One of the first things I tend to think of when I’m writing these blog posts (Monday is the new Sunday for my writing schedule fyi) is where am I? This past year I’ve been traveling so much that an extended period in one city (or even country) has been rare. It feels strange to …
Change of Plans..
About two weeks ago I presented a rough draft of my all-inclusive daily routine that would lead me to bliss -- not realizing that going from waking up to the sunshine lifestyle, to regimented minute-by-minute planning wouldn’t turn out as easy as I thought. There’s a few non-negotiable things for me in my …
Week in Medellin
It’s a sunny day as always here in beautiful Medellin, Colombia. I missed my Sunday blogging session, but that tends to happen when I’m “on vacation”. I’m visiting my friend Ari for a week who is learning Spanish via immersion/classes. I am also surrounded by Spanish in Puerto Rico, but my Spanish progress with no …
Back in Merica (sort of.. PR)
I got back to Puerto Rico two days ago after what felt like a much longer than six-week trip to Europe. Feels great to be back. I got a little surprise upon returning to my apartment: my internet and water were not working, which seemed like not that big of a deal until I realized …
Last Week in Europe
I've been on an erratic blogging schedule, and an erratic life schedule in general. I realized that my bedtime (and waking time) creeps up if left unchecked. This is fine for a day or two, but I've slowly went from going to sleep in Europe at 10 pm, to 11pm, 12 am... and this past …
Birthday and Croatia Trip
I finally put my butt in the chair to end my unplanned hiatus from blogging. My usual Sunday slot of blogging has been interrupted the last two weeks first by my birthday party, and then a trip to Croatia. I tried to squeeze in a blogging session on my birthday, but I felt forced to …
Reality Check
So last week I blogged about how I was happy about being in Stockholm and not needing any more summer travel or plans. Naturally a week later I find myself with a flight to London this coming week, and one to Croatia in two weeks. I even attempted to book a day of flight this …
Midsummer 2018
Another very social week here in Stockholm with the Midsummer holiday on Friday. The equivalent to me in America is the 4th of July, with almost everything shutdown Friday-Sunday. I celebrated with my girlfriend and her family eating shrimp, herring, and some steak (not Swedish style, but good on the grill). We also played a …
Settling into Stockholm
After a few weeks of traveling, I’m now (almost) settled into Stockholm. I’ve got a co-working office, a CrossFit gym, and some quality local food/coffee. It’s pretty great as everything is within a 6 minute walk, but I’m still figuring out the best way to assemble my day. One thing during traveling I didn’t …
Some Thoughts on the Passing of Time
I've been a bit erratic on my posting as I don't have a firm personal commitment to when I should publish blog posts. For certain periods I was consistent on Sundays, but now I just post when I think about it, which I'm realizing is too infrequent. I just read about Avicii dying, and it …
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