--- title: "Blog" id: "1315" type: "page" slug: "blog" published_at: "2024-03-16T01:58:53+00:00" modified_at: "2024-09-21T03:48:48+00:00" url: "https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/" markdown_url: "https://shiftinggears.blog/blog.md" excerpt: "Latest Posts From Engineer to Vagabond: Why I Quit My Job to Travel September 18, 2024 Adam Tymko Why I Quit My Job to Travel the World Recently, I left my career as an engineer to begin a journey of..." --- # Latest Posts [https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-jiri-to-everest-three-passes-trek/](https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-jiri-to-everest-three-passes-trek/) [Shifting Gears Journey: Jiri to Everest Three Passes Trek](https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-jiri-to-everest-three-passes-trek/) February 8, 2026 Adam Tymko After a bit of a hiatus, I’ve finally found the space to reflect on my time trekking in Nepal. I always sit down thinking it’ll be a short update, and then remember just how much can happen in a few weeks on the road. Over the summer, my friend Adam (yes, another Adam) invited me to join him on a multi‑week... [https://shiftinggears.blog/the-illusion-of-control/](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-illusion-of-control/) [The Illusion of Control](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-illusion-of-control/) November 29, 2025 Adam Tymko This is Part 4 of the Shifting Grounds series. We’ve felt the ache, catalogued the cracks, and examined the story behind it all. Now we’re asking: if the problems are so obvious, why haven’t the systems changed? And why do so many of us still go along with it? Even if you’re... [https://shiftinggears.blog/the-myth-were-living-in-the-water-were-swimming-in/](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-myth-were-living-in-the-water-were-swimming-in/) [The Myth We’re Living in, The Water We’re Swimming In](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-myth-were-living-in-the-water-were-swimming-in/) November 29, 2025 Adam Tymko Opening Notes This is Part 3 of the Shifting Grounds Series. We’ve acknowledged the ache and catalogued the cracks. Now we’re asking: what are the stories we hold that create symptoms of a world that no longer makes sense. Even if you’re starting here, this post stands alone... [https://shiftinggears.blog/the-cracks-we-cant-unsee/](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-cracks-we-cant-unsee/) [The Cracks We Can't Unsee](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-cracks-we-cant-unsee/) November 29, 2025 Adam Tymko Opening Notes This is Part 2 of my Shifting Grounds series, where I’m exploring why our world feels increasingly uncertain. In Part 1, we looked at that strange ache many of us feel—the sense that something fundamental isn’t working. If you’re new here, you can start with any post,... [https://shiftinggears.blog/the-strange-quiet-ache/](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-strange-quiet-ache/) [The Strange, Quiet Ache](https://shiftinggears.blog/the-strange-quiet-ache/) November 29, 2025 Adam Tymko A Note on This Series I’m trying something different here. For the past year, I’ve mostly shared stories of travel—of places, people, and adventures. But as I’ve moved through the world, certain themes keep surfacing. Questions that I can’t put down. Observations that feel too important... [https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-from-flooded-streets-to-mountain-trails-in-india/](https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-from-flooded-streets-to-mountain-trails-in-india/) [Shifting Gears Journey: From Flooded Streets to Mountain Trails in India](https://shiftinggears.blog/shifting-gears-journey-from-flooded-streets-to-mountain-trails-in-india/) November 20, 2025 Adam Tymko Two years ago, I visited India for the first time. I came hoping to find spiritual spaces but was quickly swept into the chaos that defines this country. During that trip, I took part in a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation retreat, which left me wondering why I had traveled halfway around the world... No posts found 1[2](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/2/) [3](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/3/) [4](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/4/) [5](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/5/) [6](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/6/) [Next](https://shiftinggears.blog/blog/2/)