While journeying in the third world, I’ve been presented with many opportunities to help others. Most of the time I found reasons to turn away and say its someone else’s responsibility, justtifed by the fact that I simply cannot help everyone, but on ocassion the need was so complelling that I could not turn away. […]
Since my last triathlon in January, and after achieving all of my physical goals, I have changed my focus back to social life. It wasn’t too long before I found myself going out every night. : ) So I’ve decided to make it into a challenge: going out for 60 nights in a row. Past […]
Sometimes the worst situations in one’s life turn out to be the best opportunities in the long run. This was the case for Serapio Huaman, a local Peruvian who lost his house in a tragic mudslide event, and whom I met while traveling in South America. I still remember the first time I saw Serpio’s […]
Traveling is every free spirit’s wet dream, and one I’ve been pursuing for a long time, way before I hit the road for my RTW trip in early 2009. 18 months and 4 continents later, I’m back in peaceful Melbourne for the Australian summer, reflecting on what quickly became one of my biggest adventures. Traveling […]
This year, I celebrated my birthday by spending a very long weekend in Sydney. The real excuse was a half-marathon event, but I had also registered for a seminar with Anthony Robbins, who had come to Sydney for his last Australian appearance. I usually don’t like these big-crowd-type of events, but decided to go anyway […]
India was always on my short list of traveling, so I was pretty happy to be sent on a business trip in Delhi for the first time. I had always imagined India as a relaxed and spiritual place, maybe because of the vast amount of literature and spiritual leaders produced by the ancient country. My […]
As most of you probably know, Australia endured the worst bushfire in recorded history this month. More than 200 people died and whole towns were razed in one deadly weekend. Two of them, Kinglake and Marysville, are only ~50km from my house, and places I know quite well, as I spent some time in both. […]
Last weekend, I participated in my 2nd half-Ironman race in Shepparton, Victoria, and I actually did very well: 5 hours and 21 minutes, 67th place in my age group, smashing my personal best by 45 minutes, and passing a few strong teammates on the run. Deep down, I knew I could be good at this. […]
All my life, I’ve been taught to look outward, to be interested in what’s happening outside, to check what’s popular, to be updated with technology and other worldly news; I have rarely taken any time to look within and examine my mind on a deeper level. I’d just explored the highest mountains of Nepal. It […]
Crossing the border from Brazil, the richest country in South America, to Bolivia, the poorest, marked yet another new direction in my trip. After 2 months of beach, sun and samba, I was looking for something else, perhaps something more meaningful. I remember walking through the main market of La Paz, Bolivia’s high mountain capital, […]
“A few times in my life I have had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowned out the noise and I could feel rather than think. When things seemed so sharp and the world seemed so fresh as though it had all just come into existence. I could never […]
Have you ever considered that the goal behind every goal you’ve ever set in your life was happiness? Think about it. “I will lose 10 pounds”, “I will become financially free”, “I will find true love”, “I will volunteer in a third world country”, all have one thing in common – we believe these accomplishments […]
Big Life Goals. Everyone sets them. Everyone knows they are important, everyone wants to achieve them, yet only a few succeed. For each of us, there once lived a big dream we desired to manifest – travel the world, run a marathon, create financial independence… Whatever the big goal was, somewhere along the road we […]
“Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.” ~Arthur Miller Do you find yourself checking emails while working on something else? Do you log into Facebook multiple times a day, often spending aimless time on it? Do you sometimes feel an uncontrollable urge to just check Twitter one more time? It has happened to […]
Imagine waking up every morning knowing that you are completely free to choose what you want to do and how you want to do it. Imagine being able to spend time with your loved ones, your friends, your family—whenever you need to. Imagine being able to go anywhere you want and contribute to the world […]
It’s 6:00pm and you’ve just had another long day at work. You check through your emails one last time and notice that once again, you’ve left most of the important work unfinished. You’re a bit stressed about some deadlines, but your increasingly growing headache from a rough day at work convinces you to retire home […]
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Tex Avery Biography Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director best known for his work on the Warner Bros. and MGM animation studios. He is considered one of the most influential animators in the history of animation, and his work had a major impact on the […]
Jane Austen Biography Jane Austen (born December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) was an English novelist, best known for her six major novels that have become literary classics. Born in Steventon, Hampshire, she was the seventh of eight children of a rector and grew up in a close-knit and literate family. Austen began writing […]
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Augustine of Hippo Biography Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was a prominent Christian theologian, philosopher, and bishop of the 4th and 5th centuries. He was born in 354 AD in the Roman province of Africa (present-day Algeria) and was raised in a Christian household. However, in his youth, he followed a lifestyle […]
Jean M. Auel Biography Jean M. Auel is an American author best known for her Earth’s Children series, a series of historical fiction novels set in prehistoric Europe. She was born on February 18, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois. Auel began her writing career in the 1970s, but her big breakthrough came with the publication of […]
Margaret Atwood Biography Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic. She was born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Canada, and grew up in northern Ontario and Quebec. She began writing in her teens and published her first book of poetry, “Double Persephone,” in 1961. Atwood is best known for her novels, […]
