Actions: Louder than Words

I saw this photo posted by one of my friends and I had to post it here. As you look at the image below, what comes to mind? How does it make you feel?

If you’re like me, it touches you. It makes you want to be a better person yourself.

I had a similar opportunity once to deliver brand new shoes and clothes to a girl who had been orphaned. I don’t say it in anyway to brag but to share that it was an amazing feeling. Truly, giving is one of the greatest joys you can have.

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Get Outside of Your Daily Living Radius

What the heck is a daily living radius? I define a daily living radius as the circle you can draw around how far you move around geographically in your day-to-day life. It’s kind of like if you were to track your everyday movements on a map. For most of us, I’m sure it would be…

What’s Really Important: How to Make Work-Life Balance Work (Nigel Marsh)

In planning for this new year, I came across a great TED talk by Nigel Marsh (Watch the video below). It was introduced to me through a good friend of mine (Rob Ludlow at BackyardChickens.com). One of the best lines of the whole talk is in Nigel’s summation: “Because if enough people do it, we…

Our Washington State Adventure

As many of you may already know, we’re back in the Golden State and we’ve made the Bay Area our new home base for a while. We had an amazing time up in Washington. We bonded with family (especially the kids with grandparents), solidified lifelong friendships, had some amazing experiences, and saw some amazing places….

Combining Two Loves: Minimalism and the Ocean

When Heidi and I were first married, we went to a boat show in LA. Afterwards, we seriously considered getting a boat and living on it. We got brochures and imagined ourselves at sea waking up to seagulls and dolphins. Eventually, the thought slowly faded as we got caught up living the “normal” life. Now,…

There is So Much Good

Recently, Heidi and I were sitting at a stop light when we saw a lady carrying 4 huge bags of groceries on the street opposite of us. All of the sudden, one of the bags broke sending her groceries spilling to the ground. We felt helpless as we watched sitting in traffic. Just then, a…

Lifestyle Design Cheat Sheet

If you’ve heard the term “Lifestyle Design”, chances are you’ve also heard of Tim Ferriss and the 4 Hour Work Week. In the book, Tim paints a wonderful picture of outsourcing all of your work, automating common everyday time-consuming tasks, and hitting the road for adventure which, of course, includes world travel. I read the…