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Very Fine Blog Posts
10 Tips for Becoming a Better Self-Directed Learner
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July 18, 2021
July 18, 2021
Around Lake Tahoe in 8 Days
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June 23, 2021
On the Value of Personality Typing
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February 7, 2021
What I’m Taking to South America
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January 7, 2021
January 7, 2021
2020 in Review
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December 11, 2020
December 13, 2020
Failure Résumé
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October 5, 2020
November 26, 2020
How I Wrote, Crowdfunded, and Independently Published a Book in 2020
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July 30, 2020
Why are You Sending Your Kids Back to School?
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July 2, 2020
How to Take a Self-Directed Pandemic Gap Year in 2020-21
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May 10, 2020
The Bike Trip
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April 13, 2020
The Story of My New Book
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January 30, 2020
2019 in Review
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December 28, 2019
The Cherrypicking Caveat
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December 20, 2019
On the Kerouacian Lifestyle
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December 9, 2019
Trip Report: Nar Phu & Annapurna Circuit
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November 1, 2019
Trip Report: Southern Sierra High Route
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August 10, 2019
On Doing Half of a 10-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
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April 23, 2019
A Love Letter to my Readers
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January 8, 2019
2018 in Review
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November 29, 2018
In Praise of the Low-Income, High-Purpose, High-Freedom Career
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October 28, 2018
Trip Report: The Sierra High Route (Part 2)
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August 31, 2018
Trip Report: The Sierra High Route (Part 1)
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August 27, 2018
Looking Back / Looking Forward
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August 7, 2018
You Can’t Ruin Your Kids
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May 4, 2018
Life Update / Spring 2018
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March 17, 2018
Are Teenage Brains Really So Different?
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February 8, 2018
2017 in Review
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December 13, 2017
Tools for Building a Cheap and Meaningful Gap Year
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November 24, 2017
How to Get Stuff Done as a Self-Directed Learner
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October 12, 2017
Career Trajectory Update
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September 7, 2017
What if It All Falls Apart?
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July 12, 2017
Who I Want to Be at Age 35
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April 2, 2017
My First Online Course: The Way of Adventure
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March 18, 2017
2016 in Review
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December 27, 2016
Book Review: The World Beyond Your Head
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December 15, 2016
How to Take a Self-Directed Gap Year with Zero Starting Funds
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October 31, 2016
Failure Survey, 2015-2016
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October 29, 2016
Book Summary: Deep Work by Cal Newport
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October 23, 2016
The Problems with the 10,000 Hour Rule
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October 1, 2016
Do I Own My Business, or Does it Own Me?
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September 9, 2016
Trip Report: Kings Canyon High Basin Route
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August 31, 2016
Announcing: Off-Trail Learning & How to Live Nowhere
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August 2, 2016
How to Be Interesting
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April 24, 2016
Is Following Your Passion a Bad Idea?
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March 19, 2016
Pay Yourself in Time, Not Money
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January 31, 2016
What I’m Doing in Guatemala
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January 7, 2016
2015 in Review
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December 30, 2015
What I’ve Learned (and Relearned) About Myself This Year
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December 18, 2015
Success Story
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November 8, 2015
New Unschool Adventures for 2016/2017
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November 6, 2015
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