There is nothing intrinsically exciting about what I do to make a living – the big difference is the terms and conditions under which I do it. They are my terms and conditions, not someone else’s. . . . → Read More: My Office Goes 250 km/hr
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That will make next year a completely new experience for me. And that’s a big reason I’m so enamored with the technologies we have today that allow a person the flexibility to re-engineer his or her life so these exciting things are possible. . . . → Read More: A New Year That Really is New Our friend Linda, proprietor of the Coco Loco bar in San Pedro, Belize, did us the honor of creating one of her directional signs for us. It’s customary for her favored customers to be listed on a sign that points toward where they can normally be found. (Apart from at her bar!) A typical sign says “D.J. – Dallas, 1162 miles” or “Bill – 2 miles” . . . → Read More: Our Sign in Belize A ‘flat world’ is a metaphor for the phenomenon of reduced barriers between people everywhere. It’s a trend that is accelerating and I love it. Two things are pushing this. An increase in global wealth and the expansion of the Internet. I read two fascinating articles this week in The New York Times that show the effects of growing global wealth and of the Internet. One was about a US high school in a small town that is struggling because local industry has been shutting down. . . . → Read More: Prepare to Be Flattened! I created this small, free e-booklet to more fully discuss the mental traps that prevent people from living their lives with more personal freedom to live their dreams. . . . → Read More: 7 Things That Rob Your Freedom One of the challenges of perpetual travel is getting laundry done all over the world. Once you’re in a place for a few weeks or months it’s an easy routine. But when you’re in a town for a night or two you have to take your chances with whatever you can find. When you’re . . . → Read More: Laundry/Drug Money Everywhere Connie and I go we are aware of cultural differences. That’s one of the nice things about travel, seeing the way other people live and what they give priority to. I’ve never traveled in the Middle East and still have not except for a Gulf Air flight from Athens to Bahrain where we . . . → Read More: Middle East Air Safety If you’re going to live in a place like Belize you have to get used to the fact that things don’t always work. Today we had several power failures. No big deal, they happen on our little island every few weeks. Sometimes they last five minutes, sometimes hours. Today we had several failures and . . . → Read More: A Very Social Power Failure Often, the memorable things about traveling are things you wouldn’t want to repeat; the things that go wrong or nearly go wrong. San Pedro, Belize is on an island so to get here you either need to come by boat, using the water taxi, or by small airplane. After taking the bus ride from . . . → Read More: Any Chance We’re Flying Overweight? Luggage is the friction of travel. It’s the wind resistance, the drag, the thing that saps your energy and distracts you from the new glory that is all around you. . . . → Read More: Why to Travel Light |
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