My Next Five Years

During my week of silence in the Olympic National Forest, I wrote out what I’d like to do over my next five years (2024-2029). I have shared the outline here.

Take my first long walk
I plan to embark on my first long walk along the Pacific Coast from Canada to Los Angeles in the summer of 2024.

Come into full truth and transparency
I aim to come into full truth and transparency in my life. I aim to hold no secrets and tell no lies, practicing 100% truth and transparency for an extended period. I may even take a lifetime vow, making my mind a Creative Commons space where I share my thoughts freely with others.

Give away everything I own and enter into an experiment of non-ownership.

Silence for an extended period of time
I have experienced 10 days of silence in the past. I am aspiring to take this practice further by extending it to an entire month.

Forage 100% of my food for a year
Having foraged 100% of my food for one month, I aspire to take this experiment further by foraging all of my food for an entire year.

Make my complete clothing wardrobe from start to finish through growing and foraging, processing and creating the clothes.
In 2024, I achieved the goal of 100% homemade clothing made from natural fibers and naturally dyed materials.

Take vows as a monk of the Earth.

Vipassana
Do a 10-day Vipassana each year, with the goal of doing a month-long Vipassana.

Deep solitude immersions with Earth
My longest solitude experience is one week. I aim to dedicate one week each year to solitude, with a goal of 30 days of solitude in deep nature.

Practice non-sexuality
I plan to practice non-sexuality until August 28, 2026, with the possibility of extending it for another two years or even making it a lifetime vow.

Spend extended periods of time offline
I also aim to spend extended periods offline, liberating myself from emails, texting, social media, and my dependence on the internet. This includes the goal of living without owning a computer, phone, or electronic communication devices for two years.

I have pondered the idea of logging off social media forever, perhaps engaging with it in a new way that allows me to share messages effectively while remaining offline.

Walk across the United States?.

Travel internationally without a passport or form of ID?

Decide my role in humanity for the rest of my life.

Embark on residencies in places where all are welcome to visit me.
Embark on residencies in places where anyone is welcome to visit me — perhaps in public parks in cities or deep in the woods.

Heal all of my past and present relationships.

Learn from, work with and be of service to Indigenous communities.

Learn from, work with and be of service to Black communities.

Practice Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication extensively.
Conduct NVC experiments in society, spreading its practice as I live my life as an embodiment of this message.

Live my life as my message and share widely.
I will teach through the example of what I am immersed in, doing only what I can with integrity.

Be accessible and available to those who want to be present with me.

Join an intentional community/eco-village?

Build a small home that is fully integrated with the land, built from materials on site and that can return to Earth.

Be closer to a fully dedicated life of service
Move closer to a fully dedicated life of service, with the possibility of making a full commitment.

Creations

Write books
Write a book with Parallax Press on how to live without money, a book about my year of foraging 100% of my food and a book detailing my experiences foraging for food for a year and sharing my life of living simply and sustainably.

Write booklets that are a guide to living simply and sustainably for the average person.

Distribute books through Robin Press.
Continuing the experiment in the gift economy?, write extensively on the many topics I’d like to share my perspectives on and produce videos on the many topics I’d like to share my perspectives on.

Learning

Reading extensively — at least two books each month.

Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication

Environmental justice

Rights of nature

Herbalism, plant medicine

Ayurvedic living and eating for my body type

Natural building

Tanning of a deer hide

The trees and forest ecosystems of the Eastern US

The birds of the Eastern US — by song and by site

Bicycle maintenance to become fully proficient in basic bicycle mechanics. Build a bike from scratch parts.

Living in community

Growth

Continue liberating my mind

Liberate myself from more societal norms and structures

Continue becoming whole and complete

Continue dissolving my ego and transforming it into a tool of service

Deepen my:
-integrity
-inner truth and transparency
-universal love
-empathy and compassion
-connection to Earth and all life on Earth
-gratitude and celebration of life
-mindfulness practice
-practice of existing in the present moment
-interconnectedness with all life
-reciprocity with Earth, and the plants and animals we share this home with

Release all attachment to outcome

Overcome my racial biases

Overcome my sexist biases

Dissolve my many social and mental separations
Dissolve my many social and mental separations concerning individuals experiencing homelessness, queer folk and people with physical differences.