Field Notes

Field Notes are a mix of thoughtful essays and adventure journaling.

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A Daily Writing Ritual Can Improve Your Mental Wellness

After a brief, informal brainstorming session on content ideas for Downshift, it struck me that my first habit I would highlight for our Nourishing Habits column should be exactly what I am trying to do by creating this: resurrect a daily writing ritual.

High Gear

Everyone seems to be migrating here to Bend, tis the season I guess, and all we can think about is how to get back to our rambling roots.

Fear Of Having Mislived And 5 Principles To Live The Good Life

Live a life true to yourself to live the good life.

Dirty Good Transitions

We've planted ourselves, we've uprooted ourselves, we've embarked on humble adventures, done some big races, dealt with injury, pursued more knowledge and continue to explore where we fit and what we're meant to do.

Fear is Good, Failure Necessary

Fear is good. Failure is necessary. I could end this post here and just hope you, the reader, accept that as fact, but most of us have grown up under the fiction that fear is weakness and failure is unacceptable.The…

Doubling Down In The New Year

The new year is upon us, the last went by quickly. 2018 had a bit of everything we hoped for with a handful of things we could have done without.

My New Year of Ginormous Abundance

It’s mid-December! Time to cue up New Year’s resolution blog posts and motivational Instagram memes.

The World Needs Fools

I believe in dreaming, in magic, in a small (yet greater) purpose, in stories, in a universal connectedness amongst us all.

If You Only Walk Long Enough

I think a lot of us can relate to Alice. We wait and wait for direction, for an answer, or just validation for our path. Like Alice, we get lost down the rabbit hole, which could be a different kind of darkness for each of us. For me it has been a lifelong lack of professional direction, accompanied by the emptiness of depression that constantly pulls on me like an invisible gravitational force.