After 30-40 something hours (4 connecting flights!) of travel, I landed into Bali a few nights ago. Perhaps because of all of the flying my body lost track of what time it thinks it should be, and I don't have jet lag going to bed/waking up like I’ve been living 12 hours ahead of time …
Pre Travel Week
I’m back after a little unplanned blogging hiatus. I had started posts, but got bogged down trying to write things that were “helpful and good”, and decided to go back to my previous format of a minimal weekly update interspersed with random things in my head. The past few weeks have been a great …
Cities
One of my favorite bloggers/essayists is Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator (a startup incubator that funded Dropbox, Airbnb, etc.). A lot of the posts are about startups and programming, but some are just about life in general, and the latter are my personal favorites. One that I really liked from 11 years ago is …
Meditation Class and Weekly Update
I finally stopped avoiding financial reality, and booked my trips to Costa Rica (3 days to visit friends) and Bali (5 weeks). The flight back from Bali will be something I’ve never experienced before… a 50+ hour travel experience. There is a 21 hour layover in Taipei, followed by a 7 hour layover in New …
Travel Plans
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 …
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 …
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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Weekly Recap
Really, really enjoy coffee. I could give up a lot of my other vices, but good coffee at the right time makes life so much more enjoyable. I can’t think of how much work I have been able to push myself through only because of a caffeine buzz. This past week I overindulged on …
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