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Travis Shelton 6/25/26 Travis Shelton 6/25/26

Everything Can Be Something, Something Can Be Everything

Yeah, we can listen to the prevailing culture and selfishly pursue an inward-facing life of leisure. Alternatively, we can pursue work that matters. The beautiful part of that idea is that everything can be something, and something can be everything.

Travis Shelton 6/24/26 Travis Shelton 6/24/26

The Lie of Lies

I recently sat down with a newer retiree. It's a man in his early 60s. His kids are young adults, pursuing their own dreams, aspirations, and careers. His wife was a stay-at-home mom for the majority of their child-rearing years. He had an objectively successful corporate job, which he generally enjoyed. After years of discipline, diligence, and patience, he had enough financial resources to ride off into the sunset and fulfill the American dream of living a life of leisure (i.e., stop working).

Travis Shelton 6/22/26 Travis Shelton 6/22/26

A Reminder From Waterlooville

We oftentimes don't know what impact we're making. Instead, our job is simply to plant seeds. We plant, plant, plant, water, water, water.......then wait.

Travis Shelton 6/20/26 Travis Shelton 6/20/26

Fraud Alert

I, too, want to live life so generously and audaciously that my own bank thinks I'm committing fraud against myself.

Travis Shelton 6/14/26 Travis Shelton 6/14/26

Their Opinions Don’t Matter

Travis Shelton 6/11/26 Travis Shelton 6/11/26

A Different Person

I ran into a close friend yesterday who had been following the blog over the last week while I was in Colombia. He asked a very interesting question: "How do trips like that impact you?"

Travis Shelton 6/7/26 Travis Shelton 6/7/26

From What We Have

Put through its proper lens, giving should be much simpler. "What do I have to give?" we should ask ourselves. After all, we are called to give from what we have, not from what we don't have.

Travis Shelton 6/4/26 Travis Shelton 6/4/26

Comfort Is the Enemy

We live in a culture that's obsessed with comfort. We seek comfort at all costs. We use our time, resources, influence, and experience to obtain whatever comfort is available to us. In fact, many facets of comfort have become status symbols for "winning" in this country.

Travis Shelton 6/1/26 Travis Shelton 6/1/26

“What’s In It For You?”

"What's in it for you? Why are you so into this stuff? What are you getting out of it?"

Travis Shelton 5/26/26 Travis Shelton 5/26/26

70-Year-Old Travis

"Do you really expect to be working at 70 years old? What does that even look like?"

Travis Shelton 5/23/26 Travis Shelton 5/23/26

It’s Kinda Like a Blog

Over the past few months, Sarah and I have found random pieces of paper and notebooks scattered around the house containing notes from the kids. The notes are generally around 2-3 sentences each, detailing some part of their day. Many of them are dated.

Travis Shelton 5/22/26 Travis Shelton 5/22/26

Remembered For

One of my friends is nearing the end of his life. We've had some interesting conversations recently. As you can imagine, he's been quite introspective lately. He recently asked me a question that I've been thinking about: "What will I be remembered for?"

Travis Shelton 5/13/26 Travis Shelton 5/13/26

Once You See It

Something powerful happens when we see parts of the world that are extremely foreign to us. When we leave our little bubble and get a glimpse of the bigger picture, it has the potential to melt our minds. Everything we know and believe can be turned upside down in a matter of days.

Travis Shelton 5/11/26 Travis Shelton 5/11/26

Systems and Standards

"We don't rise to our goals. We fall to our systems and standards."

Travis Shelton 5/6/26 Travis Shelton 5/6/26

For What?

Enough is enough because enough is enough.

Travis Shelton 5/4/26 Travis Shelton 5/4/26

The Line

"Where's the line? How far do you take this? At what point would you stop giving something away and sell it instead?"

Travis Shelton 4/19/26 Travis Shelton 4/19/26

Ignore the Bar

Frankly, I don't care what the bar is. The bar sucks. The bar is a fraud. "Industry standards" and “common practices” are buzzwords to justify complacency and apathy.

Travis Shelton 4/16/26 Travis Shelton 4/16/26

Where’s a DeLorean When We Need One?

A young lady on my far left raised her hand. "What is your net worth?" I said spicy....I didn't mean SPICY!!!! That one caught me off guard, as it's the first time I've ever been asked that publicly. I froze for a second. What do I say? What do I say? What do I say?

Travis Shelton 4/13/26 Travis Shelton 4/13/26

New Fear Unlocked

It's been a few months since I've been scared out of my mind. One would think I'm finally on the other side of crushing fear, but alas, here we are again.

Travis Shelton 4/3/26 Travis Shelton 4/3/26

Tank Filler

The last few days have felt like a mental and emotional beating. Nothing significant happened, but everything involved in my days fell on the difficult side of the ledger. My tank was running low. That's when I decided to do something that nobody should do on an empty tank: aimlessly scroll TikTok. However, what I stumbled into filled my tank to the brim.

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