Hello.
Leave Your Desk Behind began in 2019 with a simple but inescapable idea: creativity isn’t nurtured behind a desk. It lives out there. On winding roads, remote trails, and in the stillness of the in-between.
What began as a business idea focused on creating tools and practices for healthier work-life integration soon evolved into a deeply personal philosophy about how I want to live and work. I’ve always found that my best ideas come when I’m not trying to have them. When I’m on a motorcycle deep in the desert, or overlanding somewhere without cell service the creativity flows. The further I get from an office, the closer I get to clarity.
Then came 2020. COVID. The world changed, and so did the rules. “Working remotely” stopped being a perk and became a way of life. I leaned in, traveling more, learning how to stay productive from anywhere and building the systems to support high-level work far from the fluorescent hum of an office. I learned how to fully automate my job function, using the skills and techniques I perfected from a previous role that streamlined accounting & finance departments by employing emerging technology. It wasn’t always easy, but it opened my eyes to what was possible when you fully embrace the freedom to roam and commit yourself to automation and efficiency.
Like many passion projects, monetizing this business idea proved to be more elusive than the dream itself and I’ve since returned to a full-time, in-person role that I enjoy and find deeply fulfilling. But the spirit of Leave Your Desk Behind hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s no longer a business idea, it’s a mission. A reminder. A quiet push for anyone feeling stuck behind a screen to go chase some dust, get lost on purpose and remember that the best ideas don’t always come when you’re trying. They come when you’re out living.
Leave Your Desk Behind is for the explorers, the overthinkers, the burnt-out creatives and the ambitious wanderers who know that real inspiration doesn’t come from staring harder at a screen. It’s for the remote worker looking to redefine their workspace and the weekend warrior stuck in an office craving something beyond the ordinary. It’s for anyone who’s felt the calm that only a dirt road and a horizon can bring and knows that somewhere out there, between the disconnect and the discovery, something shifts.
So this space lives on, not as a company, but as a call to explore. A manifesto for the restless. A collection of stories, tools and thoughts on how to break routine, find the edges, and remember that sometimes the best way to move forward is to first… leave your desk behind.
