Category: About Me

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What Peacefully Stoked Looks Like Through My Lens.

Peacefully Stoked (noun): Someone who is not only grateful for the culmination of experiences that have shaped their life, but also energetic about getting to live a life where all they need is already within them. Below is a culmination of photographs that visually depict the essence of “Peacefully Stoked”.

  • Lake Mead, NV – Where Chris McCandless’s (Into The Wild) car was found and where I started.
  • Clyde, OH – Coming home for the first time with a built-out van to see mom and the family.
  • Clyde, OH – Coming home for the first time with a built-out van to see dad and the family.
  • Joshua Tree, CA – van-life meet up and movie night with Ellie and the gang. Now playing “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”.
  • Celo, NC – Nothing like a Saturday morning cup of coffee.
  • Willcox, AZ – BLM land next to Chiricauha Peak, just north of the Mexico border.
  • Santa Fe, AZ – A day of hiking and brewery hopping with Ellie and her family.
  • Las Cruces, NM – BLM right around the corner from White Sands National Park.
  • Carlsbad, CA – On set for “Mental Hell and Wellness” a series I did with Veteran Television.
  • Hueco Tanks, TX – morning journaling session.
  • Encinitas, CA – Right over Swami’s beach, a local surf spot.
  • Temecula, CA – Late night star gazing while Ellie and I cook dinner.
  • Encinitas, CA – Roof top sunset right before the hot tub party.
  • CA – Never been this lost in my life, no service, but what a sunrise.
  • Pacific Beach, CA – Two weeks after a deployment, unwinding with friends and friends of friends.
  • Cardiff, CA – Day off with the crew. Sun, Water, Rinse, Repeat.
  • Lake Havasu City, NV – Date night at “The Chair” right before Sedona.
  • Burnsville, NC – (aka) “Snaggy Mountain” where local musicians come to play.
  • San Diego, CA – First Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition, NO-GI and GI.
  • Encinitas, CA – Working as Community Manager for Vuori. One of the best jobs ever (just look at my feet).
  • Findlay, OH – Dancing with sparklers as the bride and groom cut cake.
  • Green Springs, OH – Sometimes you just need a little extra help.
  • Death Valley, CA – Two of the fellas road tripped out to see Ellie and I for the weekend.
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Finding Comfort

Where do you find comfort? What an introspective question for a Monday morning. Taking a second to think about all the things that have brought me comfort in my life there is one that stands out almost immediately. 

MUSIC. 

You see, music can transcend those who are willing into another reality: one that you don’t have to worry, stress, or fear. You move how you want and when you want, closing your eyes, fearing not even the slightest of judgments. 

Truth be told, nobody else goes where I do when I listen to music, and if by chance they did, well, then they too would be free with me, fearing nothing and experiencing everything. From the waves of sound tickling their eardrums to the feeling of their own body moving through space and time, and the beating of their own heart pounding against their chest.

There is a certain type of feeling that overcomes you when you start to give yourself to a compilation of perfectly placed notes, experiencing it how you think it was meant to be experienced. It’s almost freeing in itself. It’s your reality, where anything goes for those three to four minutes, maybe more if you’re lucky. 

It could be the soundtrack to your life, the moment of climax, or a more somber reflection. It doesn’t matter because for those three to four minutes the time is yours. So when asked where I find comfort, you could say music is only the beginning.

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Fancy Seeing You Here.

You know it took you about 50 milliseconds (roughly 0.05 seconds) to form an opinion about this page (I hope it was a good one). Honestly, the fact that you haven’t clicked off is impressive and I’m flattered. But now that I have your attention let me introduce myself and this page. My name is Seth and this is my page, Peacefully Stoked. I bet you’re wondering what Peacefully Stoked means? Well, I’m glad you asked, it’s a term I started using about a year and a half ago while trying to come up with a word that described my mood to the people around me. Peacefully Stoked (P.S. for short) is a way to describe someone who is not only grateful for where they have come from – knowing each experience (both good/bad) has shaped their life into who they are now – but also energetic about living a life in which all they need to succeed is already within them. I thought this would be a fitting name for my page because I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to focus my attention on while on here. Whether it’s my love for music or mental/physical health it doesn’t matter – I’m going to be Peacefully Stoked while doing it and I hope that energy flows into every one of my readers too. Stay tuned for my next post. Better yet, let’s connect and get to know each other!

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

Marcus Aurelius