Types of souvenirs: Choosing the right one on a trip
Souvenirs can be cheap throwaways or powerful reminders of your trip and all you experienced. They can also serve as great gifts. Learn how to choose the best ones on any trip.
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Travel journal examples and how to get the most out of a travel journal
A travel journal can be a great tool for extracting meaning from your trips. But how do you set one up or use it to its fullest potential? Find out how.
Creating defining moments on a trip
The best moments on a trip, defining moments, often occur serendipitously, or so they seem. You go looking for one thing and then suddenly, something unexpected occurs and without warning, your jaw is dangling, your eyes expand to Ping-Pong ball size and you’re babbling like a baby or, conversely, bereft of any words. But these magic or defining moments don’t have to be accidental. The Power of Moments…
Explore Your Worlds: What it means and why it matters
“Explore your worlds” means embracing both the world around you AND the world within you to get the best of both, particularly when you connect the two on a trip to enhance both travel and life.
Taking shortcuts: Guess who gets cheated most?
I’m a big fan of shortcuts. They save you time and energy. They demonstrate your ingenuity. (You, after all, found a faster way to get something done. Clever you.) They free you up for more important or interesting activities. I love shortcuts. When they work. Which, I’m finding out, isn’t as often as I thought. I had a recent reminder of this when I was in China a…
Why failure isn’t
Failure isn’t what you think it is. By reframing and finding better terms for what you define as failure, you can actually find a powerful back door into success.
Why suffering may be better for you than you think
No one likes suffering. But the benefits we can gain from it might, at the very least, make you question why you so avoid it.
This is why we travel
There are many reasons to travel. But as this video from Monmondo poignantly reveals, one of the most compelling reasons is to show us just how much we share in common.
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Travel journal examples and how to get the most out of a travel journal
A travel journal can be a great tool for extracting meaning from your trips. But how do you set one up or use it to its fullest potential? Find out how.
Creating defining moments on a trip
The best moments on a trip, defining moments, often occur serendipitously, or so they seem. You go looking for one thing and then suddenly, something unexpected occurs and without warning, your jaw is dangling, your eyes expand to Ping-Pong ball size and you’re babbling like a baby or, conversely, bereft of any words. But these magic or defining moments don’t have to be accidental. The Power of Moments…
Explore Your Worlds: What it means and why it matters
“Explore your worlds” means embracing both the world around you AND the world within you to get the best of both, particularly when you connect the two on a trip to enhance both travel and life.
Taking shortcuts: Guess who gets cheated most?
I’m a big fan of shortcuts. They save you time and energy. They demonstrate your ingenuity. (You, after all, found a faster way to get something done. Clever you.) They free you up for more important or interesting activities. I love shortcuts. When they work. Which, I’m finding out, isn’t as often as I thought. I had a recent reminder of this when I was in China a…
Why failure isn’t
Failure isn’t what you think it is. By reframing and finding better terms for what you define as failure, you can actually find a powerful back door into success.
Why suffering may be better for you than you think
No one likes suffering. But the benefits we can gain from it might, at the very least, make you question why you so avoid it.
This is why we travel
There are many reasons to travel. But as this video from Monmondo poignantly reveals, one of the most compelling reasons is to show us just how much we share in common.
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My Instagram Images