Posts made in 2011
2011…2012
The past 3 days I spent in the car driving from the North-Eastern part of the States, where I celebrated Christmas with my new family, to the sunny coast of South Florida. It was a long and tiring drive, but provided a good opportunity to reflect on the highlights of 2011 and to think of the exciting possibilities for the year ahead. Both my partner and I feel an incredible sense of gratitude for the past year, A year full of travel and adventure. After years of independent traveling, 2011 was a year of sharing the experience with a partner. Since the beginning of our trip this January, we...
Read MoreDesign Your Dream Year
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” ~ Alice In Wonderland. New Year’s Eve. Once again you’re about to make your annual set of New Year’s resolutions. You haven’t achieved last year’s but “what the heck” you say to yourself as you’re about to commit to another set of resolutions in the name of tradition. If this sounds familiar to you, you are not alone. Most people think about their goals and dreams too casually, eventually forgetting about them before the end of January. ...
Read MoreUnderstanding Money
“Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes it’s laws” – Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild Money. We all use it. We all care about it. We all think about it. The lack of money in our life can spark a range of emotions, from fear to frustration, to worry. We worry whether we have enough of it, or whether we spend too much of it. When the job market is poor, for example, or when the stock market crashes, we often get mad and blame the economy, or the government, or both. What we hardly ever do about money, however, is ask ourselves where it comes...
Read MoreBecoming a Surfer
It took me more than 2 years and 5 different countries to finally being able to call myself a surfer. Somehow being able to catch and ride waves consistently was not as easy task. I sweated and struggled and fought but made very little progress with each try. Nevertheless, I’ve never given up that dream. So what is it about surfing that causes such passionate devotion to it? The answer is obvious one would say – water, sun, beach, lifestyle. What’s not to like? The truth, however, is that it’s hard to verbalize the spectrum of sensations that arise once you’re...
Read MoreMuay Thai experience
I was tired and breathless. My Muay Thai kickboxing trainer was punching and kicking me repeatedly. I tried to push him away but he kept coming closer. To say I was praying for the bell to ring would be an understatement. When it did ring, I collapsed into the corner, thoroughly exhausted and wondering how I was going to survive the next round. I’ve been training on a daily basis for four weeks in Thailand, but this was my first encounter with something close to a real fight. I knew fighting was going to be tough but I’ve never thought it was going to be that tough. Setting my...
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