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Cruiseship FAQ: Where to Begin Working on a Cruise Ship
I figured the easiest way to stop answering the same questions over and over was to answer them in one singular location. Many friends, family, and other travel bloggers have reached out…
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Why Sports and Life are Similar
I once came across a poem while I was reading Wooden, a book written by the late John Wooden, former coach of UCLA and one of the greatest coaches and people of all time. The poem is…
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On Relationships and Reality
Detachment. This word is the best I could think of to describe living on a cruise ship in the South Pacific for months on end. Don’t get me wrong, making friends on board isn’t hard.…
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My Greatest Fear
What is your greatest fear? Don’t continue reading till you have an answer. Feel free to write it down. You can even show a friend if you so wish. It’s a straightforward question;…
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Why Appreciation is Important
Saturday the 18th of January was a rather big day in my cruise ship life. It was a day I had both been waiting for and dreading. The final “cross off” on my cruise ship calendar. …
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On Time, Change, and Acceptance
It has been far too long since I last blogged or gave any sort of update about my life or thoughts. Since my last “real” entry I’ve come back to the United States, gone to Mardi…
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On Tech and Travel
Often with my brain, one thought leads to another obscure idea and to another until I’m thinking about something completely unrelated to my original thought. This time started with a…
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On Coming Home: An explanation for those who’ve stayed
Of the last 13 months I’ve spent 11 of them outside of the United States. Six months in the South Pacific: Australia, Fiji, Papa New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu etc before coming…
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What have I lived for? By Bertrand Russell
“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: The longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These…
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The Story of a Starfish
Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the…
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On Thanksgiving
I’ll say one thing about America and her citizens, no country does holiday quite like the United States. Regardless of how you feel about the US that’s something that can’t be…
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On Passion
I’ve been e-mailing back and forth with a buddy of mine from college ever since we graduated and he moved away. Earlier this week I sent him the quote below I found on the subject…
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On Success, Fear, and Dream Chasing
Since I’ve gotten back to the States I’ve found myself thinking about my life: the past, the future and the choices that lay ahead. But the thought I couldn’t shake no matter how…
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On Relationships
"The half life of love is forever." Over the past year there’s been a lot of movement in my friend group. Part of that is just growing up and the other part based on all the moving…
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Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
For the last couple of years friends of mine are constantly coming to me to ask what book they should check out next. After talking with one of my friends I decided to add a “Book of…
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10 Alchemist Quotes From ‘The Alchemist’ That Outline How We Should Live Our Lives
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 50 Blueprint for Armageddon I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFMT_BVBBsA&index=3&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The planet hadn't seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of…
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 51 Blueprint for Armageddon II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41yYTFZbWU&index=4&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The Great Powers all come out swinging in the first round of the worst war the planet…
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 52 Blueprint for Armageddon III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyl_pCx7JdY&index=5&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The war of maneuver that was supposed to be over quickly instead turns into a…
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“IF” BY RUDYARD KIPLING
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you…
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 53 Blueprint for Armageddon IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAqpY5yCSKY&index=6&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC Machine guns, barbed wire and millions upon millions of artillery shells create…
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 54 Blueprint for Armageddon V
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B_KWjVPepE&index=7&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC Politics, diplomacy, revolution and mutiny take center stage at the start of this…
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 55 Blueprint for Armageddon VI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALus607sH7g&index=8&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The Americans are coming, but will the war be over by the time they get there?…
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On Planning
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs The…
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18 Podcast You should check out
1. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History – Listen to the unconventional Dan Carlin take his outside-the-box way of thinking and apply it to the past. 2. Welcome to the Night Vale – Get…
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Versatile Blogger Award
I was working the other night when I received a notification on my phone. It was from one of my followers; Sabrina who’s blog Queen of my World always gets me thinking. Anyway,…
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock BY T. S. ELIOT
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats…
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The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
[The following is an extract from F. Dostoevsky’s celebrated novel, The Brothers Karamazov, the last publication from the pen of the great Russian novelist, who died a few months ago,…
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Into Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating…
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Question #1 on Family
If you dislike your family, are you obligated to spend time with them? Show up at family functions? Help them out in their time of need? Is a family even…
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Question #2 on Moderation
Is it better to eat healthily all the time, or should we allow ourselves to indulge once in a while? Similarly; does this argument apply to drug use- even illegal drug use? What…
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Question #3 on Religion
Why do we call some religions “mythologies” (ancient Greek, Norse, Egyptian, etc.) and others religions? Is this fair? What does this show about how relevant certain ideas are as…
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Sweet Darkness by David Whyte
When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own.…
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Question #4 on the Income Gap
People often talk about the growing gap between the rich and poor. However, today’s poor (in the United States, at least) are much better off than most people (not just the poor)…
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The Person You Carry – We All Have One
By Lisa Cohen via Along the way We all have one. It’s someone you loved (whether or not they loved you back), still love and think of often. You carry them around with you everywhere…
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Question #5 on Living
How would you live your life if you had a week to live? How would you live your life if you had 5 years left to live? How would you live your life if you were going to live forever?…
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Question #6 on Love
What’s your opinion on love? Are there different types? Can we separate love from infatuation? Are there any qualifiers to make love “true” (rather than fake”)? A few…
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On The Fear of Missing Out (FoMO)
My generation loves abbreviations and acronyms. I don’t know if it’s because we’re efficient, lazy, creative, or if we just want to see how far we can push the limits of our…
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How and why travel transforms you by Francis Tapon
https://youtu.be/-2Bd8pNYH8A In this TEDx Talk, travel author Francis Tapon shares some of his traveling adventures, which include walking across America four times and spending three…
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Question #7- On Commonalities and Relationships
What’s more important to a relationship: common values or other commonalities (like taste in music. interests, etc.)? Common values without question. Sharing common values with your…
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The Encouraging Thunder Award
Shout out to Antonio V from Living the Dream for nominating for this award. He’s a former Military man and current blogger and dream inspirer. The award is called the Encouraging…
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Question #8- On Heroes…
How do you think of yourself- hero or villain? Is the worst identity to have not the villain, but the person who is powerless? Real life isn’t a comic book. None of us are full…
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On Entertainment and Binging
Many people believe that television is ruining the world. I can’t say they’re wrong. We have shorter attention spans, less powerful imaginations, and seem to lack conversation…
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Q&A (My Proust Questionnaire)
In the late nineteenth century, lists of questions were a popular diversion designed to discover new things about old friends. In that way, they’re similar to the blogging…
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Liebster Award
This week I was nominated by Lori of These Days for my the Liebster Award. Of the different awards, I have been nominated for this one has the coolest concept. It’s a great way…
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Question #9 On Death
Would your life be better or worse if you knew the day, time, and place that you were going to die? I believe knowing that information would be a good thing. Obviously, it would take…
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Question #10 On Personal Days
Is a day spent watching movies when you could’ve been working a day wasted or well spent? My approach to life is pretty simple. Try to get better each day- by learning, new…
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On Tolerance, Empathy, and Religion
“We should try to create the society that each of us would want if we didn’t know in advance who we’d be.” -Paul Krugman It’s safe to say that the world is a bit crazy right…
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The secret to self control- Jonathan Bricker
https://youtu.be/tTb3d5cjSFI Jonathan Bricker’s work has uncoved a scientifically sound approach to behavior change that is twice as effective as most currently practiced methods.…
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The Most Important Question of Your Life
Originally written by Mark Manson Everybody wants what feels good. Everyone wants to live a carefree, happy and easy life, to fall in love and have amazing sex and relationships, to…
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On Experiential Frontiers…
The fatal inflection of wanderlust, a measure of the beauty of diversity. Written by Liam McKay “Variety is the spice of life” – spoken by someone from somewhere (almost assuredly…
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Worth More Than Money
We’ve all heard the saying: “Money makes the world go ‘round.” Respectfully, Death to Stock disagrees. Art. Creativity. Love. The pursuit of knowledge. Experiences.…
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6 Things Only People Who Suffer From Wanderlust Will Understand
By Chayla Reichel via Thought Catalog 1. Money=Travel You truly feel like the very purpose of your existence is to explore this enormous world that you reside in. No matter how many…
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Before I Go: Burning Man 2016
I leave for Burning Man in just under two weeks. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t equal parts excited and terrified. There are so many things that go into spending a week at…
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On The 10 Principles of Burning Man
It’s become more and more apparent to me over the past few weeks that most people don’t know much about Burning Man. For those who have heard of it there seems to be a vast variety…
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Hiking in the Grand Tetons
I threw together a quick video to show off how amazing hiking in the Grand Tetons during the fall can be. The Grand Tetons are one of my favorite places in the world and I try to go…
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Three lessons for my next life, Revisited
One of my favorite things about writing is the reaction I get from people. I’m not talking about the ‘wow I love what you wrote’ comments or the ‘you’re a really good…
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On Life After Burning Man
“Burning Man is the most creatively decadent week of the year. Burning Man is the wildest party you’ve ever crashed. Burning Man is a playground for the wide-eyed wanderer. Burning…
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How To Travel: An Introduction
I’ve spent most of my free time over the past few months researching the other side of the world, planning obscure adventures, booking flights, ferries, buses, tuk tuks, AirBnbs, and…
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Questions that truly reveal someone’s personality and capabilities
I came across the list below, reminiscent of a personality test, and thought it would be fun to fill out. Feel free to read my answers and even share yours! If you could have…
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How To Travel: Utilizing Credit Cards
This is the second post in my “How To Travel” series. To read “How To Travel: An Introduction” click here. After reading the title of this post you’re thinking ‘what do…
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How to Travel: Ways to Make Money Traveling
This is the third post in my “How To Travel” series. To read “How To Travel: An Introduction” click here or check out ‘Utilizing Credit Cards‘ The biggest issue I hear…
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How To Travel: Travel Insurance
This is the fifth post in my “How To Travel” series. Before you read about why you need Travel Insurance you may want to check out “How To Travel: An Introduction” by…
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Before I Go: Southeast Asia and Being Ready
Today. As in today, today. As in right now. As I sit writing this on the plane from Kansas City to Los Angeles, it hit me full in the face, that the day has arrived. Whether…
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The Cost of a Month in Southeast Asia
From a travel standpoint, the questions I get asked most are “What’s your favorite place,” “Where do I should go on my next trip,” and “how much money do you actually spend…
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What happens in your brain when you pay attention? – Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar
https://www.ted.com/talks/mehdi_ordikhani_seyedlar_what_happens_in_your_brain_when_you_pay_attention?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Attention…
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Phuket Emergency Rooms
“…he starts telling them about our day, embellishing it so that it almost sounds fun. It’s how all good travel stories are born. Nightmares spun into punch lines.” ― Gayle…
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Packing List: Backcountry Camping in the Grand Tetons
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What it Cost: Backcountry Camping in the Grand Tetons
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Bali Swing Life
Sometimes in life you've got to do the stuff that scares you. I won't lie, while swinging over a jungle in Bali was something I've wanted to do for awhile, I was still terrified. But…
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Todd’s Tales meets Chase Chronicles: Chapter #1
One of my best friends started his solo one way trip to Southeast Asia this week. He posted his first VLOG documenting some time at his first stop: Bangkok, Thailand. I’m beyond…
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 1 (Jaco)
Here is a super quick rundown of my first day in Jaco, Costa Rica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHL4KBuzPyo
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Jaco Beach, Costa Rica- Drone Footage
One of the first places I was able to shoot after I bought a drone. Costa Rica is incredible and Jaco is a great place to party and surf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F40joCb9H6k
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Quick Look: Jaco Beach- Jaco, Costa Rica
Short fun video working on my drone skills around Jaco, Costa Rica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruASD1QBQQA
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 2 (Jaco)
Here is a super quick rundown of my second day in Jaco, Costa Rica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r37X8hYoFU
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 3 (Jaco to Osa)
Day 3 was an adventurous one. I was slated to leave Jaco bright and early to drive south to the Osa Penninsula but ran into some issues...…
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 4 ( Osa Peninsula)
Here is a quick rundown of my day in the Osa Peninsula area in Costa Rica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzKWIvR-W7Q&t=1s
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 5 (Domincal)
Here is a quick rundown of my fifth day in Costa Rica. Spoiler alert, I learned to cut pineapple! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkliMJss5ao&t=2s
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 6 (La Fortuna)
Made it to La Fortuna. Which is easier said than done. Who would have guessed that driving the Costa Rican roads would be so adventurous? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ8eY_VscTo
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 7 (La Fortuna)
Update from Day 7 of the trip. White water rafting was even better than I expected. If you ever get a chance you HAVE TO!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkpWGvQRMo…
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 8 (La Fortuna)
Biggest take away from Day 8? Best burrito of my life, oh and the hanging bridges were pretty cool too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaOP3xxjpX4
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Timelapse Driving
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 9 (La Fortuna)
Here is a quick update from my last full day in Costa Rica. Sad to see the trip end, but what a trip it was! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_8yYhBL9-Q
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Day 10 (Home)
Few things are as bittersweet as returning home after a trip where you really got to enjoy yourself and see a little bit of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrROij_3RRE
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Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Summary: At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we…
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Costa Rica Chronicles: Breaking the Rules in Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio
I'll never be the type of person that can be in front of a pool, lake, or ocean and not jump in. Even if there are signs all around clearly telling me that's against the rules. But…
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This Must be the Place: Costa Rica Edition
Here's a video I cut with different shots from my trip to Costa Rica in December of 2017. If you ever get a chance to visit Costa Rica do it. One of the coolest places I've had the…
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These Must be the Places: 2018 Edition
It took less than four weeks to schedule out all the vacation time I have for the year. In reality, it took less than four days, but I am who I am. People accuse me of not having a…
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F*ck Happiness – and Other Thoughts on Mindfulness
Chasing happiness is overrated. There I said it. But let’s take a step back. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about mindfulness. About life and the emotions that so often control…
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Packing List: World Cup Blog Edition
It’s finally time. Time to pack for my first international trip of the year. The one I’ve been quietly counting down the days till for months. Okay, maybe not so quietly, but…
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Packing List: World Cup Edition
17-day trip. 1 backpack. Sounds impossible, doesn't it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJCAekZ0O4
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Before I Go: Russia & The World Cup Edition
Each trip I take has a different excitement leading up to it. Some trips, I’m excited for the people I’m going with, others for the places I’m going, and some for a particular…
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Russia: Behind Enemy Lines
Travel lesson #32342: The trip you think you’re taking is never the trip you actually take. I’ve been back from Russia and the World Cup for about a month now and still am having…
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Before I Go: Burning Man Round 2- A Note before the madness
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DKMV: The Burn
https://youtu.be/B7znsr2CFZM Here you’ll find a video cut by Neil Desai one of the friends I went to Burning Man with this past year. Our friend group refers to itself as DKMV: Dont…
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This Must Be the Place: Greece Edition
Greece is such an incredible place. The scenery is breathtaking, the people kind, and the trip life-changing. Here are just a few clips thrown together from my trip to Greece!…
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This Must Be the Place: Samaria Gorge (Sandi's Accident) Edition
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These Must Be the Places: Where to Travel in 2019
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Why not? Feel the peace of Overnight Camping at Desert Safari
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The Intro: 11 Day White Water Rafting in the Grand Canyon
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Lake Havasu Sunset
I've seen a lot of amazing sunsets through my travels, but one area of the world that always impresses me in the Southwest part of the United States. Each time I go to Utah, Arizona,…
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Walking the West Highland Way in Scotland- A complete guide
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Packing List-11 days White Water Rafting the Grand Canyon
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Why many young adults are eluding committed relationships
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The 10 Best White Water Rafting Trips in the United States
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Digital Nomad Destinations: The Best Places to Work Remote
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The 5 Best Places to Spend Quality Time With Your Girlfriends on Yas Island
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The Best Golf Hat Buying Guide: The Strategies to Choose the Perfect One
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A Journey through the Rainforest: Discovering Wildlife in Costa Rica and Panama
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Road Trip Essentials Packing Hacks for a Comfortable Campervan Journey
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Why Investing in a Second Hand Camera Can Elevate Your Photography Journey
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The Jetsetter's Job: Navigating Remote Work, Visa Adventures, and the Art of Travel
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Exploring London's Nightlife: A Guide to the City's Best Experiences
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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 50 Blueprint for Armageddon I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFMT_BVBBsA&index=3&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The planet hadn't seen a major war…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41yYTFZbWU&index=4&list=PLIJumiHv10VhoiQHAahw2E9ErgZ-jc0tC The Great Powers all come out swinging…
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