Dan the man

Great question! I initially started to just get the thoughts out of my head, maybe share a little wisdom or experiences I’ve been through. Then, at some point I realized I was part of a community, I read the works of some gear writers in this community and I am truly humbled by their writing. It’s at that point that I question myself, my ability to write as well as my peers, then I realize writing (for me anyway) is a form of therapy that I never knew I needed until I started writing. And honestly I don’t keep at it as much as I should, but I’m still working sometimes full time sometimes part time. I’m just about a year and a half away from retirement and the theory is I will have more time to write, but if I’m being completely honest I have time every day I just busy myself with other things like working around the house or doing more for myself like spending more time in nature reconnecting with myself and nature, even as I am writing this I feel the pull of the outside world wanting me out there to bask in the sunshine will walking through a mountain trail surrounded by the lack of man and the noise we make, I get lost in the silence of nature and listen for the whispering wind to direct me.