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The “Live the Good Life” Movement has Begun

Love Live - photo by GabrielaP93 via Flickr

Yesterday I learned the difference between inspiration and motivation, courtesy of Danielle LaPorte: MOTIVATION You write the book, the blog, the brochure to raise your profile so you can sell more stuff, serve more people. You compose and package your thoughts. A 1000 words a day until you’ve crossed the finish line. INSPIRATION I have [...]

Live the Good Life: Courage means feeling fear and doing it anyway

Betsy and Warren Talbot - photo by Alison Cornford-Matheson

Last year we embarked on a great journey, and even though it was scary, it was the very best thing we’ve ever done. We were exhilarated and challenged, though I’m happy to say it has gotten much less scary over time as we’ve built up our “travel” muscles. So how do we top something like [...]

One year into our RTW trip: has it been worth it?

Betsy and Warren one year into the RTW adventure

At this time last year we were glued to the laptop in Seattle for news of the erupting coup in Ecuador, the first destination on our long-awaited RTW (round-the-world) trip. Would we be able to leave? Would we have to start somewhere else at the last minute? It was exciting and unpredictable from the very [...]

The difference between writing a blog and writing a book

Dream Save Do 3-D cover

If you have a blog you know the joy of connecting with people on a subject you love, discussing the pros and cons of a variety of topics, and teaching each other things along the way. It is a pretty fantastic experience, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Strangely enough, though, we feel more [...]

Learn the secrets to live the good life: stay in touch

Live the good life: Stay in touch with friends

Editor’s Note: This is part 4 in an 8-part series on How to Live the Good Life. Interested in more? Sign up for our Try New Things email list. We’re going to help you walk the talk! People tell us all the time that we live the good life, and we cannot disagree. However, we think ANYONE can [...]

What is it like to travel around the world? (Reader Questions)

Amsterdam canal

“What is it like to travel around the world? No, really. The behind-the-scenes stuff, the things that don’t make it to the blog. C’mon. You can tell me!” We get lots of great questions about our lifestyle, and in today’s video we tackle the subject of “stuff” – mainly what we carry, what we do [...]

Live the good life in France

the Patriarche wine cellar in Beaune, France

We love France. We honeymooned in Paris 7 years ago, where we became huge fans of the bread, cheese, and wine. It wasn’t until this trip, though, that we learned to appreciate the people of France. Last year we met French couple Audrey and Pierre in Chugchilan, Ecuador, a remote little village in Andes Mountains. [...]

Fun Facts about Belgium

Met with readers Bart and Evelien to tour the city

Belgium is a tiny little country full of unexpected delights, delicious food, and possibly the most confusing system of government we’ve ever seen. It is also the home to the European Union. We spent a month here, and we are so glad we got to experience this gem of a country. (Many thanks to our [...]

Learn the secrets to live the good life: connect people

Connect People: Delivering medicine to Mojandita Clinic

Editor’s Note: This is part 3 in an 8-part series on How to Live the Good Life. Interested in more? Sign up for our Try New Things email list. We’re going to help you walk the talk! Zig Ziglar famously said that if you help enough people get what they want you will get what [...]

When was the last time you tried something new?

Live the good life: visit a coal mine

If it’s been a while, we’ve got just the thing for you. We love talking about how to live the good life here, but we think it is about time we started walking the talk a little bit more. This fall we are launching Try Something New, a regular dose of “this is how you do [...]