I realized that I often confuse the medium for the message - and I don't think I'm alone in doing so.

I said the other week that I'm obsessed with podcasts. That's not completely true.

Podcasts aren’t what I’m obsessed with. I’m obsessed with what podcasts facilitate.

Podcasts aren't the point.

The story, humanity, connection, and sense of aliveness that live underneath - that’s the point.

It's time to reframe storytelling to be in service of connection, not content.

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Chapters:

[00:00] The message is the medium

[01:21] The medium isn't the message

[03:30] Storytelling in service of connection

[05:33] An invitation to The Comma Project

[07:03] This is why I'm here

I started a podcast.

It's just the beginning, but it simply feels like the next right thing.

I'm going deeper and building out the world of The Comma Project - and this is the next step.

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Chapters:

[00:00] I started a podcast

[01:29] It’s more than it seems

[03:03] So, I started a podcast

[07:01] What’s the podcast about?

[09:23] This is simply the beginning

I was a camp counselor at a 4-day leadership camp for high schoolers, and I think I learned more from them than they did from me.

They showed me what it really means to "lean in" to life, and how being 15 years older in that environment gave me a perspective that freed me up a bit from my own fears today.

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Chapters:

[00:00] Rotary youth leadership camp in Ojai, CA

[02:18] Time traveling back to high school

[04:15] Perspectives from 15 years later

[07:00] Acknowledging the beauty & seeking wisdom in the experience

[09:16] Honoring lessons learned from the students

[12:00] Gaining inspiration

[13:14] A reminder to live life more "leaned in"

The process of seeking and becoming is a wandering one - like skiing.

Part of this process for me is re-learning what I’ve already learned.

If we live as lifelong learners, then learning, forgetting, and re-learning isn't a sign of insufficiency or weakness.

If we live as lifelong learners, then every moment (including the ones where it seems like we take steps backward) contributes to who and where we are.

To live this way offers a more grounded, graceful, and peaceful path through life.

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Chapters:

[00:00] Re-remembering and the abundance of lifelong learning

[01:04] You can't hoard life

[02:21] Seeking is like skiing

[03:41] Re-learning

[05:35] The abundance of lifelong learning

What is The Comma Project?

Why am I doing it?

In the first of what I plan to be many conversations, I share a bit more of my story, what Comma means to me, and why I'm doing it.

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Chapters:

[00:00] Introduction to The Comma Project

[03:23] The story behind the name "Comma"

[05:32] Writing and creating as a process of self-discovery

[07:23] World-building: an experiment in a new way of working

[09:09] What I believe

[10:11] Solving for aliveness

[11:40] Join me in The Comma Project

I'm Devin, and this is The Comma Project.

It's a space for leaders and seekers who are in pursuit of truth, aliveness, and crafting a life of significance.

So, I invite you to join me, in my project.

The Comma Project.

Where you and I are in the process - of seeking, and becoming - together.

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