Going Alone

Principle of the Good Use of Time About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/25/25) I got the job—a feeling I haven’t known in quite some time.

The Principle of The Good Use of Time About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/24/25) I sat for a real job interview yesterday. Not even a yea

The Principle of Nature About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/21/25) I wake at 4:00 AM every day. Our neighborhood is dark and quiet then,

Principle of Temperance About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on my website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/18/25) Yesterday was challenging, as we kept taking the wrong route on our way

Principle of Maturity About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and expand it through the lens of my Good Life Creed, which you can read about in my book Going Alone (available for free on this website). These dissections aim to connect ordinary reflections with the enduring objectives and principles of the Creed. Journal Entry (10/17/25) The life I left behind in America has called for much of my attention th

Best Seat in the House About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and...

Life Will Not Go Well About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry and...

The Best Seat in the House About These Posts Each day I add a new journal entry to my social media feeds. Here, I take that day’s entry...

Yesterday was special. A day I’ve been training for for years. I literally spent all day sitting in the garden. Well, I did go for an...

There’s an interesting sense of quiet that’s descending upon my life. Nothing much has changed. The fray at work continues—though it’s...

I cannot remember the last time I couldn’t sleep. My nights have become like the nights of my youth. Hard asleep at bedtime and fast...

Day six: I did the wrong thing today when a better choice was right there in sight. It’s so easy to do better in hindsight. But I’ll put...

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

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...