Finding Clarity in Unpredictable Times

July 11, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Commentary, Inspiration, Self-reliance

Creating focus and clarity in your life can oftentimes be a difficult task. Remaining focused is even harder. There are so many options, possibilities, distractions, diversions, and so forth, to persuade us away from core initiatives. In our lives, we embark on many varying 'micro-adventures' that ultimately, with their ups and downs, create the fabric [...]

The Nature of Deeply Rooted Trees

March 27, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Commentary, Inspiration, Self-reliance

I have planted and nurtured many trees in my life–some with real roots, bark and leaves, and others as commitments and promises to myself and others. For over 30 years I have lived in a desert environment. I find it so fascinating to witness the resilience of a tree in the desert that found its [...]

Self-Reliance in Suburbia

March 8, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Commentary, Inspiration, Self-reliance, Sustainability

For several years, I had been planning to finish my backyard off with a swimming pool, a few flower beds, and a citrus grove of four citrus trees. My home and yard décor had been an old-world Italian theme and the part of our backyard that was near completion featured beautiful stone walls, columns, and [...]

The Genius of Self-Reliance

March 8, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Commentary, Inspiration, Self-reliance, Sustainability

I have found there to be such a deeply rooted relationship between our internal evolution of Self with our association as a living, breathing human being within our natural surroundings. I have been pondering this concept of self-reliance and the attraction to societal conveniences lately, all while meeting and interacting with a number of new [...]

Finding Yourself Home Free

March 7, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Overlanding, Solo Travel

In the spring of 2012, I began a discussion with a dear friend of mine roughly outlining an idea to traverse Central and South America by automobile. We would spend 18 months traveling here and there with no particular itinerary other than being sure to reach one of two coastal destinations along the South Atlantic [...]

1: 400,000,000,000,000

March 7, 2020 / Scott Leuthold / Commentary, Inspiration

1 In 400,000,000,000,000. This is the calculation by scientists of the likelihood that YOU would be born. Those are quite the odds against your existence, yet, here you are. Maybe you have seen this statistic before. Maybe not. In comparison, if you started a business today and you made $1,000,000 every single day, 365 days [...]