A B O U T
Hi, I’m Garrett Kincaid.
On May 25, 2022, I graduated from college with a degree in quantitative finance. A week later, I landed in Reykjavik to start a 3-month backpacking in Iceland. There, I connected with Nature and myself.
That adventure affirmed how I already saw life: Every moment bursts with beauty and opportunity.
Now, I’m just trying to not forget that. I returned from Iceland to start my career — not as a banker, trader, or consultant but as a writer.
When I write, I remember. I write so that I don’t lose sight of what matters. I write to explore my inner world and connect with others — to connect with you. So, thank you for being here.
My favorite quote:
Speak your latent conviction . . . Else tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
Core Ideas and Related Writing
The following ideas are central to my personal philosophy and motivate much of my writing.Our greatest inhibitions are self-delusion and -distraction. The antidote is introspection.Nothing is certain. At best, what we know is conditional.We are ends in ourselves and autonomous moral agents.Stillness is a prerequisite for freedom and creativity.Life is a gift, and death is an essential part of life.
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Contact
garrett@garrettkincaid.com
📩 Feel free to email me. Share your thoughts, feedback, ideas — anything! I’d love to have a conversation.