About

Howdy, I'm Colin Wright!

I speak, host, write all sorts of things, publish and produce and broadcast across mediums, travel a whole lot, experiment and learn in public, and engage in a fair bit of solo entrepreneurship and analytic journalism.

 

Author, speaker, and podcast host Colin Wright

Colin Wright. More photos of Colin.
 

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I'm originally from California but grew up in Missouri. I'm 38-years-old, left-handed, and bake decent four-ingredient bread.

I write and speak about topics ranging from relationships to label theory. I've presented workshops on branding and taught classes on design. I've written books about curation and intentional living, and produced podcast episodes about gerontocracy, the politics of nuclear nonproliferation, and the economics of multi-layer ceramic capacitors.

I've traveled full-time since 2009, and for the first seven years I had my readers vote (every four months or so) on which country I would move to next.

I've mixed up that routine quite a lot in the years since:

I fixed up and full-timed in a 33' 1985 Holiday Rambler Imperial motorhome (while on a 50-city speaking tour around North America), rode the rails around Europe for several months, tooks buses up and down the Americas, and even tried my hand at living in a few unfamiliar US cities for a spell (Wichita, Kansas and Memphis, Tennessee) to see what it would be like to receive mail and buy furniture after so many years of not doing such things (spoiler: it was weird but I survived).

During the pandemic, I decided to set up a home base in the US (from which to travel), and opted for Milwaukee, Wisconsin—where I have an apartment and enjoy the benefits of owning a bed and some bookshelves in between (mostly but not exclusively overland) trips to all sorts of places.

I have no idea where I'll end up next, but I'm enjoying the (to me) somewhat novel experience of being able to hold still when I feel like it, while also being able to grab my go-bag and set out on a last-minute roadtrip or train ride to often quite middle-of-nowhere, unfamiliar (to me) locales.

I try to fill my life with wonderful people, fond memories, and regular awe.

The red thread running through most of what I do is a desire to expose myself to new ideas and people and perspectives, and to live a productive and fulfilled life; the pursuit of which informs my work and helps me grow as a person.

Everything I make is produced because I can’t not make it. I’m incredibly fortunate to do what I love for a living and to be able to share my ideas, questions, stories, flubs, awkward moments, tiny victories, and both internal and external explorations with so many people.

Contact

The best way to reach me is via email: colin@exilelifestyle.com

Or: Twitter / Instagram / YouTube / Facebook / LinkedIn

Want to schedule an interview for your TV show, podcast, radio station, newspaper, etc? Please send me an email.

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If you're finding value in my work, consider supporting it with a one-off donation via Buy Me a Coffee, Cash.me, Paypal, or Venmo.

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Alternatively, consider purchasing one of my books and/or leaving a review for one of my podcasts wherever you listen to your pods.

Your support—whatever shape it might take—is very much appreciated. Thank you :)