Every time you switch your focus, change your program, get bored of what you’re doing and hop on a new exercise trend, you slow your progress.

My body is the vessel that carries my consciousness. It is one of the primary ways I experience the world. I am interested with how to deepen that experience.

You see, all movement isn’t exercise, and exercise is a very specific type of movement done in a very specific way.

TJOM is about shifting the narrative about how, why, and when we move. Changing from moving within the strict boundaries of “exercise” and beginning to MOVE.

Last year I undertook an entirely useless hobby. Not useless in that I find no value in it, but useless because it serves no larger purpose or affects the wider world.

I started painting miniature models. I did it because I got back in to playing D&D (Dungeons and Dragons for the uninitiated).

In times like these when we’re largely unstimulated (at home, not able to get outside much, interact with other people, encounter novel environments like nature, public space, varying terrain, etc), our brains get antsy.

I’m a preparedness junkie. I was in the Cub Scouts for a little while, and the Boy Scouts for even less time, so I can’t blame that for my love of being ready. I have a deep need to be prepared for whatever I’m doing.

How do we go about the process of creating strength? If strength is defined as the ability to express internal force externally through body control (i.e. handstand), manipulation of an object (i.e. lifting), or interaction with our environment (i.e. climbing)?

We glorify alone-ness and self-reliance as forms of freedom, and it’s absolutely true - independence is part of personal growth and the development of an authentic identity.

The internet is overflowing with information.

The incredible accessibility of it has led to a strange world of reactionary behavior and celebrity-grabbing.