Going Alone

Not as productive yesterday as I’d like. I hate that. It really, truly bothers me not to complete a work day driven hard and...

My thoughts were on process today: how to best organize my days and my activities to make good use of my remaining good years. Hopefully,...

It was a rough day yesterday, though I did not let that prevent me from being productive at work. I’m sick. Not so sick I need a day...

We’re out of coffee, but that’s alright. I’ll make a pot of tea which I won’t even sip. That’s ’cause I slept well last night (for a...

I made this video at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. I begin the video simply to share a little bit about the surroundings,...

I was asked to share about the work that I do now since returning to the United States. I decided to elaborate with the story of how the opp

Responding to a viewer who asked me to make a video sharing tips for succeeding at a job interview.

Recalling a time with another community and another way of life.

Reflecting on how I might use Stoic principles to handle a challenging moment.

An impromptu vlog with my daughter, Emily. We were out for a day long motorcycle ride running errands and visiting family...

I began this live stream to discuss the reason I seemingly abandoned my connection to my friends in Japan from the JVLOG community.

My grown daughter asked me to make this video in order to share a little about what’s happening in our lives and to perhaps kick off...

The opportunity to stay or to go. I say always go. Especially when we are young—always go. For the wonder of what we have left behind is...

I remember when I first thought up the idea of Going Alone. My family and I were living then in Japan, and I was making YouTube videos...

I once imagined I was steering my own life in a very full and meaningful way. Full control. Nearly complete, adult, and independent...

I was never very afraid of the dark, or the things which come out after the sun goes down, to wander, and slither, and creep, and fly...

There is a sea within us upon which circumstance presses restless winds night and day; forming crests and troughs, moving over the face...

There is an inward architecture which we create through the fact and consequence of our decisions and actions, which become the...

I once rose late each day to meander life in search of tidbits to consume: news, gossip, politics, and the shared things of the appetites...

I awoke today to headlines of war, and gossip, and scandal, and the rise of stocks and advertisements for soap, and a 30% chance of rain...