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Death Notes

Lessons written in scar tissue. Truths forged in failure.
This is where the hard-earned wisdom lives.

This is where I keep the pages from a life shaped by suffering—some chosen, some not.

What started as a goal to finish a race became something else. A practice. A way to sharpen the mind through pain, to test ideas in real-time. The posts here aren’t written from the safety of hindsight, they’re forged in the middle of it all: broken gear, broken plans, and moments that broke me open.

You’ll find reflections grounded in Stoicism, endurance, failure, and whatever clarity I could scrape together along the way. It’s not about heroics. It’s about showing up, again and again, until the lessons stick.

If you’re looking for inspiration, you might find some. But mostly, you’ll find truth.

The human who races with this blog shall neither be the same… nor sane.

The Smart Way Isn’t Soft: A Perspective on Purpose-Driven Endurance

The Call of the Trails: The Heart Behind SISU 24 PNW

Be Like Naruto: How One Ninja’s Story Could Help Us Heal Our World

Unlearning the Scoreboard: A Second Shot at Real Development

A solitary figure in a hooded jacket walks down a muddy road beneath a stormy sky lit by a bolt of lightning. The scene is dark and dramatic, symbolizing endurance and resilience through chaos.

Strength Isn’t Shouting Into the Storm: Why Resilience Doesn’t Need a Spotlight

Anime-style illustration of a muddy, exhausted man sitting beneath barbed wire in a forest, while a shadowy demon with glowing purple eyes looms behind him, symbolizing inner struggle and trauma.

Why I Race With My Demons: Masochism, Military Envy, and the Stoic Path to Healing

Modern Stoicism in a Chaotic World: How Endurance Racing Primes You for a Stoic Life

Dancing with Death (and the Dow): Enduring Through the Crash

When “The Hard Way” Isn’t the Smart Way

Tony Matesi at the Death Race – a lesson in chosen suffering and resilience Photo Credit: Marion Abrams - Madmotion

The Privilege of Chosen Suffering: Lessons from the Death Race and Beyond

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