Here in China I have been struggling with something… and to be honest I’ve been struggling with it off and on pretty much my whole life. Recently however something has clicked. A shift in my mindset which seems to be a really good solution. I wanted to share it.
Often in life a really exciting opportunity [...]
My friend Ivy invited me to come to Shenzhen with her the other day. I agreed to go just because I wanted to see a new city, but the place we visited in Shenzhen turned out to be one of the coolest places in the world!
The place was called “Window of the World” and there [...]
Bruce Lee has been my hero for as long as I can remember. When I found out that Bruce Lee’s ancestors house was located in Shunde, and they had constructed a Bruce Lee Memorial park in his honor I knew I had to check it out. I threw on my Bruce Lee shirt, my Bruce [...]
When you travel to a country that doesn’t have many foreigners you should keep in mind that you are representing your country to these people.
People can be very quick to form links in their minds. When you go some places you may be the first foreigner the people have ever seen. They won’t be able [...]
When we travel we are hit with a myriad of new things. New foods, new places, new styles, new personalities, new culture, new ways of doing things… All this new can be a bit overwhelming at times, especially if you wish a specific ‘new’ thing was more like the ‘old’ thing you used to love.
It’s [...]
A little while ago my good Chinese friend Jay invited me to come with him on a trip to Zhongshan City to hit up a hot spring. I had never been to a hotspring before so I jumped at the chance. Zhongshan city is a few hours drive from my home in Shantou but it [...]
This is a guest post by my good friend Matthew Spriegel
After traveling to many difference countries around the world, I began wondering what it was exactly I was learning about. Yes, I am learning about different cultures and how they intertwine and indeed my former ethno-centric view of the world was beginning to crumble as [...]
I’ve been getting some new readers recently so I wanted to welcome all of you to the site and give a little update on my trip to China I embarked on 4 months ago.
After returning home from my 40 day trip to Thailand I knew I wanted to travel more, so after planning for a [...]
After completing my 10 day inspirational life challenge I wanted to share some things I learned about living consciously every day. This is the longest article I’ve written to date but working on even 1 of these tips can make a significant difference in your life.
What does it mean to live consciously?
To me living consciously [...]
Merry Christmas everyone!
(I know it’s a little late, but I wanted to post the inspirational life challenge first!)
It was definitely a little weird being away from home for the first time on Christmas. When I left for China I actually wasn’t sure if they celebrated Christmas at all. Luckily they do more and more every [...]
