More To My Life

I’m planning to put the promise of this website to the test. Yes, it’s time to pack the apartment into a storage unit, get in the car, and go! No detailed itinerary, just heading northwest to enjoy time away from the desert heat in Las Vegas.

Perhaps the most ironic thing that’s happening now that I’m in the final stages of packing, is that the number of options for places to go is growing quickly. Already I have too many options to contemplate. What started as a year to finally “summer”, is quickly leading to options to travel to South America, Asia, and Europe. Very cool!

Having this sort of life does require a laptop and cellphone job, preferably one that you own. John Chow and other internet affiliate marketers talk about this type of “career”. I’ll talk more about it here at www.moretomylife.com too in future installments.

Just to let you know, I’m planning to activate this site with thoughts about some interesting lifestyle alternatives. I really enjoyed the books:

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel and The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, and find them inspirational for a travel filled life. I’ll describe my plans to implement a “live anywhere” lifestyle.

Here’s snippets from an article that I found thought-provoking:

Environment matters, but in the end, when it comes to tackling the question, What should I do with my life? it really is all in your head. The first psychological stumbling block that keeps people from finding themselves is that they feel guilty for simply taking the quest seriously. They think that it’s a self-indulgent privilege of the educated upper class. Working-class people manage to be happy without trying to “find themselves,” or so the myth goes.

But I found that just about anybody can find this question important. It’s not just for free agents, knowledge workers, and serial entrepreneurs. …

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