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Don’t Ever Go To France!

Don’t Ever Go To France!

Don’t Go To France Okay, you might have some of those delusional ideas tucked away in the far reaches of your brain up there that France is this …

November 13, 2014 | Blog, Europe, France, Inspiration, The Spark | 19 Comments
5 Steps to Learning a New Language

5 Steps to Learning a New Language

You’ll certainly go deeper in any travel if you speak the local language, but how do you go about learning a new language? Well after trying a few …

October 20, 2013 | Blog, Study, Travel Longer, Travel Tips, Tricks of the Trade | 7 Comments
Arriving in a Box in Angers, France

Arriving in a Box in Angers, France

Arriving in a Box Ever wondered how difficult it is to arrive in a box to surprise someone for their birthday on a different continent, in a different …

August 3, 2013 | A Day in the Life, About Me, Blog, Bumps in the Road, Europe, France, My Roots are Showing, Storytelling | 15 Comments

The Motto

A few years ago, call it a decade, I grew tired of the societally acceptable notion that we should all start working and saving in our twenties in order to enjoy our sixties. The way I see it, you should live for today, whilst trying to open, or keep open, many doors moving forward.

Follow your passions, and you'll realize that the opportunities that you turn your back on are the ones you didn't truly want in the first place. Furthermore, you'll find that they are replaced by a new set of opportunities that exceed your expectations.

See the world, volunteer, learn a language, become a teacher/instructor of something that interests you... But make sure to be fully present, fully engaged, and learning all that you can from every success and every setback.

Live for today, and let every tomorrow start with a higher footing.

If you see an opportunity that interests you, step up with both feet... and dive in head first.

My Most Popular Posts

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    How to Get Robbed – A Crash Course

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    My Indian Friend… Are you Really?

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    Budget Travel – How Cheap is TOO Cheap?

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    What’s Life Like in a Giant Sandcastle?

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    What I Learned from the Indian Visa Application

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    Ethiopian Group Birthday Party

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