Tag: Mindset

  • Gambling With Your Friends to Stay Honest

    Gambling With Your Friends to Stay Honest

    Here’s a habit I have which I hate, that you might be able to relate to. A friend might say that he thinks that a Zodiac boat goes really slow. I then reply that I’m not sure, but I think they’re quite fast. As we go back and forth, I become more and more convinced…

  • Defined By Your Worst

    Defined By Your Worst

    I’ve had a rough week. No deaths in the family or anything seriously bad, but it’s been a bit emotionally draining. Finally got in touch with the guy who owns Tynan.com, and he refused to sell to me at any price. A writer I was really hoping to work with decided not to contribute to…

  • No Filter

    No Filter

      Today at lunch a waitress sat down with my friend and I. We go to this particular restaurant often and are chatty, so we’re friends enough to sit together during her break, but not enough to make plans outside of the restaurant. She told us that she was raped in the past. Now, this…

  • Why The New Kindle is a Must-Have for Travelers

    Why The New Kindle is a Must-Have for Travelers

    There are three items I own which I’ll always upgrade when a significant upgrade exists: my computer, my camera, and my Kindle. Yesterday I got my new Kindle, the fourth generation one that was just released. Before I talk about this specific Kindle, I want to address some general points about the Kindle. Price Some…

  • Stories from Oregon

    Stories from Oregon

    Last Wednesday a friend decided to buy an RV in Portland, Oregon. Knowing that a decent part of my recent life has been dedicated to ripping apart my RV and rearranging it, he offered to fly me up there to check it out with him and drive back down. Done deal. Two days later we’re…

  • Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery

    Glamorized Self-Inflicted Slavery

    A lot of people, hopefully not you, are living lives of glamorized, self inflicted, slavery. I’ve debated writing about this for a while, because of the connotation, but it’s something I think about constantly. Sometimes I see someone working and I realize that they don’t have the freedom to spend their days according to their…

  • The Best Laptop That You Don’t Know Exists

    The Best Laptop That You Don’t Know Exists

    Of all the bits of gear, the one thing that fundamentally defines how I’m able to travel is my laptop. I use it to keep in touch with people all over the world, make money, find things to do in each country, and buy my plane tickets. It’s probably my most important possession, which means…

  • 2010 Survey Results

    2010 Survey Results

    After a long day in the sun at the 2010 Crossfit Games in LA, I’ve flopped into my Aeron in the RV, which is parked near my old stomping grounds in Hollywood. I found an amazing parking spot right near the Farmer’s Market that has no street cleaning and is always empty at night. You’d…

  • Full Participation

    Full Participation

    My friend Anderson and I have created a tradition of visiting Harbin Hot Springs about once a month. It’s a hippie-fueled nudist hot springs resort. The cafeteria serves really good healthy food, the library is a nice quiet place to catch up on reading, and the sun deck is a nice place to sit out…

  • 2010 Tynan.net Survey

    2010 Tynan.net Survey

      Thank You Okay, first of all, THANK YOU for reading Tynan.net. My impulse in every post I write is to express my gratitude to you as a reader, but I don’t because I think it would become annoying and probably not seem as genuine is it really is. So here’s my yearly thank you.…