Shortly before I became a new parent, I heard a lot of people tell me how my traveling days were over. “Traveling with kids is too expensive,” they said, or “it’s too difficult to arrange.” When my son was two months old, I got his first passport. He’s almost one year old now and he’s […]
Critics and Haters: How to Deal with People Who Unfairly Judge You
The simplest way to be criticized is this: be yourself. As Aristotle once said, “to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” No matter what path your life takes, you’re bound to come across someone who dislikes your decision and openly expresses how unhappy they feel about it. Just recently, my wife and I […]
Breaking Bland: The Poor Man’s Guide to Unforgettable Travels
*Note: This is a guest post by Peter Renegade from RichRenegade.com. $80,000 of student loans and insatiable wanderlust don’t exactly mix. Unfortunately, that’s where I found myself after college graduation. While I always envisioned myself traveling during my 20’s, reality came crashing down in the form of $600 monthly loan payments. Like any desperate college […]
6 Tips to Do Crazy Things that Scare You
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt When I was a little boy, I was afraid of just about everything. Too shy to make many friends, I kept my social circle small. I shunned change and risk-taking; the thought of doing something crazy like traveling to another country didn’t appeal to […]
64 Amazing Quotes that Will Inspire You to Take that Risk
There’s more than one way to take a risk. To some people it means dropping everything to travel around the world. To others it means tackling a big project in the workplace. But If you looked up the word “risk” in the dictionary, it would say something like this: To expose oneself to the chance […]
A Simple Mindshift for Explosive Change
*Note: This is a guest post by Razwana Wahid. The suspense was killing me. The build up had been happening for weeks. This was marketing genius. Feverishly salivating over every email I opened leading up to the big day, I’d made my decision before the offer had even landed in my inbox. I’d be flying […]
Spend Less, Travel More eBook is Released!
What do you think of when you hear the word “travel”? Perhaps you see yourself lying on a beach in the Caribbean or admiring the Pyramids of Egypt. When you let your mind wander, you can imagine yourself having dream vacations all over the world. But when you come back to reality, you realize that […]