the right question is . . .

"Why?"

the right question is . . .

I get asked the same question every week…

"How do you afford this life?"

But if that’s the question you’re asking — you have it all wrong.

Because when I was 17, my dad was going through his 14th round of chemo.

Hair falling out, skin that looked pale as freshly dried concrete.

Life at home was chaos: I was trying my best to stay busy, working 70 hours a week scrubbing fryers in the back of Chick Fil A.

Really, I only had one outlet: driving.

At first, I just drove around town. Then a little further. Then a little further than that.

And before I knew it, I was sleeping across the back seat of my truck in the woods of Kentucky.

I wasn’t becoming an influencer; I wasn’t crossing off my bucket list.

I was just trying to survive.

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As life got worse, short drives eventually became road trips. 

And as it goes, road trips became adventures.

And those adventures saved my life.

But I never sat down and wrote a 10 year plan. And I never chose to quit my job and share my story in a YouTube video.

God just kept extending the road — every time I needed somewhere to go.

The real question isn’t how someone finds the courage to do something with their life – whether they quit their job, take a gap year, travel across the globe, get married, or start a business.

The real question is — what drove them to that point?

Because I know for me, and maybe for you, life has a way of sending us down a path far greater – and windy – than we could ever imagine.

But never forget:

A lot of people who do something great — do it because they have to.

See you Out There,

Bryce C

Bryce Campbell

I write about loss, faith, and finding God. OTC supports my work.

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