Documentation of my journey through "The Preparation" program developed by Doug Casey and my father.
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From the Dirt to the Office (Week 159)
Sunday, August 16th, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
This past week was the kind of week that happens every once in a while. It was the kind of week that makes you feel like you made real progress, real forward movement, toward...
The Crisis of Unearned Authority
“We have a major crisis on our hands.”
You’ve heard that a million times by now…
Economic crisis. Political crisis. Mental health crisis. Education crisis. Housing crisis.
Pick one.
But there’s another crisis that I’ve started noticing...
One good thing
Sunday, August 9th, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
Let’s cut to the chase…
This past week was largely unproductive. Part of the reason was laziness, part of it was a lack of worthwhile things to do, and part of it was due to...
Keeping Things Moving
Sunday, August 3rd, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
Not every week in The Preparation is exciting. I’m 157 weeks into it — just passed the 3-year threshold 2 days ago — and most of it has been steady “uneventful” progress.
Som...
The Best Thing I Can Do (for now)
Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Writing to you from Uruguay
An idea hasn’t left my mind for two months now — an idea tied to this question:
If all of the necessities of life are taken care of — shelter, food, water, bills, and the pres...
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The beta tester of The Preparation, a four-year alternative to college. Became an EMT, worked on wildfires, sailed through the Strait of Magellan, packed mules in the Rockies, flown planes, and worked on geophysics crews...
Publisher of Crisis Investing, Co-host of Doug Casey's Take Podcast, Co-author of The Preparation: How to become competent, confident, and dangerous. Serial entrepreneur. I live on a regenerative cattle ranch in Uruguay.
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