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 | Jun 10, 2019 | Do, Read, Uncategorized
“Do you have any idea how loud you’re being?” I turned around to find a super friendly neighbor. He was trying to be mean and scary, but for some reason it wasn’t working. “Ummm, yes. I’m cutting wood. It’s loud,” I replied honestly. In fact, I probably knew...
by Nick Conedera | Jun 7, 2019 | Experience, Read, See, Uncategorized
I felt a little apprehensive before the first Ayahuasca ceremony, and I could sense everybody else’s fears as well. But as I came out of a 2-hour trek through the Amazon, exhausted and dehydrated, I spotted a Blue Morpho butterfly. The Blue Morpho is a massive,...