Now let’s answer one of my favorite questions about our round-the-world trip: What are you bringing with you? Or when asked of my wife by her friends: What are you bringing for shoes? The short answer:  as little crap as possible.  I’m not a fan of stuff, and I’m even less of a fan of dragging … Continue reading Whatchyagotinyerbackpackthere? →

Another question we frequently hear about our upcoming travels  is something like: What are all the things you have to do to prepare for a trip like this? Regardless of my answer I eventually end up referring to what I lovingly refer to as “The List”. [Aside:  I’m the hyper-organized type.  I suck at improvising, being … Continue reading “The List” →

As most of you know already, we’re beginning some open-ended, round-the-world travel starting the first week in July.  We’ve had many, many questions about the trip (including our personal favorite, “WTF?!?”) so we thought we would address one of the biggies here: “Where the hell are you going?” (1) On July 2nd we fly out of JFK … Continue reading The Itinerary – RTW Blews, Tour #1 →

Before we had our son a few years ago I had a simple system for getting work done.  Each night I would put one item on my todo list for the next day, the one task I knew would provide the most leverage over everything else. The next day I would wake up, get dressed, and immediately … Continue reading Priming the Pump →

A concrete block is set down in front of you.  Your task is to make it smaller.  What do you do? Break out a chisel and hammer and start chipping away at it?  Get a rotary sander and try trimming a little bit off at a time?  Start wailing away at it with a sledge? Or … Continue reading Build a Bigger Block →

Have you chosen the lifestyle you’re living?  Or was it handed to you? Some reasons we endure lifestyles that aren’t our first choice: I’m living the way my parents expected me to Everyone else I know lives the same way, why not me? I don’t have enough money to live the way I want I … Continue reading Did You Choose? →

Imagine you’re a runner. [I know.  “Running sucks!  Why the hell would I imagine that?  Are you trying to make me throw up?”  Do it anyway.] So imagine you’re a runner and you’re getting ready for a 10K.  Suppose your personal best at that distance was run at a 7:30 pace.  Now you want to push … Continue reading Your Own Cheering Section →