A short discussion about why acceptance is so important. I posit that it may even be more important than understanding.

My 50,000 foot view of Stoicism and how it seems an eminently sensible way to live

I hate birthdays ... but nonetheless some thoughts on birthdays and the year in review

A visit to Uruguay and discoveries about simplicity

Musings on moving constantly

My trip to a continent I've never been to before, South AMerica.

Thoughts on meditation and dealing with other people

Bureaucrats are an absolutely useless species.

Wow! Almost ready to go. A quick update.

There are significant advantages to being situationally aware. This article discusses that.

As a newly minted ex-pat, how do you actually go about things when you show up for work in a country you've never been in before.

Seems that I can't travel just to enjoy myself ... I need a reason. How about you?

In the continuing theme of education ... a little about life long learning

My worldwide education - the pre-University years

A brief tale of my trip to the Baltics. A brand new destination for me. Two new countries and a bit of cultural shock.

We have come together not because of blood, but because we share bonds of a common outlook on life, a customary way of treating people with respect, and mutual values that resound within all of us - something which unfortunately does not always seem to happen in families related solely by blood (at least in my observation)...

The experience of being exiled ... to one's birth country

People that come to someplace to stay to live, work, or both have the same thing happen, but they don't leave. And this is where the CURVE shows itself. Because after the initial enthusiasm of the “The Peak”, comes the valley.

I was speaking with one of my close friends, and we started talking about being embedded in a location versus being a nomad. I feel it is germane to being a TCK, a minimalist, and/or, a digital nomad.

I am a local. I am multi-local: I am or have been a local of London, Lahore, Dacca, New Delhi, Kuwait City, Dhahran, Manila, Bangkok, Pattaya, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Evanston (Wyoming), Istanbul, Saigon, Hong Kong, Toronto, Freetown, Addis Ababa, Singapore. It seems like a lot but it's kind of a blur.