Interview: Writer, Cyclist, Producer, and Artist Anna Brones
byNOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.) in the adventure world. I’m publishing the highlights of…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 163
byPlease appreciate this math-based animated short film about Pi (video) If People Talked To Other Professionals The Way They Talk To Teachers The Humble…
21 Things Nobody Ever Says While Skiing
by“Yeah, today I’m skiing, but snowblades are my real passion” “You know what would make this even better? Rain.” “Oh, do you need to…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 162
byYou have probably never thought to yourself that Jaromir Jagr should travel to Ladakh to teach kids to play hockey, but this two-minute film…
Make 2019 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
byNote: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make 2012 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm.” Every year around…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 161
byI spent 11 minutes watching Mark Rober design a glitter bomb/fart spray package to ruin the day of a person who was stealing packages…
The Best Semi-Rad Adventure Charts of 2018
byFor the past couple years, I’ve drawn non-scientific charts and other doodles and posted them regularly on my Instagram feed. They’re not always about…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 160
by“We need more reminders to sit, to relax, and enjoy the show.” (video) If this story about a dog doesn’t warm your heart, I’m…
A Simple Way To Write Your Own Ending To 2018
byIf you’re anything like most of us, another year ending means a lot of things: anxiety, hectic planning and travel, trying to meet everyone’s…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 159
byNew York City’s obsessive bike-share rider-volunteers + 6 other links
31 Things Skiing Can Teach Us About Life
by“Don’t look at what you don’t want to hit” and 30 other valuable life lessons from skiing
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 158
byA 2-minute short about a gift from a stranger (video): Chaz Hutton draws “Mascots for the Rest of Us” (ex. The Mascot for People…
Why Finish Lines Will Get You Every Time
byI didn’t know why it happened. I was doing OK until the guy with the dog came through, and then, all of a sudden,…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 157
by[BIG NOTE FROM ME: Today apparently marks three years of me doing these Friday Inspiration posts. Thank YOU for reading them.] I’m giving you…
8 Adventure Gift Ideas Over $35,000
byHere you are again: Holiday shopping season is upon us, and you’re wondering, “How will I get the perfect gift for everyone on my…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 156
byA New York Times look behind the scenes of the shooting of Free Solo (video): 25 reasons to keep creating stuff “in this era…
The Worst Way To Travel
byDid you ever notice when you go somewhere new, everything is a bit less convenient than it is in your daily life? You’re constantly…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 155
byI promise this film about a pet cemetery is way more fun than it sounds (video): How being optimistic helps you make better creative…
I’m Meditating (I’m Just Not Sitting Down)
byI tried. For a while, it seemed like everyone was talking about how meditation changed their lives—friends, acquaintances, podcast interviewees and interviewers, authors, even…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 154
bySome helpful information on how to buy a mountain bike (video): A visual history of every Air Jordan The Pudding visualizes the world’s population…
Yes, Everyone On Instagram Is Having More Fun Than You
byDo you follow THOSE PEOPLE on Instagram? Their lives look so perfect! Here’s the truth about them: Their lives ARE perfect! They’re not just…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 153
byPlease watch these bears beating the shit out of trash cans and coolers as part of their product testing work at the Bear and…
A New York Pizza Marathon
byThe concept was pretty simple, and potentially disgusting: Run a marathon, 26.2 miles, around New York City, and eat five slices of pizza—one slice…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 152
by“A much more accurate depiction of an algorithm is that it’s an opinion embedded in math.” —mathematician Cathy O’Neill (video) Consider this when writing…
Concerns Internet People Have After The Release Of ‘Free Solo’
byNewspapers, to the greater benefit to society as a whole, have largely done away with comments. Fortunately, the Washington Post still allows them on…
Friday Inspiration, Vol. 151
byYou’re lucky if you’re as stoked about anything as Charles Post is about migrating raptors (video): “There’s a deeper reason, I’ve come to think,…
Gratitude And An Honest Mountain Wedding
byHere’s one thing we always say about weddings: “It’s the biggest day of your life.” Here’s one thing we almost never say about weddings:…