The First Thing I'd Do Differently The First Thing I'd Do DifferentlyStepping back from Sett has left a lot of room for me to reflect. What went wrong? Of those things that went wrong, which were avoidable, or will at least be avoidable in the future? Tw... Feb 19, 2015 9,509views 0
A Rosy Rear-View Mirror A Rosy Rear-View MirrorThe boat we keep at the island is named the SS Hassle. The process for buying it involved punching a hole in the side of it, patching that hole, buying a new motor because the first one... Feb 17, 2015 6,039views 0
Huge Decisions Huge DecisionsMy cousin is deciding which college to go to. There's pressure, because this is going to be one of the biggest decisions of her life. I was thinking about that tonight as she and her mo... Feb 14, 2015 7,655views 0
Skeptical of Studies Skeptical of StudiesWhenever I see a headline that begins with "New Study Proves...", I skip over it and move on to the next one. I love science, and I even like studies, but I have a big problem with the... Feb 9, 2015 7,657views 0
Drinking Tea While Traveling Drinking Tea While TravelingFor a while I just accepted that I wouldn't have good tea when I traveled. I drank good tea in my RV, or at Samovar, but would drink nothing but water when I was on the road. I slowly b... Feb 5, 2015 10,130views 0
EV (How to Make All Decisions) EV (How to Make All Decisions)I've been wanting to write this post for a long time, because it's the kind of post that will allow me to write more posts, linking this one as background. Because it's so important, I'... Feb 2, 2015 12,044views 2
Get to the Airport Late But Don't Miss Your Flight Get to the Airport Late But Don't Miss Your FlightI travel a lot. Not as much as a lot of business travelers, but maybe in the top 1% for independent travelers. That means that I spend a lot of time on planes, in airports, and experien... Jan 31, 2015 92,511views 0
Very Quick to Act Very Quick to ActWhen I think about a lot of the good things that have happened to me over the course of my life so far, a huge number of them can be directly attributed to my willingness to act very qu... Jan 28, 2015 7,384views 0
Momentum MomentumLater in the day, after spending hours exploring the pyramids in Cairo, we rented some busted up four-wheelers and took to the desert behind the pyramids. Driving over a huge dune, pyra... Jan 22, 2015 9,859views 0
Perspective From a Tomb Perspective From a TombI was enveloped by a red granite box, not much larger than myself. There was no lid, so I could look up at the red granite ceiling. I lay in the tomb of Cheops in the largest pyramid of... Jan 19, 2015 7,235views 0
Short Trips and Long Trips Short Trips and Long TripsSometimes a preference can morph from being your best assessment of a particular situation into a fixture of who you are. When that happens, you're in a bad position to reevaluate and m... Jan 16, 2015 6,808views 0
When In Doubt, Do Something Nice When In Doubt, Do Something NiceOne of the hardest things in life is deciding what to do next. Think about what life would be like if you knew every single step that you had to take to get where you wanted. Some of th... Jan 13, 2015 7,243views 0
