HeyJaredScott Stillman
Author of: I Don't Want To Grow Up, Wilderness, The Gateway To The Soul, Nature's Silent Message, Oceans Of My Mind, Solace Of Winter, and Nature Therapy.
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Cities sell happiness. Mountains remind you it was free. (opens the original)
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Why do we crave more nature in our lives? Why do we crave adventures? Why do so many of us hunt, fish, or garden on our days off? Why do we love grill outs? Why do we love to make things, whether it be painting, sewing, woodworking, writing, sculpting, etc.? Why do we have this overwhelming desire to raise children? Why do we like skydiving, rock climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, skiing, running, swimming?This Substack is reader-supported. To support my work, consider becoming a paid subscrib
Why Are We Here? (opens the original)
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I get a lot of emails from readers asking some version of the same question. It usually goes something like this: “What am I supposed to be doing with my life? What’s the point of all of this? Why are we even here?” It’s a big question. Maybe the biggest. And I suppose this is how I’d answer it...To answer the question, why are we here, we must first ask the question, who are we? Or rather, what are we? And to get down to what we are, you have to look at everything else in the universe. What is
Born to Roam (opens the original)
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This is the final essay from my recent backpacking trip through Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness. By my last evening in the mountains, my mind had finally grown quiet. There was nothing left to do but sit outside my tent, watch the light change, and pay attention to the wild world moving around me.Evening.An elk moves slowly up the tundra. Toward the pass. He pauses when he catches sight of me, standing stately beneath a massive granite tower. For a while, he stares down at my little camp, wonder
I Have a Small Favor to Ask… (opens the original)
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As a self-published author, I don’t have the advertising budget or backing of a large publishing house. I don’t have a marketing department or a team of people pushing my books out into the world.But I have you.🙏And I’m pretty sure some of my biggest supporters are right here on Substack. Out of the more than 10,000 people on this list, 40 of you are paid subscribers. I can’t thank you enough for that.You help put gas in my car, food in my pack, and a roof over my head. But more importantly, you
Who’s to Say? (opens the original)
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This is the third in a series of essays from my recent backpacking trip through Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness. By day three, something had shifted. The noise of the outside world was fading, my mind was becoming quieter, and the strange thoughts that only seem to find me in the mountains were beginning to take over. This is where my journal went next.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VLjz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A
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