I grew up in central Minnesota. I'm a 26-year-old former collegiate athlete and have a Bachelor's degree in business (that I'm not using for the time being). I've worn many hats in my lifetime so far. I've worked on the grounds crew for baseball fields that were far out of my capability to fix, I've worked at a hardware store selling things I knew nothing about, I've tended bar without any previous experience (and did a damn good job at it), I've advertised for all sorts of local radio stations, I've done extensive amounts of tree work and taken enough splinters out of my hands to build a small house, I've done my fair share of shovel work, I've even been a camp counselor for snotty rich kids, I've been a ranch hand in the high rockies of western Colorado guiding horseback rides through some of the coolest country I’ve ever seen. I've spent the last four fire seasons battling blazes across the western United States in every state besides Arizona and Utah. It's not uncommon for me to get very little sleep, hike a lot, and swing a chainsaw around all day for those six months of the year. So far the only constant in my life after high school has been change. I think many of us will come to find that the only constant there will ever be is change.
A long time ago I promised myself a life of adventure. What exactly that means yet, I don't even fully know. However, I don't throw the word "adventure" around lightly. One of my favorite baseball players, Daniel Norris, said it best, "Often times the word 'adventure' gets overused; you're not adventuring 'til something goes wrong." While I love these words and agree with them wholeheartedly, I don't intend to go living my life hoping everything goes wrong. That would be foolish. What he might be trying to say is that adventure is not something that you can plan. Planning an adventure is merely scheduling an excursion, which can undoubtedly be a worthwhile experience, but it is not adventure. Adventure is the unplanned, the unforeseeable, the unknown waiting to be found and discovered.
This blog? It's my little adventure. I have no idea where this might go... and quite honestly, I don't care much. Like I said, I just need an outlet to get some thoughts out. If this helps someone, or inspires them even in the slightest to do something out of their comfort zone- awesome.
Hope to see you back here- as I'll be updating as often as I can.
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