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“Successful”
The successful people I most admire are individuals from my personal life. I have had the good fortune to be blessed with very dynamic and inspirational friends and family. I look to them because they are real. I know their struggles, and I have seen them at their best and…
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As The Crow Flies
To have a little fun with this, I would say the most important trait in a neighbor is distance. Geographical distance. Ideally a minimum of 1 kilometer (or mile) as the crow flies. To be fair, I love people and the things we can build. In University I studied our…
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A Round Tuit?
I really need to make some definitive bookings for my winter travels. I have a train ticket to the east coast, but that is it. The rest of my 4-5 month journey is still a clutter of potentialities. I usually travel with no pre-bookings or itineraries, but this time will…
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Lucky 13?
It is hard to pinpoint an exact moment in time, but generally speaking I would say that the first time “I felt grown up” was in my 13th year. I took my first part time job, I got the awkward (and unnecessary) talk about how babies are made, and I…
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My Love
If I had a million dollars… Every time I hear that line I think of the 90’s hit by the Bare Naked Ladies. I never really cared for the song, but I have to admit that it lives rent free in my head. Regardless of my musical tastes, the song…
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Barnstorming
As a youth I would often dream of flying. In the first dreams I would soar with the birds, but as I aged the dreams shifted from flying to gliding, to just being able to jump really high. By the time I was ten they had stopped altogether. I had…
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Health Above All Else
My hardest personal goal is one that continues to nip at my heels even years after I took the first step. In a world where it is so easy to make poor choices, I feel like I am in a constant race to stay ahead of the beast, my own…
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UL Backpacking
To be precise, I am into ultralight through hiking. This is a specific type of outdoor travel that seeks to minimize the amount of weight you are carrying, in order to maximize the enjoyment of the terrain through which you travel. It emphasizes multi-day hikes with a start and endpoint…
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Nothing to Lose?
Perhaps the priesthood or monastic life? What about the French Foreign Legion… A quote from a French Foreign Legion Officer to reflect upon: “It’s like this. There is no point in trying to understand. Time is unimportant. We are dust from the stars. We are nothing at all. Whether you…
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Diet and Nutrition
There are a multitude of different diets out there, all of them claiming to be the one true path to ideal health. Over the years I have tried almost all of them, and I can honestly say that a few really worked. For the last decade I have been living…
The Wild 