Words give life and power to ideas, people, events.. Stories tell of life’s day to day experiences People hold on to stories to help describe themselves. Does holding into painful stories and reliving them help us or hinder us? Do the words of the pain in that story continue to have power?

Hey guys. Nothing too heavy but, man, do I feel defeated today. I just can't with this fucking world today. I am so sick of having to pay for a society that is actively trying to do away with me. Why do I have to give a shit for every special interest, left wing, indigenous or rainbow nazi group on a soapbox while my beliefs and core values are summarily dismissed or, worse, actively persecuted? Fucking tired.

You don’t need to keep up with everything in here. You don’t need to read every post, comment on everything, or feel like you’ve fallen behind if you disappear for a few days. This place is here when you need it. Ask a question. Share something you’re working through. Check in when you need some accountability. Tell us when something went right. Jump into a conversation when you’ve got something useful to add. Here’s how we use the different sections: - Community — General conversations, updates, questions and anything that doesn’t really fit somewhere else. - Introductions — If you’re new, start here and tell us a bit about yourself. - Real Talk — The heavier stuff. Things you’re carrying, working through, questioning or trying to figure out. - Accountability — Say what you’re going to do, then come back and tell us how it went. - Wins — Something moved in the right direction? Big or small, share it. - Coffee & Clarity — Weekly call topics, takeaways and conversations that keep going after Saturday. If you’re not sure where something belongs, put it in Community. Nobody is going to give you shit for posting in the wrong place. You can quietly read for a while if that’s where you’re at. But you’ll get a hell of a lot more out of this place when you start joining in. You don’t need to impress anybody here. Just show up honestly, contribute when you can, and use the community when you need it Stay anchored. Keep going.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I actually want this place to be. And the more I think about it, the less complicated it gets. Most guys I know aren’t completely falling apart. They’re just carrying a shitload and getting pretty good at pretending it’s fine. Work is busy. Money is tight. Kids need you. Your relationship needs attention. Your body probably needs some attention too. You’ve got stuff in your head you keep saying you’ll deal with later. So you just keep going. Get up. Go to work. Deal with whatever fire is burning that day. Come home. Try to be present. Go to bed. Do it again. And eventually you start realizing something feels off. Maybe you’re more pissed off than usual. Maybe you’re exhausted all the time. Maybe you’re checked out at home. Maybe you’ve stopped doing the things that used to make you feel like yourself. Nothing is necessarily “wrong.” But you know you’re not operating the way you want to be. That’s the guy I want this place to help. Not because he needs fixing. Not because he needs someone telling him how to live his life. Sometimes you just need a place where you can say, “Alright, here’s where I’m at,” without having to bullshit anybody. Then figure out what needs work. Could be your health. Could be your marriage. Could be work. Could be your head. Could just be that you’ve been running on autopilot for way too long. That’s what I want us doing here. Talking about real shit. Calling ourselves out when we need to. Helping each other get unstuck. Actually doing something with the conversations we’re having instead of collecting another bunch of information we never use. That’s where I want Anchored and Ready to go. Nothing fancy. Just good men trying to get their shit together, keep it together, and show up better for the people and things that matter to them. That feels a hell of a lot closer to what I wanted this place to be from the start. Stay anchored. Keep going.

Alright boys, this Saturday morning we’ve got my good friend Matt Vincent joining us for the call. I know a bunch of you already know him, but for anyone who doesn’t, he’s a Highland Games World Champion, author, business owner, creator of the Not Dead Yet Community, and just an all-around interesting dude who’s lived a lot of life and has a lot to say. NDY is actually how Matt and I first connected almost five years ago, so I’m pretty pumped to finally have him come hang out with us inside Anchored & Ready. This isn’t going to be some formal interview where I fire questions at him for an hour. I want it to be a conversation, so come prepared. If there’s something you want to ask Matt about training, business, getting older, reinvention, building community, life after competing, or whatever else comes up, bring it. Saturday. 7:00 AM Pacific. I think this one’s going to be a damn good call. See you boys there. :::