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7 Key Tenets to an Experiential Life
A little background first: I wrote this while I was backpacking in Australia during December 2008 and January 2009. I had been traveling alone for the last 2-3 weeks of my trip and had been forced to acclimate myself to a foreign world and culture. Although Australia is far from atypical America, there are some [...]
Continue reading...damaging your adventurous spirit with a secure future
12 July 2010
So many people live within un-happy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism , all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a [...]
Continue reading...viva la backpacker
12 July 2010
I was going through some old papers when I came across a page I literally ripped out of a magazine while I was traveling in Australia from a couple years ago. from the article: today’s backpacker is no longer a “worthless, party-addicted wanderer, roaming Australia in a Combie Van.”
Continue reading...The Art of Relaxation
11 February 2009
You dine, rather than consume. It’s a one hour cup of soup and a glass of red wine at a local bistro. It’s not a four minute, thirty second frozen dinner and diet coke consumed at your laptop in less time than it took to heat up. You sit in silence and listen to your [...]
Continue reading...Frustrations working abroad
19 December 2008
Some comments of interest so far: time zone changes are frustrating. In the beginning I thought it would be helpful to have such a dramatic time change between Sydney and Austin, thinking that I’d be able to knock stuff out and have it show up in my colleague’s inboxes when they wake up. Not so [...]
Continue reading...Inbox Zero at 7am
11 December 2008
Two days in a row now that I’ve woken up super early. The first time it happened (4am) I thought it was a fluke because of a misaligned body clock, but when I woke up naturally this morning at 5am I realized, perhaps my body is so anxious to “get things done” that I’m jettisoning [...]
Continue reading...Workflow challenges and changes while traveling abroad
10 December 2008
It’s 4:35AM in Australia and while everyone else (my sister, her roommate, & my girlfriend) are asleep, but my internal clock was aching me to ‘get the hell outta bed!” So here I am sipping tea and writing a blog post. Before my travels to Sydney I purchased the super tiny Asus eeePC 901 series. [...]
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- Openness doesn't come from resisting our fears, but getting to know them well.
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30 August 2010
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