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  • Why I Left a Career to Live in a Van

    Why I Left a Career to Live in a Van
    Jul 6 2026
    People ask for the moment — the meeting where I stood up, the sunrise that rearranged my priorities. There wasn't one. There was a fine job that slowly stopped fitting, a layoff and a breakup that arrived in the same season, and a used Sprinter I bought partly out of clarity and partly because I didn't know what else to do with myself. This is the honest version of the story I've been avoiding: what was actually broken, what the plan was supposed to be, how a twelve-month experiment quietly expired into a life, and what I'd tell anyone who thinks a van will fix something. It won't. Whatever's wrong travels. Chapters: (00:00) The photo of an empty van (01:35) The job Henry was actually good at (02:50) The trap of a perfectly fine life (04:09) The layoff (04:47) The breakup (05:51) The year everything broke at once (06:54) The van was almost an accident (08:40) The one-year plan that quietly expired (09:47) What to know before you buy the van Full episode notes and transcript: https://milesofquiet.com/episodes/why-i-left-a-career-to-live-in-a-van/ This episode is sponsored by The Sprinter Store: https://sprinterstore.com
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    11 Min.
  • The Problem With Outdoor Content

    The Problem With Outdoor Content
    Jun 29 2026
    I watched a guy turn an afternoon walk into a battle — dramatic music, boot close-ups from below, the big swelling moment at the top. I've been on that trail. It's a walk. This episode is about what the highlight reel does to people: why everything online is epic now, what gets cut out of a real day outside, and why the four good minutes get filmed while the six hours that actually change you get deleted. I make this stuff for a living, so this isn't a takedown from above — it's a confession from inside, and an argument for leaving the boring parts in. Chapters: (00:00) The trail that became a battle scene (01:27) A confession from inside the business (02:06) The fish Henry didn't film (03:03) The highlight reel problem (05:04) "What am I doing wrong?" — you're not (05:58) The word "epic" has stopped meaning anything (07:24) When everything is meaningful, nothing is (09:12) What honest outdoor content would look like Full episode notes and transcript: https://milesofquiet.com/episodes/the-problem-with-outdoor-content/
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    11 Min.
  • What Fly Fishing Teaches You About Patience

    What Fly Fishing Teaches You About Patience
    Jun 22 2026
    I've been fly fishing for six years and I'm still not good at it. That's not modesty — I lose fish I should land, and there are whole days the river just says no. Somewhere along the way I stopped being frustrated by that and started thinking it might be the point. This one's about reading water and why it can't be learned from a diagram, the difference between fishing to catch fish and fishing to fish, and how standing in rivers turned an impatient project manager into someone who can wait without the waiting feeling like suffering. Chapters: (00:00) Six years at the same bend in the river (00:49) A dock, a worm, and a dad: how it started (02:53) Learning to read water (04:24) Why it takes years, and why that's the good part (05:45) Fishing to catch fish vs. fishing to fish (07:36) Patience is a skill, not a trait (09:48) Stop grading yourself on the fish (10:49) Back to the bend Full episode notes and transcript: https://milesofquiet.com/episodes/what-fly-fishing-teaches-you-about-patience/
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    12 Min.
  • Boredom Is the Point

    Boredom Is the Point
    Jun 15 2026
    There's a four-hour stretch of forest service road in the Cascades with no views, no water crossings, nothing to look at but trees. I used to treat it as a tax I paid to get to the fishing. Now it's the part of the trip I look forward to. This first episode is about what happens when you stay bored longer than feels comfortable — why your brain fights the silence for the first hour, what opens up on the other side of it, and why the most useful thinking I do all year happens on trails where nothing is happening. Also: why this is not an adventure podcast, and never will be. Chapters: (00:00) The four-hour stretch nobody films (00:43) What this show is, and what it isn't (02:28) The day the headphones died (03:52) The second hour: what the quiet actually feels like (04:36) Your brain's default mode, or: good ideas in the shower (06:10) This is not a wellness pitch (07:04) The two kinds of boredom (08:51) How to try this on your next hike (10:08) Why the quiet doesn't follow you home Full episode notes and transcript: https://milesofquiet.com/episodes/boredom-is-the-point/
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    12 Min.