My upcoming ebook (due out by the end of this month) wouldn’t be possible without the incredible contributions I’ve been receiving from bloggers and non-bloggers alike (thank you!).
Creating something for a good cause that brings together the collective knowledge of so many individuals is exactly the type of project I want to be apart of, so when a new friend on Twitter, Abubakar Jamil, invited me to contribute to a free ebook he’s putting together, I felt it would be the perfect opportunity to give back to the community.
Abubakar’s ebook will be a compilation of life lessons and advice from various bloggers and non-bloggers. The Life Lessons Series project already has over twenty contributors and the combined volume of knowledge and advice is incredible.
My good friend Farnoosh Brock, whose own list of life lessons is an absolute goldmine of advice, emailed me yesterday to make sure I was writing this post. I must say, there’s nothing quite like receiving motivation and support from someone you’ve never actually met. Continue reading →
This entry was posted on July 12th, 2010 and has 61 reactions. Join the discussion!
This is a guest post by my buddy and good friend, Ali Dark. Ali lives in Brisbane, Australia and I’m currently in Kathmandu, Nepal.
We spent about an hour and a half on Skype bouncing ideas off each other and discussing ways that we could help make the world a better place. This is a great example of why I think technology gives us the perfect opportunity to start bringing the world together — two people who never met each other, separated by thousands of miles, brainstorming ideas to help improve humanity.
Ali and myself are both going through life changes that involve a strong dissatisfaction with “normal” and an even stronger desire to do something that ensures we leave behind a world better than we found it. This blog post was born from our discussion and I think it includes some important ideas for bloggers and non-bloggers alike.
Making a difference starts with taking a stand. It starts with planting our feet on the ground, openly showing that we care, and being willing to discuss and brainstorm solutions to real problems… problems that are determining right now the future we leave behind for our children. Continue reading →
This entry was posted on July 8th, 2010 and has 49 reactions. Join the discussion!
It’s so easy to be our own worst critic. When I was recently asked to do my first Skype interview, I immediately thought back to my teenage struggles of talking on the phone.
I felt fear build up inside me as I recalled how nervous and unsure of myself I used to feel. I remembered the fear of being laughed at or of saying the wrong thing.
Now I was going to talk on the phone for thirty minutes while being recorded?
Since those days as a teenager, I’ve held several jobs that required talking on the phone. I learned to manage those fears and not let them get in my way of getting things done.
But this was my first Skype interview — the first time I had recorded something that was intended to be shared with the public. That gave my inner critic new ammunition to generate fear and self-doubt. Continue reading →
This entry was posted on July 3rd, 2010 and has 30 reactions. Join the discussion!
This is the forth in a series of reports detailing my travel expenses during a six-month sustainable travel trip through India, Vietnam, and Nepal, as outlined in The Plan: 6 Months, 3 Countries, and $3,000.
Frugal Travel Reports
March 2010 (includes Pre-Travel expenses)
April 2010
May 2010
June 2010
This month has seen me travel more than 6,000 miles in three countries: India, Vietnam, and Nepal. As a result, the expenses this month are the highest since I paid for my round-trip ticket to India when I started my journey back in March.
However, I’ve been extremely fortunate to have had free lodging, food, and transportation for my last two weeks in India, free transportation, food, and some free lodging during the two weeks in Vietnam, and now free lodging and some free transportation in Nepal. Continue reading →
This entry was posted on June 30th, 2010 and has 15 reactions. Join the discussion!
This past week marks three months since I left the place I called home for the first twenty-eight years of my life. I spent the past three months in India, a world away from my familiar home in the Northeast United States and I’m currently staying in Vietnam for two weeks before going to Nepal for two months.
Part of the reason for leaving home, changing my lifestyle, becoming a nomad was to rediscover myself; to strip my life of everything that might distract me from the process of inner discovery.
I was beginning to feel as though my life had gone down the wrong road; as if I had accidentally walked down the wrong path and I was watching the correct path disappear through a thick forest. I had to cut across. Whatever it took, I had to get to the other side. I felt an uncontrollable urge to follow my inner compass.
So I quit my job, sold all my stuff, and planned to live abroad for six months on a tiny budget of $3,000. What happened after that wasn’t important to me. With the entire world knocking at my door and absolutely no experience traveling abroad, my new lifestyle started in India. I had no idea what to expect of the following six months — I only knew that my life would never be the same again. Continue reading →
This entry was posted on June 25th, 2010 and has 63 reactions. Join the discussion!
