Hello and welcome,
I’m Ethan, a creative stoked on curiosity and wonder ever-so-grateful to be here and now on a planet covered in life cruising the void of space.
At sixteen years old, a near death experience forever changed my life. Seeing that a lifetime is no guarantee, I sought to live now and a better understanding of “what’s really going on on here?” After pedaling a bicycle across the USA at twenty-one, I recognized shoestring-cheap travel and reading books as a means of pursuing both and set out on what became a five-year walkabout.
In ways I could have never imagined that journey changed me. How I spend my time, see the world, my sense of “self” — and much more — was enormously and forever altered. Writing along the way, I shared what I learned and discovered a creative vein within me.
I write to share awareness of the most profound, awesome, and useful things I find in my own experience. This blog has also become a means of connecting with others, increasing my “surface area for serendipity” in all sorts of remarkable ways, and bringing people together for a wondrous annual experiment in community I host called WONDER WANDER.
Heading out for a sunset sand dune tea ceremony at WONDER WANDER 2021.
Adventures I’ve lived:
Recovering from a traumatic brain infection at the age of sixteen, barely graduating high school
Pedaling a bicycle across the United States raising $96,000 for the children’s hospital that saved my life
Graduating magna cum laude from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s in Biomedical Science and minor in Chemistry
Living as an expat in Playa del Carmen, MX for three months
Reopening a huge, historic log-cabin lodge and bar just outside Yellowstone National Park and ran it for three remarkable summers
Tramping about New Zealand reading books for five months
Meditating ten hours a day for ten days straight at a Vipassana meditation retreat (highly recommended)
Rambling about North America in a Honda Element home on wheels
Earning a private pilot’s license (and half my instrument training) before stopping flight school due to the coronavirus pandemic
Building a beautiful real estate photography business with a friend
Playing “digital nomad” mucking about Colombia for 37 days
Living seaside in Ecuador for two Decembers and learning to surf
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Late Night Letters
Last night of the month, I write late into the night and send a letter (along with things I’ve created) to my fellow beings. Sent to 3,000+ subscribers, I’d love to send the next to you too.