None of them involve money — One of my favorite jokes I’ve ever heard was delivered to me by a terminally ill man. He knew I was looking for a serving job, so I could quit as a retirement home night-cook and go back to school. “I was looking in the classifieds today,” he said…

What are the books that shaped you? — Dear Medium Community, In a week and a half, I’m embarking on a new adventure! I’ll be working for the summer in Alaska for Camp Fire, an organization that offers summer camp activities to kids in rural communities only accessible by prop plane. I’m writing you today because I’m about…

None of them are “obesity” — I’ve been lucky enough to visit thirty countries in the last decade. Fortunately or unfortunately (still deciding) I always have to come back to The United States to re-up on cash and see family. I always experience reverse culture shock when returning, and after going through this many times, I…

Grab a Remote Job and a VPN and get out there — I’ve recently returned from a long time on the road, and let me tell you, I’m inspired. During that time, I met hundreds of people, from every country you can imagine, who have decided not to follow the traditional societal mold and are thriving in countries with a cheaper cost…

I only just emerged from my cave to tell you about them — Two years ago, as I started my movement journey across the world, I decided to begin a two-fold experiment that has paid massive dividends: I’d no longer be reading any self-help. Instead, I would read travel memoirs, survival accounts, and autobiographies or first-hand biographies. I’d no longer be reading any…

My two cents on how to opt-out of age-fuelled existential crises. — In my short, wild life, I’ve packed in a generous dollop of crazy activities. I’ve climbed mountains, hoisted people over my head and danced with them, jumped off cliffs and out of planes, slept on strangers' couches whose languages I did not speak, and eaten things that would give your…

Switching up my newsletter, and boy oh boy, have I got things to share — I have an apology to make, folks. I disappeared for a while. Almost a year, to be almost precise. And before that, I wrote sporadically, departing from the schedule I’d made for myself. The road took me, I suppose. It turns out my writing mind likes consistency and structure. But…

Time to shape up and opt-out — “My father used to say ‘son, there’s good and evil in the world. Pick one and get on with it.’” -Wade Davis About a year ago, I was sitting in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, sipping from a coconut and subjecting a new friend to one of the political rants I used…

I’m honestly surprised we’re allowed to read them — You know those spine-chilling, head-thrilling, top-of-the-line books that rattle your soul? They’re even better when they’re true, aren’t they? These books are some of the most unbelievable true stories I’ve ever read. …