Find your happy place.

I don’t know how travel writers do it. I just spent five weeks working from the road.  If I were to grade my performance, I would give myself a C -.  Maybe a D +. I fell behind on emails, blogs, the word of the day, and new YouTube videos. As I said, I do not...

Declare your freedom… from advertisements.

From time to time, I show my students videos on YouTube. Unfortunately, this can be a bit risky with advertisements.  I never know what is going to pop up.  They have likely seen the advertisements anyway.  (I am repeatedly surprised by the amount of pop culture my...

How to drastically change your life.

I haven’t sent a “tip of the week” for nearly three weeks. Turns out, I don’t work very well from the road.  It’s all going to hit me when I get home. My family and I have been on the road for three weeks now.  Without much of a plan, we...

Flow with disorder.

I didn’t send a tip of the week last Saturday. I spent the day adjusting to setbacks.  They consumed my mind for the day.  I did not recover until the next morning. One of my childhood friends joined the U.S. Marines after college. He is a Major now.  To put it...

Flow with Disorder.

I didn’t send a tip of the week last Saturday. I spent the day adjusting to setbacks.  They consumed my mind for the day.  I did not recover until the next morning. One of my childhood friends joined the U.S. Marines after college. He is a Major now.  To put it...

Write it down.

This one is going to be quick.  It’s 11:30 on Friday night, and I am tired.  Packing for a seven-person, six-week expedition is exhausting. In fact, it is so overwhelming, I toyed with the idea of cancelling the entire trip.  Then, my wife informed me that she...