Exile Lifestyle

There’s a trick I use when I’m undertaking a project or process that’s particularly onerous or tedious, but which I know is worth doing. I think about a moment in time when the project is completed; I imagine what it…

Something I’ve learned about myself over the years is that I’m not great at goodbyes. It’s not that I find them difficult or onerous, but rather that I often fail to register them as being negative. Yes, we’re approaching the end…

I think my favorite of all the business models I’ve come up with over the years was the one underpinning a project called Exiles. Exiles was an email publication that I sent out every two weeks, and each issue contained…

Our creative work is shaped by the mediums through which we transmit it. I’m using the word ‘creative’ in the sense of ‘things that are created,’ not just a painting or novel or LP. Artistic creative work is shaped by…

When I was looking for an apartment here in Wichita, it was important to me that I find a home with good natural light. Lightbulbs, today, don’t use too much energy. If you have a modern bulb, you could conceivably…

If I was smart, I would have more advertisers on my podcast. I’ve been using the same two for a while, and that has no doubt diminished my money-making opportunities. Further, it’d be a good idea to start having guests…

I’ve been living in Kansas for a little over seven months, and I’ll be here for another four before leaving in pursuit of my next adventure. I decided to move here because the very idea of doing so frightened me. Not in…

We live in contentious times, and discourse will only become more impassioned in the coming years. Political tremors are upending the status quo around the world, precipitating intense debate about the principles our politicians espouse. This conflict is probably good for us, though that may not…