Archery

ARCHERY: The Art of Letting Go is a meditation on life through the lens and practice of archery.
This is neither a sports manual nor a self-help prescription pad. It is a book about the lessons found in getting lessons—exploring the value of mentors, the illusion of control, and the discipline of presence.

One night in 2022, Chris Monaco waded into the Pacific Ocean and screamed at the universe for help. The universe answered with a bow and arrow.

Monaco had built the kind of life that photographs well: DJ residencies, major label titles, red carpets, and international flights. But behind the success was a functional alcoholic facing a midlife reckoning with identity and a life that no longer felt like his own. When the pandemic brought everything to a halt, he found himself questioning not just what he had lost, but who he had become.

What followed was an unexpected journey of sobriety, self-discovery, and finding purpose through archery.

Part memoir, part philosophy, and part practical reflection, Archery: The Art of Letting Go explores how the process of becoming a better archer mirrors the process of becoming a better human being. Through lessons learned on and off the range, Monaco discovers that stillness, mindfulness, and meditation are not simply ideas to contemplate, but practices that can change how we approach life.

This isn't a conventional recovery manual. It's an honest, sometimes humorous field guide to midlife, reinvention, personal growth, and discovering who we really are beneath the performance and the stories we've spent a lifetime telling ourselves.

Whether you've never picked up a bow or have spent a lifetime on the shooting line, these pages invite you to slow down, pay attention, and rediscover what truly matters.