On Goals, Climbing, Achievement, and Perspective
Back in March, I took a rock climbing tripĀ to the Red River Gorge in KY. Long story short, the climbing was beyond incredible, and once I returned to Boston, I was so amped up that I created a massiveĀ training program for myself, bought more and moreĀ gear, and spent too...
Recurring Treats
A friend recently told me that a āretreatā is really just a ārecurring treatā – and I couldn’t agree more.Ā Ā For me, this little cabin on a lake has become just thatāa treat that keeps on treating. Though it has been a bit of an interesting process to find the...
Singing in the Storm
I find myself oftenĀ wondering if writing fiction is an endeavor that has any meaning.Ā Ā Is it not just a massive ego trip? I have created something so amazing that hundreds of people will pay money to read it because it’s just that brilliant!Ā Who the hell Ā do I think I am?...
Month by Month Recap
Four and a half years ago, I started writing what I always referred to as ‘the book.’Ā IĀ wrote the first bits (~50k words) of ‘the book’ back in 2012, in the downtime at my banking job. I then took a 15-month hiatus from writing toĀ travel through South and Central America...
What it means to be ‘a writer’
Iām a writer. A dreamer. A starving artist. A long haired coffee chugger. You know – a writer. The truth is you haven’t heard of me. Thatās because Iām that special breed of writer known as the aspiring writer.Ā I am not a NYT bestseller. I am not even published....