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Make Your Own Reality and Create Happiness
When I was a kid the internet did not exist. If you wanted to hear a song you either had to get a ride to the record store or wait until...

Izaak David Diggs
Jul 5, 20234 min read


Are You Living or Simply Existing?
Every morning I sit out in my yard drinking coffee and watching birds. I do not gulp my coffee down nor do I rush through any of my...

Izaak David Diggs
Jun 28, 20232 min read


Slow Down: The Importance of Relaxation
I work in a campground so a big part of my job is getting people to slow down. As irritating and unsafe as their speeding is, I get it; I...

Izaak David Diggs
Jun 21, 20235 min read


Unite or Perish
When will there be new books? To answer that I need to go into my living situation. My boss (very generously) has been letting me staying...

Izaak David Diggs
Feb 2, 20234 min read


Van Life Two Years in
I have been living out of my van since May 17, 2020; this is a warts and all “what it is really like” documentation of my day to day...

Izaak David Diggs
Jun 30, 20226 min read


I Will Never Live Check to Check Again
I am never going to live check to check again. For most of my adult life every paycheck has meant too much, make or break; I think a lot...

Izaak David Diggs
May 2, 20222 min read


Six Days in the Valley
The original plan was to scout places to spend the night in the northern Central Valley. If I ever refer to “the Valley” this is the...

Izaak David Diggs
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Why I Live in a Van
This story is fifteen years in the making; I will try to make it so it does not take that long to read… In 2007 my first wife and I were...

Izaak David Diggs
Apr 24, 20223 min read
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