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Posted on November 6, 2024November 7, 2024

Into the Fire: Takeaways from Two Years as a Volunteer Firefighter

Sometimes, you make a decision that even you can’t explain — but in 2022, I found myself doing just that. For most of my life, I’d wanted to serve in some way, though I wasn’t exactly sure how. At one point, I even dreamed of joining the military, and still feel a hint of regret …

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Well, suffice to say, this is one of the best novels I’ve ever read. Just a masterpiece from beginning to end. This place was made for guys like me📚 Realized I never posted my 2025 favorites! What C.S. Lewis does (and what fifteen years of Catholic education never managed) is explain the why. Not the rituals. Not the doctrine. The underlying logic of it all: why Christianity offers such a precise and surprisingly coherent map for navigating morality, love, and the aching complexity of being human. He uses plain language, concrete metaphors, and a refreshing intellectual honesty. He admits what he hasn’t figured out. He doesn’t try to convert you. He simply lays out why so many people don’t just choose faith, but find they need it. This was one of the most fascinating non-fiction books I’ve read in a long time. Ryan Holiday often cites this as one of his most recommended books, and within the first 25 pages, I understood why. Alright, ya caught me. Another “power of your subconscious mind” book. This one has been on my shelf for over a decade, untouched. I remember hearing Terry Crews singing its praises on a podcast with Tim Ferriss. “In order to ‘have’ you must ‘do,’ and in order to ‘do’ you must ‘be.’” Just gonna peek in quick… Fredrik Backman is quickly becoming one of those authors I’ll read without even checking what the book is about. From Beartown to A Man Called Ove to Anxious People and now this one, every single novel has been totally different from the last and just as enjoyable. This is one of the best books I’ve read on economics, policy, and history. Written in 1999, it’s part history lesson, part prophecy, and surprisingly accurate about the last couple of decades.
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