Some of you know I started using the term “walkabout” to describe my dream after I got laid off from my corporate overlord job in 2015. My children were younger and slightly more impressionable. It occurred to me the most valuable modeling I could provide as a father was to respond to my job loss… Read More May 27: Burn your house down integrity
In August 2015, I attended a five-day retreat on a sprawling Colorado ranch. On day four, participants were invited to spend 10 hours by themselves in nature. We were to devise a ritual based on a line from a David Whyte poem: “Out of the silence/you can make a promise/it will kill you to break.”… Read More May 24: Done waiting for the stars to align
I’m just back from staffing a New Warrior Training Adventure in Southern Minnesota, my 23rd men’s weekend. The training was beautiful and messy and humbling and glorious. A perfect microcosm. Now I shift back to the New Brett Project. One big milestone is approaching fast. My house will go on the market on Wednesday. (Here… Read More May 20: The New Brett Project
As always, there’s a lot moving with the New Brett Project. I decided today I’ll need to increase the budget I had in mind for my camper van if I want something that’s a little closer to my vision. I’m looking for something midway between a traveling Taj Mahal and a shack on wheels. A… Read More May 13: Shack or Taj Mahal?
Yesterday was the second or third time that I’ve experienced a swell of anxiety about the changes I’m making. I heard the whisperer asking, Who do you think you are? He may have been activated by a day of busyness and tasks. The lesson: More doing does not ease the discomfort of anxiety caused by… Read More May 7: A swell of anxiety
the joy economy 