Comments on: Shut Up and Drive

By: MyFojo

MyFojo — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:09:19 +0000

I admire that fact that you did what you wanted. There have to be tons of people who wish that they could do just that, give life’s demands the finger and head out. I always enjoy reading you work first thing in the morning, it is like coffee for Soul..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:40:24 +0000

While I was reading this I felt like I should have done what you did, instead of taking the smart route. Now I find myself at college, typing this at 3am from my seemingly incurable insomnia.

Props for having the sack not to do what you wanted, but what you felt you needed.

By: Aeon

Aeon — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:35 +0000

Yet another perfect example of why I enjoy everything you’ve been writing. It strikes a cord with you, and it leaves an impression, of something special, yet different.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:28:13 +0000

My last day of boring office work is today, and I have around 2 weeks to do whatever I want before the job search begins. I am going home to visit my family, but now that the idea is floating around in my head, a cross country road trip will be hard to resist. Much appreciated

By: Andrew McMillen

Andrew McMillen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:59:27 +0000

Beautiful.

By: Jesse D

Jesse D — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:51:47 +0000

Great post, I always likened that feeling to my creative energy burning a hole in me, trying to motivate me to do something. Though without discipline and direction it feels like restlessness.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:29:54 +0000

That was all kinds of solid, great mix of frenetic and zen.

And yeah the handful of times I’ve had insomnia it’s been because there was something I knew I needed to do but was too chickenshit to take on, a risk that was digging out from inside of me, but that I was trying to ignore and keep bottled up.

Every time, after finally doing it – I slept. Found Alaska for a time, but then it’s always slipped away. Hopefully I’ll get there and be able to stay someday.

By: Bryan Vale

Bryan Vale — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:00:43 +0000

Those snatches of contentment, that desire to do nothing but stand still and stay in that moment are what have kept me going the last two years. I never know when they will come, but I make sure to recognize them with, of all things, something I read in Vonnegut: “If this isn’t nice, then I don’t know what is.”

And then, they pass and the adventure continues.

By: SuperHonky

SuperHonky — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:38:02 +0000

There’s nothing like driving out in the middle of nowhere/somewhere/anywhere in the middle of the night, with your headlamps only showing what’s in front of you, semis drifting around you, being totally in the company of yourself… it’s almost like meditation.

I have a feeling I’ll be rereading this post from time to time, great stuff.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:28:07 +0000

This really resonated with me — the decision to say fuck it and just do something else, the sudden realization in a certain moment that whatever is driving you isn’t there for some reason, the imagery of Alaska… I really enjoyed this. Awesome stuff dude.