Blake Boles dot com

Hi, I’m Blake. Welcome to my little corner of the web.

🐿️ In a nutshell

I’m a traveling writer and experiential educator with a deep love for adventure.

42 years old. California native, currently living in Europe, working on a new podcast and book called Dirtbag Rich.

My life is low-income, high-freedom, and filled with nature, travel, dance, and friends. Read more at The Adventures of Blake.

I believe that a surprising number of kids don’t need school to become happy or successful adults: an idea I’ve explored through books, speaking, podcasting, and my Unschool Adventures trips for teenagers.

Enjoy the nooks and crannies of this personal/professional website.

✍️ Recent writing

• • Avoiding the Cult of Retirement
  • Hike More, Work Less: the “Dirtbag Rich” Lifestyle (hiking-trails.com)
  • Dirtbag Rich: an update
  • Perpetual Motion Machine
  • I Hate Ads, and You Can Too
  • Bus Station Interview
  • You Must Live on the Edge of the Wilderness

“The true risks of travel are disappointment and transformation: the fear you’ll be the same person when you go home, and the fear you won’t.”
—Kate Harris

Top photo: Camino de Sharkiago