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5 Strategies to Successful New Year Resolutions

Achieving new year resolutions leads to joy

Are you baffled at how you’re going to make your new year resolutions stick this year? Every year you are greeted with this gorgeous blank slate full of possibilities for your health, relationships, business, and personal goals. But you might be confused at how to go about making positive changes in your life. You know [...]

365 Days to Get Your Shit Together

Lanterns in the sky

Remember all the times you said to yourself, “I don’t have the time right now” when thinking about something you know you really need to do? Getting healthy Starting/repairing/ending a relationship Finally doing that thing you’ve always wanted to do Well, now it is actually true. Time is running out. You only have 365 days [...]

The Manifesto of Choice

Choosing wine in a French cellar

You can do it, and by “it” I mean any of the options you have before you. Picking one over the others is not a permanent choice, and you can change your mind and go in a different direction if it doesn’t work out. You always have options, even when you feel as if you [...]

How to Settle Down for a While (Plus a Giveaway from Roomorama)

Relaxed and enjoying Chiang Mai

After a year of travel, we almost forgot what it was like to settle down. So when we made the decision to stay put for six months as we worked on our creative projects and business (and you so kindly gave us our destination as Chiang Mai, Thailand), we weren’t quite sure what to do [...]

Kitchen timers, writing, and discipline

If I just close my eyes and wish at the Writer's Court I will become a writer!

Remember when I wrote about Resistance and how our lower selves work really hard to keep our higher selves from achieving big things? Well, I’m happy to say that I’ve mostly kicked my lower self into submission on this book writing project in Edinburgh. I say “mostly” because there have been times she’s reared her [...]

Set the Date

I saved the date

One year ago today I rode naked in a parade in front of 40,000 people. The annual Fremont Solstice parade celebrates the beginning of summer with dancing, non-motorized floats, and a lot of “expression.”  It kicks off with a few hundred riders baring all, for no purpose beyond each person’s individual motivation. While this may seem [...]

how much does it cost to travel around the world? (January 2011 tally)

Jan 11 expense breakdown

With January we are getting the hang of life on the road.  Sure it took 3+ months, but when something so new is started it is inevitable you need to ease into it.  We started the month and 2011 in Ecuador and ended in Peru.  While Peru is slightly more expensive (specifically in terms of [...]

How to pack for a RTW trip: 100-day update

Backpacks fully loaded for RTW travel

One of the things we stressed over most before we left was what to pack in our bags. Hey, we even worried about what bags to buy to pack all that stuff. So, almost 4 months into the trip, how did we fare with what we brought? Smart choices Without a doubt, our Ex Officio [...]

how much does it cost to travel around the world? (december 2010 tally)

Dec 10 Expenses (pie)

December was our first full month of travel and away from the delights of free lodging and a kitchen. As as you will see below, our expenses clearly reflect this. Without the luxury of our own kitchen we ate out virtually every meal, yet our food expenses are only slightly higher than previously. This is [...]

Getting Past Pasto (or, what to do when things aren’t going your way)

Cardboard Manhattan

Colombia! What a grand country with a rich history, gorgeous landscape, and cosmopolitan cities. We could not wait to get there to explore the Lost City, meet up with our friend Jeff Jung in Bogotá, relax in Cartagena, and visit the coffee region. The first step was to cross the border, which took less than [...]