://ishhasan.com/writings/alone/“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our…Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/impermanence/https://ishhasan.com/writings/impermanence/Knowing that impermanence is the only permanent concept in this world isn't enough. We have to take that step further, and that action requires not craving…Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/hello-world/https://ishhasan.com/writings/hello-world/These are the first words we're taught at school, especially in Computer Science. It's always felt like a way to signify one's arrival in this world that's…Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/rules-to-cultivate-a-life-worth-loving/https://ishhasan.com/writings/rules-to-cultivate-a-life-worth-loving/In no particular order: Grow your hair out, at least once in your life Fall in love, over and over again, so you know how it feels to live life in love.Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/failing-and-trying-again/https://ishhasan.com/writings/failing-and-trying-again/I have spent the last half-decade of my life pursuing knowledge, mentors, and any help, in any form, that I can get.Mon, 06 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/here-we-are/https://ishhasan.com/writings/here-we-are/Has it been a while, old friend? You have to forgive me for this lull, because you see, we have been on a journey, her and I.Thu, 16 May 2019 12:00:00 GMTTravelhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/brad/https://ishhasan.com/writings/brad/It’s the end of September. I’m in San Francisco, trying to figure out what life has in store for me, what my purpose is.Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/jassy/https://ishhasan.com/writings/jassy/One morning when I was very young, I woke up from a vivid dream. I was in a lush, green forest, lying down. There were giant trees hovering over me, and I…Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMThttps://ishhasan.com/writings/burning-man/https://ishhasan.com/writings/burning-man/I’m crying. It’s Thursday, 4 PM, and I’m at the gate of Black Rock City. This has been 9 years in the making for me.Sun, 11 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMTPhilosophyTravelhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula-ii/https://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula-ii/It’s time for me to go out and see some of this place. It’s gorgeous, a winter fantasy. I’m bundled up, hiding under two jackets, three shirts, two pairs of…Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMTTravelhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula-iii/https://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula-iii/It’s 11 AM on Saturday. I wake up. Dennis is still sleeping, and snoring. Neither of us are going to Jackson Hole, WY today. I can make coffee now.Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMTTravelhttps://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula/https://ishhasan.com/writings/missoula/It’s 3 AM on Thursday. I haven’t slept enough, or at all. But there’s this energy inside of me, it’s a mix of anxiety and excitement.Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMTTravel