I have been on the road for 6 months now, more or less. My luggage consists of a carry on backpack and a messenger bag. I like to think that I keep it light for a first time, long-term traveller.
My style of travel is slow and (relatively) cheap. I’ve spent most of the past 6 months in 3 significant locations: the island of Bali in Indonesia, the tropical paradise of Puerto Galera on Mindoro, Philippines and the mellow student city of Dumaguete, PH. Continue reading
Around two months ago, Damian Thompson, my friend and road dawg here in the Philippines introduced me to an app named Evernote. It changed the way I use my computer forever. Continue reading
Ahh Seth, you and Malcolm Gladwell are the only two writers I know who take these strange, broken up concepts, thoughts and problems that probably cross the minds of thousands of people every day – and create stories and passages out of them that just make sense. Continue reading
In 2007 I started an E-commerce business. HairandBeautyDirect.com – it was going to be the sailboat that whooshed me onto the shores of my imaginary millionaire island. If you asked me what I was doing back then I would have told you “building a website that will make me rich,” plain and simple.
The problem was that I never loved the business. Continue reading
Sebastian Marshall has been my personal guru as of late, I have been reading his new and old posts alike and mancrushing on his writing skills and work ethic.
In one of Sebastian’s older posts, where he talks about tactics for becoming a better writer and how he continuously produces so much quality content (funnily enough, it’s by also producing a lot of bad content), he dropped this philosophical golden nugget that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: Continue reading
I’ve patted myself on the back a lot recently, thinking things like “you’ve done well, son,” “‘attaboy” and “way to go, handsome” (my minds voice is vain like that).
I figured no-one else is going to appreciate my achievements as much as I do, so what the hell, I’ll appreciate them myself. Continue reading