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Let’s Go Exploring!

Scott Stoll

Let’s explore how to live a more meaningful and joyful life. I’m Scott Stoll, Author, Artist, Adventurer and a work-in-progress. My claim to fame is that I rode a bicycle around the world. For 25 years, I’ve been posting monthly stories, life experiments, worksheets, and more. Join me, and let’s live the best lives possible.

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Let's Go Exploring! #183. What happened to Dennis?

Dear friends, I have a super special story for you this month. One that I've been waiting for a long time. If you’ve read Falling Uphill, you know that Dennis accompanied me halfway around the world on a bicycle. Many of you have wondered what happened to Dennis and if he found what he was looking for when he returned home. I’m honored that for the 25th anniversary of my website — a website Dennis helped build — he has written this wonderful story complete with important life lessons. One...

2 days ago • 6 min read
Scott stands before the Kon-Tiki raft in Oslo, Norway.

Dear friends, I've had quite a few adventures since last time, including a trip to Scandinavia, and now an adventure that I didn't sign up for — pneumonia. Haha. Anyway, as I mentioned last time, I wanted to debut a new format for this issue. Below are 4 quick highlights for each step of my formula for turning dreams into reality. You can skip to whichever point interests you. Here is the overview of my process. (I'm not sure if I need to say this every time.) Get inspired. Dream big or...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read
A photograph of cut-out fish hanging from ropes. The ropes divide the picture into thirds. A variation of the Law of Thirds.

Dear friends, Before heading off on my Scandinavian adventure, I wanted to send out a teaser email and update. (Also, I'm trying to stick to my one newsletter a month goal.) First, the update: I had my interview, or assessment as they call it, to be a diplomatic courier for the US Department of State. It was a four-hour-long, difficult and intimidating test that I'm not allowed to talk about. Unfortunately, I was 0.45 points short out of 7, so my dreams to travel the world delivering packages...

3 months ago • 2 min read
An infographic showing what a dream means. An arrow points to a box with the label "Who you are." An arrow points to dashed circle around the box with the label "What you believe possible." And a cloud outside everything with the label "Dreams."

Dear friends, It's been another 3 months already. My goal was to send out one newsletter a month, but I've been fighting a battle behind the scenes to keep Google happy with my website. So, if you visit, you may notice that it's faster and easier to read. In addition, I've been continuing my rebrand. More on that below. Also, I have big news. In a few weeks, I have an interview to be a diplomatic courier for the US Department of State. If all goes well, I'll be traveling the world delivering...

4 months ago • 3 min read

Let's Go Exploring! #179 Dear friends, In this newsletter: A quick survey to help me build create a better website and newsletter. A new story by some guest adventurers: From backpacks to panniers to housesits. A new deleted chapter from Falling Uphill: What's the grossest thing you ate? And more. But first... ...A quick life update It's been a tumultuous time here in the States. It's been hard to watch this artificial dichotomy of left/right, good/bad play itself out. So, I've turned off the...

7 months ago • 4 min read

Dear friends, 25 years ago today, my website went online! Our site predated social media and even blogging. We had to create everything from scratch. Since then, we've featured many guest adventurers, and inspired literally thousands of kids and adults to live their dreams. Hearing the stories of these personal transformations has been my biggest reward. At one time, it was even an official company. You can see here, I own 25,500 shares. I'm not sure what this stock is worth now — but a lot!...

9 months ago • 8 min read

Let's Go Exploring! #177 Dear friends, I am long overdue to send an update. Life has been keeping me busy. I am glad to say that after almost two years, I have a new home in the Bay Area, California. It is an immense relief to have a foundation from which to grow. In today's newsletter: I have a new and embarrassing story about my weight loss journey, a new worksheet and some odds and ends. I'll be back in less than two weeks with a big announcement. And for the next year, I hope to be coming...

9 months ago • 2 min read
The 2024 eclipse captured during “diamond ring” effect. The diamond ring happens the moment before and after the eclipse. Also visible are several solar flares or prominences. The one on the bottom could easily contain the Earth. The white halo is the cor

Let's Go Exploring! #176 Dear friends, This month, I have a story about a life-changing experience seeing a total eclipse. And below the story, I have the usual assortment of other fun things that I discovered. You'll also notice more changes to my newsletter as I try to upgrade my business. It seems to be taking a more personal and ephemeral tone than my website. Also, I changed the name of my newsletter (again). I totally forgot my own tagline: "Let's Go Exploring!" So, that's what I'm...

about 1 year ago • 6 min read
Here's me at the pool in January during the rain. Brr. Luckily the water is warmer than the air.

A Life in Progress #175 Dear friends, If this is your first time hearing from me — Welcome! I'm in the middle of a big update and am a little behind. A couple other things before I get into today's story. You may have noticed that I now title and number my newsletter. As for the title, I've always considered myself a bit of a guinea pig, and now, in this day and age of AI and influencers with the perfect answers, I want to keep my stories as real and human as possible. I'm stumbling through...

about 1 year ago • 9 min read