Greetings! Per reader request, audio editions and video content are now available for those looking to engage more deeply. Support monthly via Patreon for audio newsletters, vids, and priority access during Q&A with guests. OG readers may recall patreon in the past with video demos. This piece is part of a series. Catch the previous in case you missed it. This time we dive into... Presence Based EDC + Product Rec Quandaries + Exciting Update EDC kits, or every day carry kits, litter the...
8 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome welcome, this is the fifth piece in a series about revamping our relationship with our phones and The Pull. The priors: Making It Your Own With Your Phone, Your Intent v. Your Phone's Intent, Intermittent Fasting, Digital Edition, and Self Inquiry and Smart Phone Diagnostics. 😇 Loving this and want to support? Digital tip jar here. 😇 Know somebody who uses their phone to much? Forward them this puppy! The trajectory continues... Defining Distractions in Digital Life: Consumer To...
8 months ago • 4 min read
Welcome welcome, this is the fourth piece in a series about revamping our relationship with our phones and The Pull. The priors: Making It Your Own With Your Phone, Your Intent v. Your Phone's Intent, and Intermittent Fasting, Digital Edition The trajectory continues... TL;DR- don't just digital fast and ponder your digital life, check in around your digital fasting and digital life, repeatedly. Presence Maximalism is a journey. Self Inquiry and Smart Phone Diagnostics Just one in twenty...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome welcome, this is the third piece in a series about revamping our relationship with our phones and The Pull. The prior two: Making It Your Own With Your Phone and Your Intent v. Your Phone's Intent. The trajectory continues... Intermittent Fasting, Digital Edition Long time readers know that I completed a five day dry fast. No food, no water, no joke. But, that didn't happen overnight. My first three day water fast occurred in 2016. The dry fast began in 2020. Meanwhile, I played with...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Your Relationship With Your Phone, Continued... Welp, this rabbit hole goes deeper than I thought. This is the second in a series about relationships with phones and "The Pull." Here's the first in case you missed it, Making It Your Own With Your Phone. The series will go as long as it needs to go to feel complete. I framed the problem incorrectly. While phone shopping, I happened upon a video called, "Best Dumb Phones 2025 [watch before you buy]." The video isn't recommendable, it but...
9 months ago • 6 min read
Making It Your Own With Your Phone PSA- to cultivate deeper presence and figure out what a Good Life looks like for you with a group of people committed to the same (which may involve less phone use), consider the next cohort of Writing The Good Life. Tell them I sent you for a sweet discount! What's your relationship with your phone like? With screens? Screen based apps? Your 'digital life'? I've been more dialed in than most people I know, but still not feeling great about it and recently...
9 months ago • 8 min read
Sawubona, fam! I hope the fall has been treating you well as we welcome in the Winter Solstice. A few exciting updates, experiments, and invitations... Sprinter Shasta, vehicle outfitted by a man named "Laser Bong" Bringing Men And Women Together After 9 years of men's work as a participant-turned-facilitator, a lovely opportunity presented itself- bringing men and women together to practice thriving in community. With community. Via Community. Koki and I hosted our first gathering 12/11, and...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read
Sawubona, fam! Sometimes combing digital archives surfaces a gem that pokes me right in the feels. Last week I real-ized it’s been over half a decade since I began writing on the web with a cadence. The cadence has shifted, as have the platforms. I can’t link to that first letter, it's gone, stored only on email servers! Revue hosted, then twitter bought them, then Elon bought twitter. That “view online” link from five years ago now points to a Thai gambling website. Perhaps Derek Sivers was...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Greetings fam! We had another beautiful gathering at The Holistic Brotherhood recently. Here’s the recording in case you missed it. This piece breaks it down. Humpty Dumpty Sits on a Floor: Workshopping An Affinity For Infinity Practicing open source epistemology is a fancy way of being selfish. When I engage with presenters and workshops, I don’t just want to know what they know. I want to know why and how they have reached their conclusions. Where are they blocked? Where are they exploring...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read