I was lying on my girlfriend's bed one day in early 2016 just staring into the ceiling, lost in my own mind. My whole life I had thought that 'success' and what the overall goal of anyone in the world

This past 2 weeks I have done next to no writing at all. When I did do some finally, I didn't post it but instead stored it safely on my computer for updating later. There's been a reason for this that

When I went away to University I was quite happy to just sit in my room alone by myself. I had no problems making friends of which I made many, but I have always been someone who was very comfortable when

A few years back I was working out at my gym and I was writing down each of my lifts in my notebook and calculating how much weight each set would be as a % of my training max. .....Didn't quite follow

The day I was scheduled to leave the US for Canada, I really didn't want to go. I was just coming off the back end of a 5 month stint living in a frat house at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League

This past week has been a blur. Me and Laura were in the country for over a week working day-in-day-out on our soon-to-be home, a shuttle bus. Considering it's size (about 23 feet long) and the fact we're

It can be very easy to get overwhelmed if you have a large task in front of you, especially one that you don't have much experience in. This past week I have been voraciously reading anything I can get

It seems to be the default for most us to order our tasks in terms of simplicity and quickness. For those who do not put much time investment into determining the most efficient ways to get things done,

Everyone in the world has a belief system from which they operate their life, make decisions out of, and ultimately find comfort in. It is in these belief systems that almost all of our judgement derives

I have always hated it when something doesn't go my way or a plan doesn't execute like it should have and someone says "well... you can't win every time". As a child I absolutely hated losing

When we think about what it takes to complete a task we often associate it with needing to have the motivation to complete it. Unsplash - Victoire Joncheray One of the most common examples where people

Have you ever started on a project only to get overwhelmed at how big or how long it will take you to get through it? I have experienced this from time to time when reading big books, especially biographies.

In the past 10 days Laura and I have bought a bus and started a project that neither of us had any experience in whatsoever. This whole process has had a really interesting effect on both of us, causing

I think it is important, on some level, to have a routine in your life. A routine can create the basis for having an extremely effective and efficient day. It can act as a trigger for your brain to kick

For the past few years it has felt as if I have been living a second life. That sounds a lot stranger now than when I think about it in my head, but it's true. If I was not aware of the fact that humans

Recently, Laura and I bought a 23 foot bus. Being two 20-somethings we hadn't really bought much in our lives, not even a car! When we finally decided that we wanted to buy a bus instead of an RV that

Over the years, I have been told many times that I am an over-thinker. I have always found this to be interesting and want to briefly explore what I believe the term 'over-thinking' actually means. I find

Do you know someone who has committed themselves to a new project or habit, only for them to miss a day of it and then decide it's not worth it to keep going? Most commonly we see this when someone adopts

By the end of April, Laura and I will have fully moved into our newly renovated bus and be on the road. In part 1 of this series I outline the primary reasons why we're deciding to ditch rent and say hello

It can be really easy to get comfortable in our day-to-day life. Once we find a basic routine (and often times we really just 'fall' into whatever routine works first which is a very random and undeliberate