Unautomate Your Finances
March 9, 2010 – 8:54 am | One Comment

Damn, he’s done it. Adam Baker of Man vs. Debt has written the book I meant to write and never did. He’s gung-ho like that, never letting a good idea sit for too long. In fact, he’s included interviews with big names in personal finance and simplicity like JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly as well as a forward by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.
If you want to find out how Adam and his family …

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Money

Erase your debt and put your money toward your own happily ever after.

Planning

How do you plan to leave your life and travel the world?

Simplicity

Free yourself from the junk that is holding you down.

Living well

Don’t just wish for it, do it!

Video

It won’t win any awards, but it is straight talk from us to you.

Video Post: What to expect in a visit to a travel clinic
January 22, 2010 – 6:00 am | 8 Comments
Video Post: What to expect in a visit to a travel clinic

It’s not if you get sick, but when. Most people have a sad story about a trip that got derailed by a bug, an injury, or food poisoning. When you travel for months or years at a time, though, the risk goes up. Being constantly exposed to new environments, foods, and customs also means exposure to food-borne illnesses, diseases, and sometimes lower standards of medical care.
We visited the University of Washington Travel Clinic to talk …

Are you overly sensitive?
January 20, 2010 – 6:00 am | 22 Comments
Are you overly sensitive?

No matter how much you love someone, spending 24 hours a day, 365 days a year together is going to have some ups and downs. As we get closer to our departure date, I’m thinking more about the relationship perks, strains, and changes that lie ahead. You may not be traveling around the world with your mate, but if you are working on any sort of project together – hell, even the just adjusting to …

Video Post: How the Itinerary Starts
January 18, 2010 – 6:00 am | 3 Comments

Oh my god. Did I just say the word “itinerary?” It sounds so…planned. And that’s not really the way I want this to go, at least not like people generally think of planning a trip.
Watch as Warren and I discuss the first stop on our trip and why we chose to begin in Ecuador.

What do you think we should see and do in Ecuador?

Can you live without a microwave?
January 15, 2010 – 6:00 am | 16 Comments
Can you live without a microwave?

The short answer is yes, of course you can live without a microwave. Lots of people in the Western world do, though they do seem to be in the minority. The long answer is a bit more complicated.
One of our goals this year was to make healthier choices in the food we put into our bodies. Because I work at home, I’ve relied a lot in the past on frozen entrees.  A Lean Cuisine might …

Could you live with just 100 things?
January 13, 2010 – 6:00 am | 14 Comments
Could you live with just 100 things?

Dan Kern has had enough. In fact, he thinks most of us have had enough, we just don’t realize it yet. Over the course of 31 days, Dan is going to eliminate all but 100 possessions from his life.  Can he do it?
Dan’s story begins with Britney Spears.  No, he wasn’t there with her when she famously shaved her head. But he understands what she was going through.  He points to Mark Morford’s article about …