Category: Philosophy

A couple of summers ago, I paid good money to sit in freezing cold water in the middle of Spain, breathe in ways that made me look mildly unhinged, and bond with a group of strangers over shared suffering. Standard Tuesday, really. The trip was a week-long Wim Hof expedition, ice baths, breathwork, the works,…

We don’t travel just to move. We travel to feel something — freedom, connection, clarity, awe. But too often, the details we obsess over when planning a trip — which hotel, what flight, what to pack — feel disconnected from those deeper goals. We plan the logistics and hope the magic shows up on its…

A Canvas and a Question I started painting as a COVID activity. I wouldn’t consider myself particularly good, but it is a fun activity that produces a final, tangible product. I don’t keep my paintings; I give them away. It wasn’t until about a year ago that I started painting little pictures and leaving them…

Not all adventures are created equal—and that’s the beauty of it. Some journeys push us to the brink of our physical capabilities. Others allow our minds to rest and wander. Some challenge the way we see the world, while others simply invite us to breathe and be. But with so many ways to travel, how…

We adventurize, and thus grow, by making the opportunity for risky endeavors. We invite risk by having goals. Without goals, risk is just meaningless uncertainty. Imagine playing the lottery if you had no goal of increasing wealth. With no preference of how much you win, losing the lottery and winning the lottery are equally…meh. However,…

The term adventurize was coined, as far as I know, by the controversial YouTuber Bald and Bankrupt (aka Mr. Bald). In his series of videos, Mr. Bald travels the world with purpose. Exploring Soviet mosaics across the former USSR. Traversing the Darian Gap to experience what migrants around the world go through to reach the…