Going Alone

Principle of True Limits and True Opportunity 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 (10/19/25) Another weakness has crept in this past year—since

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

The Principle of Balance 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 (10/13/25) I had no journal entry or Retiring in Japan video yesterday, as I spe

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...

One extra cookie… What folly. Now, I’ve been paying for it feeling sick for half a day since. But they certainly were rather large...

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...

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...