Love TaskSmash!!

Marcus, I added you.

Likewise, i've sent the link to my friends but none bit.

Seriously the fact that it is sending emails all the time is seriously annoying me. No way to delete an account either. This should be fixed.

Not to get too nit-picky, but I've been using TaskSmash since the first invites were sent out and haven't invited a friend, since I use it as my main To-Do list, so not 100% of people who failed to add a friend have quit using the service.

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Even Though it is supposed to be social productivity, but I've been finding it great just for myself. What I like most about the tool is to not "break" the streak/chain. This is what keeping me going. Good job Tynan.

I find the site easy to use and while there are a lot of rooms for improvement, this is a brilliant start and I find the emails to be annoying enough that I find myself adding more tasks and doing them!

My email address is jdaviator24@me.com. Please feel free to add me and I will add you in return. I do find it (oddly) comforting that I am now going to be accountable for my tasks and doing what I say I will do.

Thank you sir! picked it up already. Could not turn that down.

Kndle Price: $5.74 includes VAT
But I'm from Poland, so maybe that's the problem. Nevertheless, gonna buy it this week :].

Couldnt resist! Looking forward to the read.

Raise the price dude!
Maybe $19.99

People will save 100X that reading it!

Hey Tynan. I bought Life Nomadic back in 2009 I think... it's been a while. Has any of the information changed or is it the same?

I had hardly read the first sentences of this article when I typed over to Amazon and bought this gem! Yeah!!!

@Charlie Thanks! I owe a lot to your family, too!

@Dividendium Yeah, we're all very different, but rebellious in our own ways.

Wow. Your folks put a lot of us parent-y types to shame. Well-done, Tynan's parents. And, well-done, offering this public Thanking.

Beautiful post! I feel the same way about my family, I'm so lucky to know them.

Your parents sound like great people. :)

You better be home for Christmas!!!!

The Captain Power

My admiration and pride for you is immense. We had our "issues" but I would not change a thing. You have done well for yourself and you have regularly left me in amazement with your exploits!!

Cool, Tynan. I can see where you would have to fight back tears writing it because I fought back tears reading it. I feel the same about my parents. I am a mother of a ten year old and I can see now how natural it is to do whatever you can to make the greatest life for your kids, but ever in growing appreciation for what my parents went through to bring me up.

I recently went through and unsubscribed from a boatload of email newsletters, but yours will continue to stay on my list. Thanks for putting great stuff into the world.

Your Fan,

Was really looking forward to TaskSmash being available by now :(

Nice RV blog! Like some other readers, I feel disappointed to read about enjoying tiger abuse. The tiger temple is a really dodgy place here in Thailand. Also, sharks shouldn't be in Bangkok shopping centers (where sadly much more wildlife is caged). For the elephant riding part, please have a look at the video at this web: http://www.helpthaielephants.com/ No good. Thailand has so much to offer without animal abuse, lets enjoy that :)

@previous comments

Tynan doesn't care about the consequences of his actions on others so you are wasting your time preaching to him.

Found your book on my iPad. To be honest, I have no idea how it got there, but as I was having a lonely day being sick in polluted city of Manila, it helped me remember why I chose this lifestyle in the first place. Good stuff, wish I could write as fluently as you :)

Anywhoo, dinner's on me if we ever get a chance to meet somewhere. Cheers!

Swimming with the sharks. You are NUTS! More guts than me, for sure. But I enjoy reading about your travels.

You can swim with sharks in the Busan Aquarium in Korea for $90 if you aren't scuba certified and $75 if you are scuba certified.

Hey tynan im really dissapointed with this post in a number of ways. Its the 6th anniversary of your blog and its painfully clear youve gone off the path. Inequality is the cause of incredible amounts of emotional pain and suffering in our world. I recommend "the spirit level" by richard wilkinson for a look at equality and how it makes everything better. I dont even know how to address your comment that you enjoy wanting things. materialism breeds pain and suffering. Id love to see a move away from materialism and back towards minimalism in your writing.

just to quote your work to highlight my concerns tynan - "The idea of everyone being able to have everything they wanted struck panic into my heart, as it threatened my beloved inequality."

Wow.

Cy, you're being kinda silly. The man can be a minimalist and still badly want things.

If you had gone on to read, he dismissed part of his old view and did conclude that abundance would be a good thing.

Inequality can be a motivator, and there will always be inequality: physical, social or material.

Paul, your correct, a man can be very minimilst in his life and still want things badly. the question you should ask is - will this make a person happy? in life its the journey, not the destination that's important. ie/ "i finally got the new apple iPad, now I can be happy." An enlightened mind frees itself from any emotional reaction to any material possession. This is a fundamental principle of Buddhism.

Once again I recommend the spirit level as a great read about equality. Contrary to conventional wisdom, more equality creates more productivity in society. In turn, more art, more culture, more love and more happiness for everyone. there may always be some inequality, certainly physical differences from person to person, but I feel that we as a community of human beings would benefit from aiming for the most equality possible. My opinion is based on what Ive read on the issue. Checkout the book and let me know how you feel about the subject.

Tynan you were going to do an article on how to be happier (ie working on happiness directly instead of indirectly). I hope I didn't miss it. Would love to see something like that.

Cy: The Dalai Lama noted once that he enjoys looking through coffee-table books about war machines because he thinks they're really cool.

I wonder if being overly concerned about acting in a manner that appears "Buddhist" is itself "Buddhist."

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Way to miss the point JGi!

I wonder if Mr. Jobs was utilizing the 80/20 rule when he decided to use laser focus ("You know, 80% of the people only care about these one or two things..") or how he came about that decision.

In my own business I think my 20% is actually how good my website looks which is ironic because it has nothing to do with my product, but lends credibility to my services (and I'm not talking about my band's music site btw).

Woah!! Can't wait to hear about this startup! Any timelines set to start leaking some details??
Anyhow Good Luck with the project!

Am findley last here on this post!.I like your pic of berlin tho.I also liked your Cool post too.

looks like we keep going to the same places. I was in Berlin before I went to Mallorca, then you went to both of them as well :-)

That's the spirit. Looking forward to having a look on Tasksmash as I'm always to late for the codes.
You might want to join the November startup sprint.
http://hn.21times.org/

you might enjoy, The Lean Startup too, for your startup.

Definitely interesting! I like tea and it would be awesome to have an experience understanding its process agriculturally and especially getting to have an opportunity to taste the live likening of it also. Have fun in Thailand!

Haha, love youtynan. You are the greatest bald man in the world.

I thnk maybe you arent healthy. Explain to me where you get enough protein from?

Ty, is this coming from "Herbal" one of the worlds most famous pickup artists??? Eating roots and berries in Japan, "ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz". Time to get back into pickup....

Haha, yea right Captain Power. I somehow managed to stumble onto this site after reading that pickup book he's in. He's clearly living a much more exciting and fulfilling life then that of a pickup artist. I know I'm of the majority when I say I would stop reading if this became a pickup blog.

Considering your goal to experience everything life has to offer, would you consider taking psychedelics?

Cool man, how did you get hooked up with this family? Acquaintances? I lived in ?? for awhile and if I don't have friends that own a tea farm (or anything similar) how do you suggest setting up such an alternative experience on a trip (in any other country for that matter). Been reading for a bit, good stuff!

Great post, Tynan! I've never been to Japan myself, but it's one of the countries in the world I most look forward to visiting.

Btw, I know they say that we're all living in the future, but 2012 is next year anyway. :)

It would be nice to read your post about Thailand. I always wonder when people say they love Bangkok because as a Thai who live in Bangkok I don't find Bangkok a very nice place compare to other province.

Tynan, why don't you figure out a way to ship the R.V. to Japan for an extended time....that would be awesome!!!

Great post, I always enjoy reading you're well written stories. I also want to know what the bracelet and especially the watch you wear is.

@Ian @Sam Bracelet is for cryonics from Alcor. Watch is a Suunto X11

ty -
was awesome to have you over here in japan... ...i am sure some more adventures will be had. t

If you haven't already, www.youarenotsosmart.com is a great resource for, well, wasting time reading a big website. :) It's a compendium of self-delusion, all the documented, named ways that we as humans do not behave as the rational creatures we like to think we are - and a ton of advice for stuff exactly like this, how to essentially trick yourself into being disciplined.

Switch is a decent book about this, too; the main value of the book to me was their metaphor: a human is an elephant and a rider. The elephant is the irrational animal side. It doesn't listen to reason, it obeys visceral urges. But on the upside, it has incredible endurance and strength. The rider, on the other hand, is motivated by reason and logic, but compared to the elephant is weak.

Motivating people (yourself included) comes down to speaking logically to the rider, appealing viscerally to the elephant, and sculpting the path - what you're calling self-sabotage - to carve the path of least resistance to be the thing you want to do.

Check out the madness I have to deal with in nyc, you guys have this going on your cities? I filmed this at lunch Friday..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xMehYcmduM

I use StayFocusd for Chrome. Pretty much the same as Leechblock.

i also wan to be a professional gambler. i have a perfect stratgy to beat the casino but i fail in my own self discipline. so sad . i make $200k in 15 day and i lose it all in 1 day .

Hello Tynan, I've spent some time perusing your site, and enjoy your outlook and the goal of helping others live their best life. Have a small piece of criticism: your delivery is making me bonkers! You seem successful and happy, but I decided to comment because I wonder whether you could be more sufferable? How much more lucrative (and productive) would your work be if your presentation were more palatable to your audience? If you could just take the arrogance down a notch... you might reach even more people with your phenomenal ideas. I happen to agree with and practice so much of what you've written- I'm an atheist, live in my RV, eat little to no meat/sugar/processed foods, drink only occasionally, chase all my curiosities and desires, have no problem picking up women and men, use MoneyDance software, have my phone apps strategically oranized to keep myself productive, etc etc etc...- and yet I find myself annoyed with your posts! Maybe just try to display some of your humility a little better? Tynan, you seem like an awesome person and I truly wish you the best in exploring this beautiful world and all its possibilities! Thanks for sharing your experiences and tips with everyone!

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If you can find something, even at a young age, that you love and are passionate about it won't be much work at all. Well, yeah, hours wise you're going to put in some time but if you enjoy it - that's all that matters.

And like you said it's all about the process - it's not about the result. Reminded me of your presentation on risk. Awesome points. Nice work!

Yes I can relate to that very much. I used to live 6 months in Mexico and worked for a while in China and hence I can basically 4 languages (German, Chinese, Spanish, English). Now that probably wouldnt be super impressive, but since Im only 22 everyone kind of freaks out thanks to the low standard they are used to.

Young people like myself today are competing with a lot of other hungry, ambitious young people around the world. Either you provide real value, real wealth or you don't. There are obviously systematic forces in play too, but as an individual the thing I have the most control and responsibility over is myself.

Wow this is so deep man. I'm 15 and most of the time I feel like your blog is for late 20s and adults.

This is really inspirational. I'm not that kind of person that has a strong opinion on anything, and my goals and opinions are easily moved.

I really enjoy your life how you travel around the world and stuff, however I'm still clueless about what I want to do in the future, but I think I'll just start work towards something now that I've read this article! You said something about trading Palm pilots eh?

You are young. Your advice, while sound will as usual be lost to your target audience. Never trust or hire anyone under 30.

Hey Tynan,

Not sure if you wrote about this, how'd you learn to concentrate all your efforts on one task? To be more specific, how is it that you are able to program for 15 hour days....I am learning python through LPTHW but can hardly spend an hour on it...let alone 30 minutes. I would slowly like to increase my ability to concentrate on one task. How?