But neither do I frankly. Someday sooner than you hope you’ll have 2.5 kids, and the concept of heading out to see a show will require a weeks planning. If you live anywhere worth living, there is live music to be found almost every night. How man…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #18 – The Best Way to See The World is on Two Wheels
I love to travel. I especially love to travel on two wheels, both motorized and leg powered varietals. You can see, smell, and hear your surroundings allowing a wholly different level of experience. Bicycling through a new city, town or village al…
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Unverifiable Truth #17 – Adventure Will Not Come to You.
100 years ago everyday was an adventure. Need some milk? You might get kicked in the face trying to get it. Hungry? Head into the woods and find your dinner. Need to get from NY to DC? The interstate system still has 40 years before it will be inv…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth # 16 – Life is Too Short to Eat at Subway.
Sometimes you just have to take a stand, this was one of those days. Earlier this year I was in the midst of ordering yet another unsatisfying Subway sub from my local franchisee. I didn’t want the sub, he clearly did not have much interest in mak…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #15 – Read a Book, Idiot.
Its been said before by many people much smarter than I, but I am constantly amazed at how often I meet people who quite literally do not read anything that does not appear on a computer screen. Yet nearly every highly successful person I meet cou…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #14 – You Travel For Work, I Travel For Life.
You know that guy sitting next to you on the plane who wants to chat? I’m that guy. I find one of the first things people ask is “are you traveling for work?”. In the strict sense, yes. But primarily I’m travel for life. (hat tip to Chris Guillebe…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth # 13 – Normal Sucks.
But not in a hipster/granola, “every person is a butterfly”, “we’re all a uniquie kind of beautiful” kind of way. Normal people aren’t the problem. The normal lives of those people, now that is really scary. For example normal in the U.S means you…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth #12 – If You Have Unused Vacation Days, You Suck at Life.
So you have a job that gives you 2, or 4, or x weeks of vacation during which you do not have to come to work and they will continue to pay you? Wow that’s awesome, what did you do with your vacation days this year? Wait what? You didn’t use all o…
Read moreUnverifiable Truth # 11 – Your Excuses Are Weak and You Probably Know it.
You know that dream job you want, that place you wanted to visit, the lifestyle you talk about wanting, that thing you always want to do? It probably isn’t going to happen. But not because it is impossible, but because you are too weak/scared/norm…
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