Evolution of a Traveler
Posted on June 14, 2013 2 Comments
Traveling has a profound ability to change a person in many ways. It can give you a new outlook on the world and its cultures, make you learn new skills and, if you do it right, push yourself to the limits. But long-term travel can also change you physically. You’ve seen what it can do to a passport. Whether it’s a beard, hair, sun damage, or weight gain/loss, something is bound to evolve.
To test this, I took a picture of myself every week for my 6 month backpacking trip through India. Be on the lookout for only five shirts (but mostly my Lululemon Metal Vent Tech shirt), two beards, and no haircuts.
On my return, people said that I aged 5 years. See for yourself.
Introducing the Evolution of a Traveler:
Wake Up and Drop Pounds: Burn Fat and Get Healthy Every Morning
Posted on June 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
When the alarm starts blaring at 6 AM, the first thing on your mind probably isn’t exercise. That hour is reserved for something like “How many times can I hit the snooze before I’m late enough to get yelled at, again?” along with a choice selection of a few four letter words. But here’s the thing, the morning is possibly the most important time of the day if you’re interested in getting healthier and dropping some pounds, and honestly, who isn’t? And the best part is: you don’t need to go to the gym to do it.
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Evolution of a Passport
Posted on April 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
While traveling in another country, it’s often a good idea to carry your passport at all times in a safe and secure location. Just in case anything happens, you have immediate access to this important document.
The following is what happens when you carry around your brand new passport in your back pocket everyday for 6 months in India.
Introducing the Evolution of a Passport:
New Year’s Resolutions 2013
Posted on December 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
So it’s been a year since I started this up with a list of New Years Resolutions, so lets see how I did:
Pull-ups in the Bathroom: 4 Little Ways to Keep Up Fitness
Posted on July 21, 2012 1 Comment
Reading Time: 10 Minutes
The best way to enact change is to find ways of working it into everyday life. This is true both for new skills and habits as well as for physical fitness. I have found that squeezing small workouts into any spare minutes helps to improve overall health. This not only keeps you actively exercising, but also taking full advantage of your time.
The trick is to blend these exercises into the things you would normally do every day. This way, it doesn’t feel like you are going out of your way to exercise. This helps you to remember to work out, and also makes it as quick and easy as possible. These exercises use your body weight and minimal, if any, equipment.
Inbox (Nearly) Zero
Posted on May 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Reading Time: 17 Minutes
Video Time: 1 Hour; Or 22 Minutes
I was first introduced to the concept of Inbox Zero by watching the above video of Merlin Mann speaking at Google.
It’s an hour-long video, so watch it only when you have the time. Otherwise, read some of his articles on his website. It’s a great video that sparked me to come up with my own system that worked for me. The beginning is an intro and the end is some great Q&A. For the real 22-minute long meat of the video, jump to 10:21 and watch until 32:27.
Before, I had never really thought about email. Sure, I used Gmail every day, in fact many times a day, but I didn’t think about how I used it. I, probably like many of you, was guilty of everything Merlin spoke about in the video. I had three email accounts, each open in separate tabs, which I constantly flipped through and checked every five minutes, no matter what I was doing. Even worse, I had no idea what I even had in any of my three inboxes. I wasted too much time scrolling through thousands of emails and information I no longer needed, just to find that one email or small detail that I was looking for.
I never thought of it as a problem, because I simply never thought of it. But as soon as I saw the video, I knew that I needed a change. Read More
