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Writings
Essays from the years before the Letters. Memoir, philosophy, and a few dispatches from the road.
New writing goes out through The Letters.
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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 ).
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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…
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Philosophy · Travel
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.
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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.
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Chronicle in the Day of a 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.
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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.
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Philosophy
Life Lessons From 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.
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Hypothetical Biography (Part 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…
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Hypothetical Biography
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.
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A Story about Mountaineering and Coaching
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.
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Philosophy
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.
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Persistence
I have spent almost a decade of my life pursuing knowledge, mentors, and any help, in any form, that I can get.
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Philosophy
The Child Must Survive
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…
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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…
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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…
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Philosophy
Embracing Fear of Failure (or How I Learned to Not Worry about Getting There and Enjoy the Journey instead)
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
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Philosophy
Being OK with Being 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…
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Philosophy
Finding Comfort in 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…
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"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…
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Philosophy
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.
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Philosophy
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.
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Travel
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.
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The Story of 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.
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The Woman from My Dreams
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…
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Philosophy · Travel
Burning Man, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy this Crazy Thing Called Life
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.
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Travel
Missoula (Part 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.
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Travel
Missoula (Part 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…
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Travel
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.
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The writing continues
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