Tag Archives: change

The making of a non-conformist

RSS and e-mail readers, please click here to watch the video that accompanies this post. I haven’t eaten meat since 2008. I’ve shunned all animal products since 2009. I own less than 130 things (and dwindling). I live 4,000 miles from home because my favorite basketball team plays here. For the past three months, I [...]

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Are you hanging on to your old identity?

RSS and e-mail readers, please click here to watch the video that accompanies this post. In December of 2007, I finally realized my dream of living and working in New Orleans. I had started actively pursuing that dream about four years prior. All I wanted was to be in the city where my favorite basketball [...]

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Forming and maintaining deep relationships as a vagabond

A friend recently asked me if I was worried that the vagabond lifestyle I intend to undertake would result in me missing out on those deep and meaningful relationships which usually take time and commitment to develop. Another buddy recently made a case that having a few quality close friends certainly beats having a bunch [...]

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4 Selfish Reasons to go Vegan

Forget saving the planet. Forget compassion for animals. The truth is, none of that was my motivation behind trying a plant-based diet in the first place. No, I was completely self-absorbed. I wanted to know what a plant-based diet could do for ME. Screw the rest of the world. So I gave vegetarian a try [...]

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What is Lifestyle Design anyways?

So it occurs to me that I’m well familiar with the concept of lifestyle design and I’m getting increasingly connected with the LD community online, but not many of my real-life friends actually know what the hell lifestyle design is all about. So this one’s for you guys. Origins The term lifestyle design was coined [...]

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