Like many people, skydiving was the first activity I thought of when I started creating my bucket list. It is high adrenaline, something most people don’t do in their lives and is relatively accessible (you just need a sky, access to a plane and if you are smart, a parachute). The first time I jumped [...]
This post unveils a little bit more of my weirdness :-p Every Sunday for the last two and a half years I have set aside five minutes to grade myself on a scale from 1 to 10 on eight different aspects of my overall happiness. I then take this feedback and use it to prioritize [...]
Last night I went to a TED talk with my friends, Ian and Ryan. Ian is someone I have known for years but don’t see very often. Ryan is the co-worker I mentioned in my last post who I am doing the 30 day Vegan challenge with. At the TED talk Ryan and I got [...]
I like to believe that somewhere in the world there is a society that reflects exactly who I am. While Nebraska wasn’t it (go figure), it was closer than I have been in a while. This near match was apparent by the scores of conversations I spontaneously had with folks throughout the trip. Going through [...]
Last week the Minimalist in me had a battle with the James-Bond-Wannabe in me. The subject was getting a second US Passport. I have mentioned here before that I own less than 100 possessions (99 as of last week) and I try my darnest to keep it that way. Usually this works in my favor [...]