A SHORT SEASON

The smallest piece of time you can actually feel is about three seconds. Most of them slip by unnoticed, unless you build a few into your day.

George Orwell warned that screens would be used to watch us. But he missed the real danger, that we can’t stop watching the them.

It’s so easy to let time pass as if we have an endless supply. Recognizing it is the first step.

Every great hunt ends the same way. You come home, and the high wears off. That letdown has a name, post-trip depression, and it’s proof you did something worth missing. Three simple habits help you come down clean, learn from the trip, and point yourself toward the next one.

I released our newest video project: Memories: The Stuff Of Life on YouTube and Instagram Sunday. It delivers a message I’ve been thinking about since I was pulled kicking and screaming into middle age several years ago. The message is one from your older self looking back on the years. I used AI to age myself into an old man

“Why are you so obsessed with death?” Geoff asks me as we walk back to the truck. We’d been looking for elk that morning. It hadn’t gone well. His question sticks to me like gum on the bottom of my boot because I’d never realized that’s how my writing lands with people. I don’t know Geoff. This is the first

Peak experiences are moments that elevate us above the ordinary, shift our understanding, capture us at our finest, and strengthen bonds with others. These moments, often shared or deeply personal, shape our life story and give meaning to our experiences.

“Peak Bagging” is when a hiker or mountaineer reaches the summit of a specific mountain peak. It’s often part of a predetermined list of mountains, such as the “14ers” in Colorado. Think of it like collecting achievements, but with mountain summits as the collectibles. It’s similar to what we’re doing with hunting and other big, transformational experiences that contribute to

Another year is come to an end. But more importantly, another year is about to begin. And with it comes the opportunity to make 2025 remarkable. Here’s the Peak Experience framework for a year to remember. Additionally, here are the three focus areas for 2025. As we embrace 2025, remember that peak experiences aren’t just events on a calendar—they’re the

watched a video on YouTube this week and that was the title. “I’m Dead.” It turned up in my suggested videos with over 3 million views at the time (as of writing this it’s wracked up more than 7 million). Me, with my fascination with death and the psychology of death couldn’t resist watching it. At least for the first

I‘m sitting above a deep canyon with my eyes buried in glass. I’m panning left and right, while Josh and Ricky are panning right and left. We’re looking for fuzzy antlered mule deer. Josh has a tag and his bow. The three of us have been in this exact spot doing this exact thing at this exact time of year

You’ve beat the odds and are alive on this spinning rock hurdling through space; congrats! You’ve made it, but now what? Time passes regardless of what we do with it. Whether we are wildly dedicated to making the most of our short time here on Earth or simply watching it pass by like the bubbles in a lazy river, time

This morning I re-read a few Journal entries Cole wrote a while back. This was the second or third time I read them. They’re good. Cole is a thoughtful man, two parts poet, two parts philosopher. If you didn’t know him, you’d say he’s a lover, not a fighter. But he’s also tough as nails. Showing up to help you

All I need can be found in this canvas tent. It has every basic necessity that I need to survive, coupled with a few somewhat modern conveniences. I have far too many worldly possessions and I am aware of that. It is something that I am working on, getting rid of the stuff in my life that holds no true