Hearthside 04: An Hour By The Fire: What my Evenings Look and Sound Like

You can buy five acres or 150 and still feel stuck the moment you step out of the truck with the keys in your pocket. The land looks wide open, but the real question hits fast: where should anything g...

7 Sep 18min

That “not quite anxious, not quite depressed” feeling can be a constant chemical pressure in the background and it has a name: cortisol that never fully comes down. From the cabin, I talk through what...

31 Aug 27min

The “right time” never shows up, and waiting for it can be one of the most expensive habits we carry. From the cabin, I talk through how procrastination and paralysis by analysis disguise themselves a...

24 Aug 13min

Convenience feels like a clean win until you notice what you traded away to get it. From my cabin in Northern Ontario, I dig into the real price nobody prints on the label: the slow loss of competence...

17 Aug 13min

Working alone in a remote cabin build sounds peaceful until you do the math: one body, two hands, heavy materials, sharp tools, and nobody around if something goes wrong. We talk through the practical...

10 Aug 28min

A childhood dream can be more than nostalgia. Sometimes it is a compass that keeps pointing to the life you were meant to build. We kick off a new series by sharing a first draft reading from Shawn J...

7 Aug 9min

Something feels off for a lot of us, and it’s not because we’re broken. We’re moving through days packed with convenience, screens, and constant input, and then we wonder why our chest feels tight, ou...

3 Aug 14min

Hurry feels normal until you realize how much it costs. I used to live slightly ahead of myself, chasing the next task, the next goal, the next version of “caught up.” I got busy, but I did not always...

31 Jul 10min