Fields of Work

Summary

Thanks to some technical difficulties, Sam and Max have a lot to catch up on. They each decide what cereal they’d be, you know, if they were turned into cereal. Max talks about being back at Gibbet Hill and his new bond with the lambs. Sam discusses his month of read and how he is ready to go surfing...as long as there aren’t sharks. Lastly, Sam has some questions to answer, what should next months theme be? Should he keep his new office?

A special Mother’s Day episode...so of course they talk a lot about mice? Sam tells us about “Dope Salads” and chocolate chip banana bread. It’s cold on the farm and Max describes what that means for the plants. Also, Max announces his return to Gibbet Hill Farm. Sam and Max talk about how the Coronavirus may affect their respected fields and what it could mean for the future.

NOTE: Please excuse Sam's audio. It gets better after a couple minutes.

After a long three week break, Fields of Work is back. Sam and Max catch up on life and talk about their favorite things to collect growing up. Max reiterates his hate for winds and describes the crazy weeks at the farm. Sam concludes his “Month of Write” and talks about what he learned and his new routine for writing.

Max’s Instagram

Carving out your space to contribute

Personal development is an expedition, not an exercise in perfection

“Month of Sit” Recap & a Look at April

The Deliberate

Yes PLZ Coffee

Gaining Ground’s Instagram

Sam and Max offer up some innovations for airlines. Max updates Sam on his week at the farm, and they get into the nitty gritty details of farming: how to trellis peas, how regenerative agriculture builds soil health, how to build a caterpillar tunnel. Sam ran a retrospective with a new team and is ramping up the next phase of the project, creating a coaching program. Lastly they talk about Sam’s writing habit. Oh, and Max is a handkerchief guy now.

Sam and Max catch up during these wild and uncertain times. Sam recaps his “Month of Sit” and talks a bit about his meditation practice. Max began working at a new farm and is learning all types of new things. Sam shares the saga of the harmed kite.

Zafu and Zabuton

Month of Sit by Sam Spurlin

Gaining Ground

BCS Tractor

Paper Pot Transplanter

Let My People Go Surfing

Summary

Sam and Max talk about these super normal times. Not much going on really. Max is looking forward to farming again and Sam updates us on his “Month of Sit” as well as his recent digital declutter. They briefly discuss the apocalypse and their plan if things get real, real bad. Lastly they briefly touch on what this could mean for the future of work.

Links

Gaining Ground: https://gainingground.org

The Ready’s Medium publication

Itamar’s article

The 2020 Camry

Gibbet Hill Grill Instagram

After three long weeks away, Sam and Max have a lot of catching up to do. Max has been trying his hand at the food industry and breaking plates along the way. He has also dabbled in flooring as well as vintage markets? It’s been a weird month. Sam has himself a new fancy office, and a brief moment of podcast fame, almost. He recaps his month of writing and preps for a month of meditation. Lastly, Max shares his theme for 2020: Prepare yourself for The Year of Experimentation.

* Sam’s fancy new electric kettle: https://fellowproducts.com/collections/heat/products/staggekg

* Why We Sleep

* Hyperion #1

* East of Eden

* One Hundred Years of Solitude

* The Martian

* A recap of Sam’s “Month of Write”: https://medium.com/@samspurlin/the-end-of-my-first-month-of-write-5ff91aca823c

* Hue and Shade Vintage on Instagram

* Make Offices at The Wharf

* Sam’s yearly theme article: https://medium.com/@samspurlin/the-year-of-intensity-simplicity-5dcf12ab7f71

Sam and Max use this episode to continue catching up. This isn’t season 2 yet, we think? Sam talks about his theme(s) for the upcoming year. Max’s theme is a work in progress, stay tuned. Lastly, Max talks about how working in the restaurant makes him very anxious. Good thing he’s mainly a farmer.

Where's Season Two? It's not here, yet. But this in-betweener is! Sam and Max talk about Max's winter UPS endeavors. He's full of knowledge about the big brown company.