Captain’s Blog
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This Time, It’s Different: Turning a Commute into a Countdown
The last shift of a six-week rotation is always the strangest. Every part of your mind is already 600 miles south in Palmer, but your body is still here on the North Slope, going through the final motions. The sounds of the machinery start to fade, replaced by a mental checklist of what comes next:…
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Am I Running Away, or Running Towards a Better Life?
A dispatch from the North Slope. The first entry in a 5-year plan to trade a life of obligation for a life of intention. It’s mid-July, 2025. I’m on the job, about 600 miles from home, which gives a man a lot of time to think. Too much time, maybe. And there’s this one question…
