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
Surfing and learning to ride manual motorcycles in rural Nicaragua
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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.