Travel To Grow

The process of normalization When I was in the early years of grade school I was full of life and excitement at all the things and people around me. The experiences I encountered were still quite new and interesting and life was a grand imaginative adventure. I loved getting attention, making others laugh and standing [...]

I believe that everyone in this world is striving to, in their own unique way, find their own happiness. People have vastly different personalities, beliefs, religions, values, and ideals but in the end, no matter which path we take through life we all just want to end up in a place where we can simply [...]

Check out this video. It’s about the most important image ever taken. Wow powerful stuff isn’t it. Sure we know the universe is incredibly huge, but watching this video really helps to make you realize just how big it really is… In fact I’d say it’s so big it’s almost impossible for our minds to [...]

This website is about travel, and all the learning benefits that the journey of travel brings with it. It’s about breaking out of the normal daily routines and venturing out into a new world of different people and cultures. It’s about experiencing the world we live in, beyond the confines of our homes that we are [...]

Freedom My concept of freedom is something that really moves me. It’s the driving force behind a lot of my personal development work, and is something I strive to incorporate into my life every day. Travelling is something which really helps me progress in this area, as I encounter many people who live with degrees [...]

Keeping ‘Face’ In China One of the hardest things for me to get used to or to accept during my time in China so far is this deeply rooted concept in the locals of keeping face. To the Chinese people keeping face in public (meaning never embarrassing or dishonoring your image) seems to be one [...]

“… and so much of our experience is intangible. So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed. It’s unspeakable. And yet, you know when we communicate with one another, and we feel that we’ve connected, and we think that we’re understood, I think we have a feeling of almost spiritual communion. And that feeling might [...]

Depending on who you speak to, you can get some interesting reactions from people when you bring up any topic related to personal development. I remember at one point a few years ago when I was giving advice to a friend and his response was “Man that sounds like that weird self help bullshit.” It’s [...]