On My Way to Asia
I had been living in Mexico for a little over a year, and it was time to continue the adventure in another venue. I knew when I started this “slow travel” retirement dream that I would get attached to...
View ArticleTop 5 Observations from My Two Years of Minimalist Travel
You Are Not Your “Stuff” – Your life and your memories exist inside of you, not in the things that you own. Sure everyone needs a few things to sustain themselves but, there comes a point where we...
View ArticleBuddhist Water Blessing
Water blessings are a traditional Cambodian Buddhist practice that dates back to ancient times. The offering of water symbolizes the cultivation of the virtues of calmness, clarity and purity with our...
View ArticlePersonal Freedom
Last summer I was on a planned trip to the United States for a few weeks and did a lot of thinking about “freedom” and what it really means. Freedom is a word that is very much in your face in the...
View ArticleRetirement Adventure Minimalist Style
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” – Henry David Thoreau There are all kinds of minimalism and minimalist philosophies. Some people believe that in...
View ArticleWhy I Chose Minimalism for my Retirement Years
For some people the notion of a retired person being an intentional minimalist may seem counter intuitive. You have spent your most productive years accumulating possessions — saving “stuff” — so that...
View ArticleThe dangers in taking on too much responsibility
This article was originally published in the August 22, 2014 edition of “The Dallas Morning News”. This is the fourth essay about the retirement travel adventure I have written for the folks at DMN and...
View ArticleIntentionally Minimalist Retirement
Jatiluwih Rice Terraces in Bali Just before I retired in 2011 I sold almost everything I owned. It wasn’t because money was tight, but because I wanted to spend my life as an adventure, traveling the...
View ArticlePhotos of Modern Day Walden Pond
Modern Day Beach on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts I really didn’t know what to expect when our road trip took us to the place where where one of my favorite authors, Henry David Thoreau, wrote...
View ArticleThe Luxury of Little
Before I began my retirement travel adventures, like many people in the “developed world,” I had so many possessions that I couldn’t remember where my stuff was, or in many cases even remember that I...
View ArticleBeing a Minimalist
How I Became a Minimalist A little over a year ago I took early retirement and began my dream of adventure and traveling the world. After years of self-examination, I realized the ordinary wasn’t...
View ArticleEight Things I Ask Myself Before I Buy More Stuff
SUnset on the Mekong River in Laos I am really starting to enjoy the minimalist lifestyle or as I call it “the luxury of little”. I have now reduced my physical possessions down to where with little...
View ArticleWhy I Decided to Sell Everything and Travel the World
This article was originally published in the November 16, 2012 edition of “The Dallas Morning News”. Walking Street in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico A few months ago, I was soaking up atmosphere...
View ArticleElephant in the Room
(UPDATE: This post was written in January 2013. Although this was painful then, my life has moved forward in some remarkable ways. As I always try to remember; if you are happy with where you are, be...
View ArticleHow Getting My Finances in Order Enabled Me to Live the Life I Love
My First Home as an Expat Living the Dream? Three years ago I was living the classic American Dream. I had a good job, a house in suburbia, a couple of automobiles, a country club membership and a...
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