Author: Matt Shaw

It has taken several decades of work-life balance done poorly to finally recognize that margin and white space are superpowers. There’s so much pressure—mostly from within—to fill the minutes and hours with activity, consumption, and inputs. Right now I’m holding a lot: multiple missions, many projects, diverse stakeholders. The task list is never-ending. The backlog…

I love lightweight backpacking. Have been doing it for twenty years. Dozens of trips, hundreds of miles of trails. It remains a joy today. The idea of base weight comes from backpacking: how much is in your pack before you add consumables like food, water, and fuel? Embracing this is about constraints, decisions, and boundaries.…