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Think Long Term to Make Good Decisions
I’m on a Southwest Airlines flight right now, heading from DC to San Francisco. The way food works on Southwest is they hold out a big basket full of snacks, and you take whatever you want for free. None of the snacks are healthy; it’s crackers and cookies and chips. I have to admit, I…
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Thankful for my Family
Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. The other ones are weird religious inventions or consumerized hijackings of religious inventions. And sure, the origins of thanksgiving are a bit murky, but it’s hard to argue with such a simple holiday: spend some time with your family and/or friends, and be thankful. I especially like that it’s…
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The Fake Newsletter Cruise Prank
I’ve written the equivalent of about 50 blog posts in the past couple weeks for a new habit book I’m writing, so you’ll have to excuse the off-topic post today. I can only write so much about serious stuff in a short time! — We got very lucky on our cruise. You’re assigned to a…
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What’s the Point of Traveling?
A few days ago reader “jd” had a great suggestion for a post: what’s the point of traveling? Seeing that I’m at the end of a long series of trips, it’s seems to me that it’s a perfect time for a post like that. Like anything, people travel for a whole host of reasons ranging…
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Random Notes on Places I’ve Visited Recently
I haven’t been writing travel stories recently, but since I’ve been through so many different cities in the past month, I figure I should share a few little notes on each, just in case you’re heading through one of them soon. Beijing I just can’t get into Beijing. It’s not a bad city, but it’s…
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Don’t Get The Job Done
I’ve found that there are two different mindsets that I can be in when I’m trying to get work done. One is the mindset that always accompanies a new project: excitement and the drive to make something incredible. The other, which sometimes creeps in after a while, is the feeling that the job must get…
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How To Book Cruises For Less Than $30 Per Day
In the last post, where I wrote about how much I like working from cruise ships, I mentioned that I could share my method for booking really cheap cruises. I’m going to do that here, and share some other relevant cruise tips. Getting Cheap Cruises First, start at Cruise Sheet. There used to be a…
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Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location
I’m currently on a cruise ship somewhere in the Mediterranean sea, en route from Barcelona to Casablanca. Most people here are either retirees enjoying the easy life or younger folks celebrating birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries. My friend Brian and I are neither– we’re using the ship as a mobile work retreat. As a nomad and…
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How to Book Flights with Free Mini-Stopovers
Last night I landed in Florence. I had four layovers on the way here, which doesn’t sound like a positive thing at first, but I booked them intentionally. Very frequently, if I have a long flight, I’ll book tons of long layovers and actually leave the airport on each one. My first layover was in…
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The Simple Method of Preventing Jet Lag Every Time
Jet lag sucks. I remember the worst time I had it, during one of my first trips to Japan. I was so excited to get out and see Tokyo, but I just couldn’t pry myself from the bed. At three pm in the afternoon I battled to keep my eyes open, knowing that I would…
