Field Note #1: Maximum Life Per Cubic Inch.
I'm not a "Gucci gear" kind of guy. I'm about simplicity and efficiency. I'm about maximum life per cubic inch... and that's what this expedition is all about: Fitting the most life into the space I've been given.
Field Note #2: "Home"
What is "Home"? Is it a place, a person... or is it a feeling? At 55 years old, I'm not sure I know the answer anymore.
I used to think home was a house, then a town, and later I wondered if home was a person. Now as I prepare to leave almost everything familiar behind, I'm beginning to suspect home may be something deeper than any of those. Maybe it's something we build...
Field Note #3: The Hallway
Hallways are about transitions. A passage from one place to another... and the hallway is uncomfortable because it asks us to leave before we arrive. But if we're wise... we'll derive "maximum life per cubic inch"... even in the hallway.
Field Note #4: Legacy
Legacy is not built. It's produced. It is the residue of a life fully lived. Not what we leave behind, but what continues because we were here.
Field Note #5: Let's do it!
How do you get more life? By saying yes to more life! The people who live the most tend to have a simple default response:
Let's do it!
Field Note #6: The Journey
Let us not always rush to the destination.
The destination gives us direction... the journey gives us life.
Field Note #7: Who You Share it With
Now is a moment... and home is who you share it with.
Field Note #8: What is Love?
Is it a feeling?
A knowing?
A decision?
Or is it perhaps all three?
Field Note #9: Secret to Happiness
Letting go of what was.
Enjoying what is.
Having faith in what will be.
Field Note #10: Being Comfortable with Uncertainty
I don't know yet... and that's ok.
Some answers only arrive with time.
Field Note #11: Truth
Sometimes you just need to let the truth be the truth and run its course.
Field Note #12: Weather
Don't let today's weather convince you the climate has changed. Weather changes... climate is revealed over time.
Field Note #13: Continuity
Continuity is the ability to remain yourself while the conditions change around you.
Weather shifts.
People shift.
Emotions shift.
Circumstances shift.
Condintuity holds.
Field Note #14: The Expedition You Didn't Plan For
We prepare for the journey we choose.
Life often gives us the one we need.
The unexpected expedition is where we discover what remains when everything else changes.
Not who we were. Not what we had.
But who we choose to become.
Field Note #15: The Test of Time
What is real does not fear time.
It is revealed by it.
Field Note #16: Stand in Stillness
Stillness reveals what urgency conceals.
Don't let discomfort make your decisions.
Field Note #17: The Greatest Expedition
The greatest expedition is not finding the world.
It's returning to yourself, then experiencing the world from there.
Field Note #18: Repair
Strong relationships are not built by avoiding disagreements or arguments.
They are built by learning how to repair.
Field Note #19: Partnership
Partnership isn't proven when everything is easy.
It's revealed when two people choose connection over distance.
Field Note #20: Loving
Love someone deeply.
But never love them so deeply that you stop living your life or lose who you are.
The right person won't extinguish your fire. They'll eventually choose to walk beside it and enjoy its warmth.
Field Note #21: Adaptation
A plan is not a promise... its a starting point.
Field Note #22: Authenticity
The greatest expedition isn't discovering new places.
It's discovering who you are when the familiar structures are removed.
Field Note #23: The Past
The past gets a voice, not a vote.
The past deserves to be acknowledged, to be honored, and sometimes to be grieved... but it doesn't get a vote.
We often think healing means forgetting.
It doesn't.
Healing means remembering without surrendering your future.
Honor the past. Learn from the past. Be thankful for the past. But don't hand it a ballot in the election for your future.
Field Note #24: Timing
Timing is not always about waiting for the right thing.
Sometimes it is about becoming the person who can recognize the right thing when it arrives.
We cannot control when things happen.
We can only control how we prepare, how we respond, and who we become along the way.
Every step — even the unexpected ones — contributes to who we are becoming.
Trust the timine.
Keep becoming.
Field Note #25: Weight
Not everything we carry is meant to go the distance.
Some things were valuable because of where they carried us.
But eventually we have to ask:
Does this help me move forward, or does it keep me looking back?
Release is not forgetting.
Release is making room.
Field Note #26: Thriving
I don't want to merely survive this Expedition.
I want to thrive in it.
To be fully present.
To explore.
To learn.
To grow.
To experience.
The goal isn't to control the journey.
It's to meet whatever comes with curiosity, courage, and an open heart.
This isn't an escape from life.
It's an invitation to live it more fully.
Field Note #27: Not Every Day Needs to be Epic
An extraordinary life requires ordinary days.
Balance isn't a break from the Expedition... It's part of it.
Field Note #28: Stillness Creates Space to Notice
When I slow down, I see more... of the the landscape, of myself, and of what actually matters.
Field Note #29: Some Experiences Are Worth Leaving for the Right Moment.
Some places and experiences increase in value and meaning when shared.
Field Note #30: More Living.
More participation in the life you are actually living.
A sunset. A conversation. A trail run. A cold plunge. Sitting in your chair just enjoying the moment. A cold beer overlooking the mountains. Listening to Nature.
Field Note #31: Let the Fog Burn Off.
Don't decide what a day, place, experience, or relationship is going to be based on how it begins.
Field Note #32: The Plan Isn't the Mission.
The plan is a tool... the experience is the mission.
Make a plan and then let reality have a vote.
Field Note #33: Tend Your Fire.
Focus on what feeds your soul. Do what is good for you. The right people and things will be drawn to your fire and its warmth.
Field Note #34: Freedom Needs Something to Serve.
Freedom isn't the destination. It's the space in which you build a life worth living.
Field Note #35: Stop Fishing.
You don't have to chase what belongs in your life. Live your life and let what belongs find its way into it.
Field Note #36: Linger.
When something feels right... linger. Even when the mission says to move on.
Field Note #37: Connection.
Not every connection needs a future to have value.
Field Note #38: Charlie Mike (Continue Mission).
The mission isn't to know what's next. The mission is to keep moving towards what matters.
Field Note #39: Take Care of What Takes Care of You.
Small neglect becomes big trouble... whether it be a relationship, environment, or gear.
Field Note #40: Nudges/Intuition
You don't need to know why you get a nudge or your intuition tells you something, but pay atttention to it.
It may not be calling you to act immediately, but it is asking you to notice and pay attention... to something.