My degree is in Latin American Studies.  Even if there were a template called, “How to Use Your Latin American Studies Major,” I seriously doubt it would include moving to China.  I’d never been to Asia, never studied Chinese, and never even taken a class about China.  This rather random choice has brought me opportunities I'd never envisioned. … [Read more...]

“Holy Crap! I think that’s the Pope! Yeah, that is definitely the Pope!” Alright, I am gonna go all Memento on you and we are going to backtrack to figure out what led me to make this exclamation. Right after my college graduation I was able to finally take the Eurotrip with my three best friends that had been planned for years. It turned out to be one of the best months … [Read more...]

Sackcloth and Ashes It's amazing how quickly a nice pair of shoes can wear out. There are cracks in the soles, a small chunk is taken out of the left shoe's toe, and the pair has taken on the texture of an old saddle, used and abused in life but now slowly collecting dust in the Pony Express museum. The dust on my shoes has been earned, though. They don't sit anywhere … [Read more...]

There are endless people online working four hour workweeks, traveling the world and living the life of their dreams. Designing your ideal lifestyle and living an untemplated life is damn easy so you must be stupid for haven't mastering it yet. Right? If you are like most of the human race, you probably have obligations and responsibilities that are preventing you from … [Read more...]