Campfire Gentleman Newsletter

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

Family

Fighting Bears and Figuring Out What Matters

Nov 9, 2026

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5 min read

Fighting Bears and Figuring Out What Matters

Jon Finkel on sports, fatherhood, and the ways we change without realizing it.

Growth

How Do You Ask a Zoologist About Fighting a Bear?

Nov 6, 2026

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2 min read

How Do You Ask a Zoologist About Fighting a Bear?

A surprise Kindling newsletter about a barbecue, a bear, and revenge.

Purpose

Nov 2, 2026

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6 min read

The Asymmetry of Ambition

The Price Is High. The Odds Are Low.

Simplicity

Oct 26, 2026

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5 min read

The Comfort of Small Problems

Why we spend so much energy on things that matter so little.

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.