Campfire Gentleman Newsletter

Weekly reflections and tools designed to strengthen your family, purpose, growth, health, and simplicity.

Growth

Oct 19, 2026

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3 min read

Don't Make Your Past Self the Villain

You don't have to hate who you were to appreciate who you've become.

Growth

Oct 12, 2026

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2 min read

The Internet Is Full of Leaders

Sometimes you're leading. Sometimes you're following. Usually, you're just being a decent human being.

Family

Oct 5, 2026

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9 min read

What You Do Is Not Who You Are

Chad Hennings on identity, purpose, and what remains when the titles change.

Family

The Goal of Discipline Is to Become Unnecessary

Oct 1, 2026

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2 min read

The Goal of Discipline Is to Become Unnecessary

The goal isn’t to keep blowing the whistle. It’s to raise a kid who eventually hears it himself.

Simplicity

Sep 28, 2026

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3 min read

Where Did All the Time We Saved Go?

We spent decades saving time. Then we found new ways to fill every minute of it

Simplicity

You Don't Have to Have an Opinion About Everything

Sep 24, 2026

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2 min read

You Don't Have to Have an Opinion About Everything

Just because something demands your attention doesn’t mean it deserves it.

Growth

Sep 21, 2026

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3 min read

You Don’t Get to Outsource the Cost

If you want something in your life to change, you eventually have to bear the price of responsibility.

Growth

Sep 17, 2026

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2 min read

The Things We Quietly Stop Doing

I didn’t decide to stop going to concerts. Life just filled the space.

Purpose

Sep 14, 2026

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2 min read

The Stars Were Never the Failure

Sometimes the goal gets you farther than you ever would have gone—then convinces you it wasn’t far enough.

Growth

Sep 10, 2026

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3 min read

The Distance Between a Bust and a Steal

What if the thing you’re disappointed in isn’t the problem—the expectation is?