NOTE: In 2018, I started recording interviews with creatives (writers, filmmakers, podcasters, photographers, editors, etc.)…
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Make 2019 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…
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A Simple Way To Write Your Own Ending To 2018
If you’re anything like most of us, another year ending means a lot of things:…
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31 Things Skiing Can Teach Us About Life
"Don’t look at what you don’t want to hit" and 30 other valuable life lessons…
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A New York Pizza Marathon
The concept was pretty simple, and potentially disgusting: Run a marathon, 26.2 miles, around New…
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Nostalgia Is A Mother
Last Wednesday, around the ninth switchback in the M Trail at the University of Montana,…
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Summer Is Here And We Will Sweat Without Shame
That’s right. I know, it’s hot outside, and perhaps if I took a Lyft to…
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Dream Big, Work Hard, Be Kind: A Message For 2018
Last week, I gave the address at the commencement ceremony for the Rocky Mountain School…
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How to Run 100 Miles: A Film About Persistence
Just over a year ago today, I signed up for my first 100-mile ultramarathon with…
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Complaining Is Useless
One Sunday last August, maybe halfway through a 22-mile trail run in 85 degrees and…
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Make 2018 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…
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The Shortcut Is: There Is No Shortcut
Here’s something that didn’t happen: Tommy Caldwell, in the days following the first ascent of…
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12 Ways To Help The World Feel Less Hopeless
Don’t argue with people on the internet. Use your car horn to communicate with other…
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Dear Dogs:
Dear dogs: I’m sure you get this a lot, but I’m a big fan. I’ve…
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Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym:
Dear New Guy At The Climbing Gym, or lady running around the track at the…
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I Believe In Inertia
It happened again yesterday, like it always does, about three-quarters of the way through my…
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Find A Way Around—Or Through
A few years ago I was at a coffee shop and I started chatting with…
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7 Must-Have Gear Picks For Your Summer Adventures
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Just kidding. You probably have most of the…
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The Time Travelers: A Film About Doing The Thing
At 11 p.m. on January 13th, I watched a group of eight guys push a…
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Happiness Is Your Backyard Trail
I plodded my way up the Hayden Trail, headed up toward my fifth “summit” of…
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I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind
“A lot of the young doctors I hire work for me for a year or…
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Now Available: These Things I Made For You
I’ve been having fun drawing diagrams and cartoons for Instagram lately, because some jokes (and…
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I Hate Running
I hate running, three to four times a week if I have time. I hated…
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The Currency Of Friendship
At 5:55 a.m. Denver is dark and fairly quiet as Syd and I have an…
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Make 2017 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm
Note: I first wrote and published this post on December 29, 2011, calling it “Make…
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Happy Thanksgiving From Semi-Rad
(Original photo by Yathin S Krishnappa/Wikimedia Commons)
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New Book: Make It Till You Make It: 40 Myths and Truths About Creating
A couple times a week, someone who’s interested in writing or filmmaking or some other…
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