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You know you’re preparing to go around the world when…
You know you’re preparing for an around the world trip when…… You no longer “need” internet/data on your cell phone.… You start looking at your items with disgust wondering why you even bought them in the first place.… Your new diet consists of mac & cheese, the dollar menu, cereal, bananas, yogurt, and Campbell’s soup.…
A Ridiculously Extraordinary Life: An Interview with Karol Gajda
Recently Karol Gajda at Ridiculously Extraordinary posted a blog entry titled, “Radical Inclusion (or I’m Saying Yes To Everything For 7 Days)” where he said yes to all requests that came his way. As an avid reader of Karol’s blog I came across his post in my RSS reader and decided to send him a note asking for an interview. Karol has a very similar story to mine. He’s never
The Thrilling Adventure of Selling Everything
When I wrote my post last week titled, 'Warning: Selling everything sometimes sucks' I thought I knew the full extent of that feeling. Turns out I don’t. Over the past few weeks I’ve been writing about the process I’m going through to sell everything to travel the world. I still have two posts to write in that series before I talk about today.
29 Life Lessons I’ve Learned in 29 Years
Today I am 29-years old and I feel like my life is just beginning. I’ve taken action on my dreams to sell everything to travel the world and am never going to look back. I’ve got a great life here in Houston with an amazing group of friends that I’ll be sad to leave. In the past year or so I’ve learned so much about life and have written 29-lessons
Warning: Selling everything sometimes sucks
It wasn’t until I started going through every crevice of my apartment that it really hit home just how much stuff I have. You don’t really think of it as a lot of stuff until you start going through every box, every closet, and every storage bin. I’m so happy that I only have an 800 square foot apartment and that only half of the stuff here is even mine
Why am I considered selfish for traveling around the world?
A few weeks ago my dad and I had a very in-depth conversation in which I was trying to understand why a certain person had a negative view of me. I just couldn’t figure it out and I was asking my dad for insight. After a few minutes of beating around the bush he mentioned that the things I’m doing in my life (like my decision to travel indefinitely or
