by Nick Conedera | May 18, 2020 | Read, Think, Uncategorized
We’re so used to living in a box with a kitchen, refrigerator, toilet, bed, internet, and TV that we’ve forgotten how to survive. For hundreds of thousands of years, we found/made shelter wherever we could, pooped wherever we wanted, slept on the ground,...
by Nick Conedera | Jun 13, 2019 | Read, Think, Uncategorized
ORLANDO, FL“I’m going to make this easy for both of us,” I said. “We’re not together anymore.” We sat on one of the most beautiful white sand beaches I’ve ever experienced. The water was turquoise, palm trees lined the boardwalk, bikinis everywhere, the sun was...
by Nick Conedera | Jun 12, 2019 | Do, Read, Think, Uncategorized
“You’re acting like a fucking ninny,” the emergency room doctor scolded me. I was so confused. There I was laying on the hospital bed in Moab UT, in great pain, I could barely talk, I could barely stand, something was very wrong, and this doctor – whose job...
by Nick Conedera | Jun 11, 2019 | Do, Read, Think
Ten weeks of building and I was ready for my freedom. After completing the van’s finishing touches, it was time to depart. Just in time, too. I finished the van, cleaned out all the sawdust, and moved my stuff in the day before we left. That same day, I rented a...
by Nick Conedera | May 22, 2019 | Read, Think, Uncategorized
The lifeless black eye of the video camera stared into my soul like death itself. “Why are you doing this?” was the question my interviewer asked me. And I found myself struggling with the answer. Not because I didn’t know, but because there were so many reasons why....
by Nick Conedera | May 20, 2019 | Read, Think, Uncategorized
New Orleans, LA “The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” –– Nassim Taleb I thought doing the vanlife thing would just be a fun thing to do for a year. But it took me about 6 months before I really began to see the benefits...
