Twice a month, I dispatch a newsletter with valuable info worth sharing.

Things that might make the cut:

• Updates on my personal learning journey with creative skills, languages, or boundary setting
• Thought-provoking brain food or useful life-improving things
• Beautiful art
• One of my T. Rex fail drawings and definitely some kind of drawing
• Bikepacking trip reports like my jaunt on the Colorado Trail or camper van upgrades.

Here’s a sample about designing my perfect day (full archives below). No spam, no shenanigans.

Onward!

Dakota

Newsletter Archives

8/18/2023: The Airstream life, Traipsing About #126

7/14/2023: Traipsing into a new (business-free) chapter, Traipsing About #125

05/26/2023: The world keeps changing, Traipsing About #124

05/11/2023: Decoding life decisions with enthusiastic consent, Traipsing About #123

04/14/2023: Telescopes vs. magnifying glasses, Traipsing About #122

03/30/2023: Future humans will judge us so hard, Traipsing About #121

03/9/2023: Do you want to be a buddy or a friend? Traipsing About #120

02/23/2023: Two years of learning everything with Anki, Traipsing About #119

02/10/2023: I’m catwalking, baby! (Bikepacking the Oregon Coast Range) Traipsing About #118

01/27/2023: Revisiting the same-but-not-boring, Traipsing About #117

01/12/2023: Taking a big step toward my Italian citizenship, Traipsing About #116

12/29/2022: Turning the page, Traipsing About #115

10/2/2022: Designing my perfect day, Traipsing About #114

10/11/2022: What the umvelt is this?, Traipsing About #113

10/28/2022: Rich vs. Wealthy, Traipsing About #112

10/13/2022: The right way to build solid friendships, Traipsing About #111

09/29/2022: A better side of envy, Traipsing About #110

09/15/2022: Personality flipping, Traipsing About #109

08/25/22: Before and after, Traipsing About #108

08/11/2022 – Quirky habits and BS investing , Traipsing About #107

07/14/2022 – Wandering around the Big Country, Traipsing About #106

06/30/2022 – A trip to the ER, Traipsing About #105

06/16/2022 – Crossing into another decade, Traipsing About #104

05/12/2022 – You want a social life, with friends, Traipsing About #103

05/05/2022 – Creating memory dividends, Traipsing About #102

04/28/2022 – Sixteen years of figuring it out, Traipsing About #101

03/24/2022 – Leadership at scale, Traipsing About #100

03/17/2022 – Dial it back, Traipsing About #99

03/10/2022 – Lessons from the masters, Traipsing About #98

03/03/2022 – Hard choices, easy life, Traipsing About #97

02/25/2022 – The nothingness of money, Traipsing About #96

02/10/2022 – Young creek, old ocean, Traipsing About #95

02/03/2022 – A mindset for stressful moments, Traipsing About #94

01/27/2022 – Boosting your foreign language learning, Traipsing About #93

01/20/2022 – Your brain worked better at 8 years old, Traipsing About #92

01/13/2022 – Tougher than rocket science, Traipsing About #91

01/06/2022 – Laughing with troublesome friends, Traipsing About #90

12/30/2021 – The world’s most dangerous activity?, Traipsing About #89

12/16/2021 – Throw it out there, Traipsing About #88

12/09/2021 – The weakness of strength, Traipsing About #87

11/18/2021 – Ten years of trying, Traipsing About #86

11/11/2021 – Nothing disappoints the genuine traveler, Traipsing About #85

11/04/2021 – Are you man enough?, Traipsing About #84

10/28/2021 – Priorities, crypto, and the colors of Mexico, Traipsing About #83

10/21/2021 – Here’s to the amateurs, Traipsing About #82

10/14/2021 – Counting down the days, Traipsing About #81

10/07/2021 – Living for nothing but moments, Traipsing About #80

09/16/2021 – Bikepacking Magic on the Colorado Trail

09/02/2021 – Sharing the Mental Load

08/19/2021 – Sayonara, Instagram!

08/05/2021 – Three Sisters, Three Rivers

07/22/2021 – Our true masterpiece

07/09/2021 – Hijinks in the Outback

06/10/2021 – Putting out fires with your voice

06/03/2021 – Your phone isn’t listening to you

05/27/2021 – Trading sugar water for destroyers

05/20/2021 – The scariest monster

05/13/2021 – Snow “biking” and unsolicited advice

05/06/2021 – Van microwaves, dirt houses, and the virtue of boredom

04/29/2021 – Trash art and rethinking doctor visits

04/22/2021 – Hyperreality from Africa and the self-educating child

04/15/2021 – A knotty problem + new van batteries

04/08/2021 – Roads to avoid and defending thinking

04/01/2021 – Speedriding and reflecting the light we cannot be

03/25/2021 – Positive obsession + cash for Sprinter van owners

03/18/2021 – Free money and not-so-free exposure

03/11/2021 – Time thievery and turning a joke into a business

03/04/2021 – Making fewer things matter

02/25/2021 – Reconnecting with friends in 8 minutes

02/18/2021 – Letting go is not something to do

02/11/2021 – Can you hear the color blue?

02/04/2021 – Never been seen

01/28/2021 – Surfing the sagebrush sea

01/21/2021 – Ditching a self-bullying mindset

01/15/2021 – So many ways to say hello

01/07/2021 – Because we can’t doomscroll EVERY day…

12/31/2020 – Begone, 2020! Looking Back at an Intense Year

12/24/2020 – How we got through 2020

12/17/2020 – Standing in awe

12/11/2020 – Cross the World Four Times, Sans Camera

12/03/2020 – An NYC sunset, plus my favorite books from 2020

11/19/2020 – Posturing ain’t pretty

11/12/2020 – Do We Only Need One Map?

11/05/2020 – Chasing Solitude in the Mountains – Photo Essay

10/29/2020 – Sewer Trenches Versus Carpal Tunnel

10/22/2020 – Talking Timbuktu and Ebikes

10/15/2020 – Is Selflessness Overrated?

10/08/2020 – The Wonderful, Trying Adventure of Bike Touring

10/01/2020 – Pancakes Make Life Better

09/24/2020 – Practice Being Dumb, Unthinking, Empty

09/17/2020 – Five Letters That Spell Apocalypse

09/10/2020 – Say What, I’m (Almost) An Italian Citizen?!

09/03/2020 – Can You Hate A Wedding Song?

08/27/2020 – Dealing With Emotional Lightning Strikes

08/20/2020 – Chess and Drugs Won’t Save the USPS

08/14/2020 – How to Live to 100

08/07/2020 – Insane Success (Or Whatever)

07/31/2020 – Brain Tuning and Silencing Background Noise

07/24/2020 – Twisted Neurons and Summer Musings

06/05/2020 – What If This Is The Year?

05/29/2020 – It’s Not Fun Til You Code Brown

05/22/2020 – Uzbek Judges and Conspiracy Theories

05/14/2020 – Creating A Productive and Balanced Life During This F’n Pandemic

02/21/2020 – Let’s Talk About Money!

11/22/2019 – Lighting the FIRE

11/14/2019 – A Gunshot in the Desert

11/08/2019 – Changing the Game!

10/11/2019 – A Rugged Adventure Bikepacking in the Chilcotin Mountains

07/19/2019 – Shutting Down the Noise (A Digital Minimalism Experiment)

07/12/2019 – Adrenaline and Beauty in Madeira (If You Survive the Flight!)

05/30/2019 – Noisy Neighbors and a Salsa Fargo Bikepacking Overhaul

05/22/2019 – Hitting Our Bike Touring Stride! (Plus a Major Trip Pivot)

04/26/2019 – First Impressions – Ten Days Bike Touring Spain

04/17/2019 – Bike Touring FAQs and SPAIN!

03/28/2019 – Spainward Bound!

03/07/2019 – Walking 8,000 Miles In One City

02/27/2019 – Flaming Sidewalks in Your Hometown

02/19/2019 – Analog Social Media For The Win!

02/14/2019 – Valentine’s Day In a Bothy, Anyone?

02/06/2019 – Lake Tahoe Mountain Biking and Millennial Burnout

01/22/2019 – Playing with FIRE!

01/15/2019 – Rad Fiction, Travel Tracking and How to Be On Time

01/08/2019 – : Fighting Gravity for 1 Million Feet

12/31/2018 – How to Make 2019 Awesome!