Day 1 (April 4th 2022)

Today was hard one. The wealth of emotions has proven almost entirely overwhelming. The constant river of excitement, fear, anticipation, dread, worry, joy, and eagerness previously dammed by months of waiting and delay has broken. All of the emotions, many of which I was unaware of, are washing through me with vigor. Tumbling and turbulent I find any shreds of a single feeling to cling to like a drowning man. I hold to it whatever it may be just to simplify my situation. The other feelings still come. This is proving to be the hardest thing I’ve ever faced emotionally and I hope that it proves to be worthwhile.

Seven months of traveling, enjoying, and finding myself but accomplishing little to nothing has me second guessing the life I’ve chosen. I think to much about limping back to a forty hour work week and the calm, stable, monotonous life that it provides. It seems like I’ve searched for so long for something I would love an enjoy. Now having found it and knowing that I do love it, facing the realities of everything seems an insurmountable challenge. I know this will work out, one way or another. I know I’m finally on the right path. I know I would be okay. It feels like everything is coming apart around me and life will catch up to me at any moment.

For now I have camped in Water Canyon outside of Winnemucca Nevada. I meditated to clear my head and took a very short hike with Lucy in the frost filled air. Spring has never seemed so cold as it does now in the mountains, both literally and literally. Tomorrow, I film and travel and head toward Elko Nevada. I hope to stay in a ghost town nearby and prove that I am being productive on this new life I wish to forge. From there, I will travel to Bonneville Salt Flats and then to Salt Lake City to visit an old friend and amazing person. Perhaps the turbulence will calm and I will find my feet again.

Day 3 - April 5th 2022

The turmoil of emotions is relaxing and I am finding my feet again. eager to travel and meet people along the way. My first few days were very lonely, perhaps a mix of my subconscious desires and need to process my feelings. I’m getting short videos done but that has presented me with new worries about the way I approach this new life. I don’t know that my power demands are going to be met. It’s still early and I’m still experimenting, but it does seem that to edit and post a video uses much more power than I anticipated. The coming weeks will be another long learning experiment.

Aside from my power worries the weather has turned. Though it is deep into spring, a cold front has washed over northern Nevada and Utah. I think my time in the north will be short lived as I see temperatures well below freezing in the coming weeks. Perhaps I should have waited to fill my water tank until May. I plan to head south and see if I can’t escape the sub 20 degree nights.

This is my fourth time in the Bonneville Salt Flats area and each time I have visited a slightly different part of the playa and surrounding mountains, all within a few miles of each other and each offering some incredible new thing. During my grand kick of trip with Brad and Ed they had a dog free camping night on a hike and talked about the birds circling overhead at night and hearing their wing beats in incredible volume. There are two nests of crows or ravens nearby me and their wings cut the silence of this place like haunted drums. The whooshing sounds of the feathers cutting the air is loud and somewhat intimidating though I know they won’t approach me, especially with Lucy here. At sunset they danced along a nearby cliff either playing or fighting with one another and squawking so loudly I couldn’t hear my podcast well over my speakers. Hard to blame a bird for ruining a moment, but I tried and squawked at them in frustration.

Tomorrow I head to SLC to meet with an old friend Ryan. I am excited to see a familiar face and enjoy company again.

Blog Post Title Three

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Blog Post Title Four

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.