I’ve got a lot going on right now, so I need to be able to focus. If you’ve spent any time around me, you know that I don’t do fixed focus and single-tasking very well. Indeed, as I write this I am sitting outside watching traffic go by, listening to the iPod and writing (all [...]
Sometimes you just need to take a break. Stop. Recharge. Our hectic exam schedule (mentioned here) is nearly done, and we are going to celebrate tonight. No studying, no books, no work. We’re just going to relax, enjoy each others’ company and do nothing. Do you need to take a break? Perhaps your fuse is [...]
We have made our life list and narrowed it down to a year’s worth of goals; now it’s time to start achieving those goals! I’m going to use my goal of “Be financially self-sufficient” as an example, as I feel that it will be the most challenging of my three. But first, let’s recap: What [...]
You have created your life list of goals and you have seen my list. Now it’s time to start working on them. But wait! Those are long lists! Of course they are, it’s called a Life List for a reason, you can’t do it in just a year. Let’s narrow it down a bit so [...]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the things that you did do. Wednesday we discussed the importance of making your life list and you made yours. (You did, didn’t you?) Here is my wife and I’s. We have already completed some of our [...]
I’m sure you know what you want to to today. You might even know your goals for this week. What about this year? This life? Without set goals, it is too easy to live day-to-day, in a reactive state. If you are living in such a way, you can almost feel as if you are [...]
Have you ever come home from a trip and unpacked stuff that you never used? That won’t happen to me on this trip. I will return from nearly 5 months in Ireland having used everything that I brought. With some careful planning, I was able to fit everything for the trip in a single suitcase [...]
I have at least 6 camping stoves, collected over the years (or hand-me-downs). Two of them see frequent use while the others sit in storage, forgotten. And yet I want even more. I visit every camping section I can and check out the stoves, seeing what the next “must have” is. I finally found a [...]
I have been accused of being a bit frugal. As a recently married college student whose wife is also a full-time student, I generally do my best to live up to that accusation. As a man of limited means, I try to get the most value out of any money that I spend. This doesn’t [...]
If you are like the average American*, you are spending over two weeks every year with your television! Just think how many more adventures you could have in two weeks! How much television do you watch every day? Just one show? Assuming you watch a single hour-long show each day, that adds up to 365 [...]
