Heroes are hard to come by in this day and age. I’m not talking about policemen or firefighters, or even the men and women of the military who keep our countries safe (although I think I speak for all of us when I say I am grateful for their heroism). I’m talking about otherwise “ordinary”…
We. Yes, you. We, as a community, are officially coming together to make Taking Tokyo an ongoing documentary film project. It’s the sort of thing you always sort of wanted to do as a kid–coming together with a group of awesome people and making a movie, starring each other. Of course, back then you were…
Three weeks from now, I’ll be thrust into the foreign world of Tokyo, Japan. Later, I’ll move over to Kyoto in the area of Osaka. But that doesn’t make the trip any less staggeringly different from my daily routine here in a quiet suburb of Missouri. Honestly, I’ve never been a fan of the city….
Life is all about monotony. Most of us grow up in the same educational system, under the same set of rules and within the same community as everyone else. Then we “grow up” and take on the career everyone else said we’d be good at. It’s all very… safe. Fear is necessary for growth. It…
Do you remember those “choose your own adventure” books growing up? The kind that told you “If you choose to walk left, turn to page 4; if you choose to walk right, turn to page 6…” that sort of thing. My first and one of my only choose-your-own-adventure books was a Super Mario World one….
It’s less than a month now until I leave this country. Less than a month until I leave my family. Less than a month until I leave my home. I didn’t get where I am by fussing over the “shoulds.” I didn’t worry about the fact that I should have gone to college, I should…
Today I want to share with you this video of me failing to ride a bike, for a few core reasons: Losing track of your direction in life is a lot like forgetting how to ride a bike. I want to share my experience with you. And lastly… I need your help.
Everyone has a secret superpower. When I first started exploring the idea of going to Japan, I had all kinds of doubts and worries. They turned into destructive, negative “what if?” thoughts. (If you haven’t gotten the 411 on “what if?” questions, you should check out how I walked myself out of a minefield just…
Finding the right direction to go in to reach your desired outcome can be one of the hardest parts about actually reaching that desired outcome. This is a concept I touched upon lightly in this post and my Adventure Outliner resource. For me to get to Japan, it took a long process (about a year)…
Freedom isn’t an abstract concept which we all have to strive for through some great spiritual pilgrimage. It’s a tangible reality which we each create for ourselves individually. There are a ton of definitions of freedom–as many are out there as there are human beings. My ultimate definition of freedom allows me to: Be stress…
