Outskirts Overland Podcast
Welcome to the Outskirts Overland Podcast, your go-to source for all things overlanding! Hosted by a seasoned adventurer with over 15 years of experience, this podcast offers a genuine and down-to-earth exploration of the overlanding lifestyle. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just starting out, join us as we delve into the essentials of gear and equipment, share captivating stories from the road, and provide practical tips for your next adventure. Tune in for insightful interviews, expert advice, and a community of like-minded explorers who share a passion for discovering the world beyond the beaten path. Get ready to fuel your wanderlust and embark on unforgettable journeys with the Outskirts Overland Podcast!
Outskirts Overland Podcast
Time Passes Whether You're Living or Just Existing
Life slips by in the blink of an eye. Have you ever wondered if you're filling your days with distractions rather than meaning?
When listeners messaged about missing the podcast and their workdays becoming more boring without it, it sparked deeper thoughts about how we spend our precious time. Many of us sleepwalk through life, trying to emulate others who themselves are playing characters—creating layers of inauthenticity that separate us from genuine fulfillment. But what if we approached each day with critical thought about who we truly are and what we actually want?
Time moves relentlessly forward. We'll never get back today's moments, conversations, or opportunities. Using the metaphor of arriving at "pearly gates," would you say "I did it all" or "I wish I had done this"? Everyone we love will eventually leave this world, and we never know when our final moments with them might be. No technology—not even AI or digital memories—can recreate the feeling of being truly present with those we care about. Are you camping because you love nature, or because you want likes on Instagram? Are you building your truck for the journey, or for others' approval? Neither is inherently wrong, but knowing your true intentions changes everything.
The greatest gift we can offer future generations isn't financial wealth but demonstrating how to live authentically and purposefully. Money is ultimately arbitrary, but time—those hugs, conversations, and genuine connections—those are irreplaceable. While the podcast hiatus continues, this message serves as a reminder to pay attention to what's truly important right in front of you. Your life is happening now. Are you fully present for it?
Hey guys, I appreciate all the messages about, yes, work days being more boring and missing the podcast. I would like I said it's still here. It's not like I can't do it, I'm taking a break from it. Just remember, like, fill your day with a little more. Think about who you are and what you want to do with your life. I know those are tough thoughts and that's hard things to think about, but the time's going to come where you're going to wish that you thought about that, because time's the only thing you can't. You can't make more of it, you can't get it back, you can't do it different once it's already happened. So I've heard a lot of people say, oh, my workday is more boring. Well, let's take our workday and make it a little more. Let's get back to being, you know, imaginative, using our imagination, critical thinking. How can we make our lives better? What can we do to be better? If we are doing certain things, why are we doing them? Are we trying to be somebody else? Who are we? Who am I? What can we do to be ourselves? And you know what's the word Different, differentiate ourselves from everybody else? Instead, I see a lot of people and this is just across the board, just across the board, I see a lot of people trying to be somebody else and then that person is not even being who they are. The person they're trying to be is playing a character. So, guys, don't be, don't just. There's a lot going on in the world today and the best advice I can give anybody, the best inspiration I can give anybody, is just to think. You know, I often think, uh, there's this, there's, this was a, this was something said to me a long time ago, but you don't want to get up and this is going to be religious to some extent, but the analogy will remain. For what, however you feel about? You know the ending of life, but you don't want to get up to the pearly gates. Look at whoever you know, whoever's the authority there, and go. I wish I'd have done this. You want to get up there and go. I did it all. Take me. You know I did it all. Take me. I'm happy to be here. I made the most of what I had Because, as grim as it is, everyone you love is going to go.
Speaker 1:Everyone you care about is going to go. You never know when the last time you're going to see them is, or the last time you're going to go camping is, or the last time you're going to go to a dance recital. Car wrecks happen, accidents happen, things happen and there's nothing you can do about it and you can't go back. There is no rewind. With everything we've got in this world today AI, videos and pictures and everything else it still doesn't get you there. It doesn't get you doing it. It doesn't get you the memories, the feelings, the accomplishment.
Speaker 1:So, instead of thinking about where's outskirts overland, think about like what would, what would Charlie be thinking about right now? And not that I'm some freaking kind of like leader of you guys, but just think about your own life. What are you doing? Why are you doing it? Are you camping because you want people to like your pictures? Are you building your truck because you want people to talk about it? Or are you doing things for you?
Speaker 1:Neither is right or wrong, but at least having a clear picture of why you're doing and our intentions with life, how serious are we taking ourselves? You know, are we taking ourselves serious to be somebody else who isn't even being serious? Think about those things, guys. You don't get today back. You don't get right now back. That's gone.
Speaker 1:Now Think about it, guys, like. I know it's crazy and I know it sounds nuts, but there's a lot going on in the world today and the best thing that I feel like I can do, best thing I feel like I can do, is make sure that every day I'm I'm truly working toward doing that day what I want to be doing, to be the way I want to be, not for any other reason than you know myself, because I have to. Yeah, I'm gonna die guys like we're guys. That's not a revelation, but nobody seems to be taking it serious and some people do. But seriously, you're going to go. Your kids they're going to go too.
Speaker 1:The best thing I think any of us could gift any of the future generations is showing them what you can accomplish toward your goals, instead of showing them oh, I made all this money by making these, these companies rich, and I made all this money because I worked all these hours. Why don't you spend those hours with them? That money don't mean nothing to them. Money, in the grand scheme of things, honestly kind of doesn't mean anything at all. It's just this arbitrary thing put on other consumables. But you, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Like you can get stuff at different prices everywhere. So what's the true value? But you want to know what you can't get everywhere? Time you know what you can't get back that last hug. These are, these aren't consumables, so start to wrap your mind around them a little differently. The podcast still is not going to continue, but I've seen enough. You know my workday is my workday is this. My workday is that I'm a distraction. Guys, make sure you're paying attention to what's really real in front of you and hopefully you guys hear from me again and I appreciate you guys messaging me and I hope this message finds you.
