I’m sipping a latte in shorts and a t-shirt, watching the rain drizzle in an open-air cafe like a proper digital nomad. The digital nomad world is kind of like hipsters; I am firmly entrenched in many aspects of the lifestyle, but I strongly don’t identify with it. Exploring the world while working and having …
Happy Holidays
Happy New Year here from Puerto Rico! It’s been a bit rainy, but I’m still in shorts and able to get to the beach once a week. I often lose perspective of the good qualities of wherever I’m living, but it’s easy to be appreciative being able to lay on the beach in January. …
Life Design
I’m currently at Boundless Mezcal Cafe in Cartagena (cold brew plus their empty upstairs area is a great working combo), on the last day of my trip in Colombia. I started out in Barranquilla, Colombia, which sadly I would not recommend, and abandoned a hotel room that still had 4 more days paid for. It …
Normal Stuff
It’s weird how much of our lives are on autopilot routines, and when we make a lasting change, we wonder why we didn’t do that before? I’m really trying to autopilot more of my life lately, with less decisions. I stopped doing superior workouts (functional bodybuilding via Marcus Filly) that I paid a lot …
Thanksgiving and Update
How woefully unprepared and overconfident can one be before and during the Nanowrimo writing challenge? I think I answered it satisfactorily for myself. I was looking forward last week to updating you on my amazing progress, how it would be a close finish, and that I was barely on track to get my 50,000 word …
Visiting Las Vegas and Los Angeles
I missed a blog post last week as I was both traveling plus starting my Nanowrimo challenge. I usually feel guilty when I don’t make my weekly post, but since I’ve started the writing challenge it’s been maximum effort for me to get whatever writing I do towards my story. As an aside I …
Getting Motivated for NANO
Lots of things going on for me this week, a fun change from my recent laziness. My friend Ari just moved to Puerto Rico a few days ago, hopefully for an indefinite stay. Friends of my girlfriend are coming from Sweden for a half-day on Wednesday, we go to Vegas for Jeff’s birthday weekend on …
Basic Week
The sun is back in Puerto Rico after a hazy month. I forgot about needing sunscreen at the beach yesterday, and was rewarded with a cherry colored back. I’ll take it though, I miss having the first real deep tan of my life that I got from the first few months here. It was …
Writing Jokes and a Hike
Cloudy week in San Juan, but there has been a much appreciated drop in the temperature. I remember someone telling me in Los Angeles that 70 degrees was too cold, 80 was too hot, and it was pretty true. Here you bump that up by 10 degrees and add in a bunch of humidity, but …
Back to Normal and Visiting South Puerto Rico
I took a stay-cation and went to the south part of Puerto Rico (less than a 2 hour drive from the north where I live) for a few days and feel rejuvenated. It’s crazy how burnt-out I was, and how just a few changes in a short of amount of time can fix that. The …
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