In the past few weeks, I have talked to a ton of people who are looking for strategies for their upcoming year. Some of them know exactlywhat they want to do, and they don't know quite how to get there. Others are unsure of what to do, because they have a lot of different things they want to do, but they just can't quite figure out the right'model' for it to happen, or fit it in with their family, or their jobs, or they don't have land, or whatever. It's been enlightening to hear each person's dreams and vision. It's been an honor, really. (Thank you, everyone, for trusting me with your deepest passion and path.) But the saddest part of these conversations is when I talk to pe
Tom Brown, Jr. called the majority of the people living in this country 'the mindless grey masses', meaning that they are people who are living, but not really LIVING, if you follow my meaning. According to Tom, these people are living lives of routine, following the pathways formed through fear, and playing it safe, etc. I used that term often among my fellow tracker friends, because it felt so accurate when I could also see how the people around me did ordinary, daily things that seemed boring and mundane. To my wilderness soul, I felt that I hadn't bought into a life that gave me that soul crushing boredom! But over time, I stopped using that term, because I didn't like feeling like I w
