A few months ago, a reader asked me what gear I take on the road to ensure travel doesn’t interfere with work and deadlines. Knowing that many of you travel for work (some of you a lot more than I do), I thought I’d take some time today to share my answer. The photo above, […]
Three Compact Travel Items You May Not Have Considered
Don’t floss all your teeth…just the ones you want to keep. ~ sign in my dentist’s office Over the last few weeks, we’ve been taking a break from more serious topics in favor of some articles about travel. Today I wanted to close this thread out by noting a few items that, depending on the […]
Compact Workout Props for the Light Traveler
He who would travel happily must travel light. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Whether I’m traveling for work or fun, I go to great lengths to travel light. I do so not because I’m worried about losing bags, rather, since I often use public transportation or stay in AirBnBs, I like to stay mobile. On a […]
The Power of Three Core Workout
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. ~ Confucius In case you were inspired by last week’s article, I thought I’d take a short detour from our travel series to pass along my “power of three” core […]
Travel Workout Routines
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. ~ Marcel Proust Continuing with our travel theme, in this week’s blog I wanted to pass along a few tips that will hopefully help you to stay on track with your exercise regime while on the road. I used […]
Travel Workout Routines: The Downside of the Hotel Gym
In boxing, they say it’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out. In the wider world, the reality we ignore or deny is the one that weakens our most impassioned efforts towards improvement. ~ Katherine Dunn When I travel, whether it be for work or fun, I try to keep up with […]
Three Things I’ll Miss About Taiwan
So of all the particulars of health and exercise, and fit nutriment, and tonics. Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Just returned from Taiwan and although I’m happy to be home, I cannot help but reflect on […]
Three Tips to a (Somewhat) Civilized Long Haul Flight
The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It’s a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation. – Christopher Hitchens It is travel season, and keeping with the theme of last week’s blog, I thought I’d share three travel tips to survive a long flight. Getting some rest Over […]
Removing Barriers: Packing for Travel Workouts
If, like me, you like to exercise when you travel, but want to pack light, you may have struggled with minimizing the amount of exercise clothing (and gear) to take along with you. An obvious answer is to change up your exercise routine, as in, “take a brisk walk,” so that athletic apparel isn’t required. […]
Three Online Tools for Learning a Language
Today, I’d like to wrap up my series on learning a language (The Joy in Learning a New Language and Choosing a Language to Learn) with some recommendations for online tools to help you learn that language. I’ll also offer an opinion about Rosetta Stone. The best way to learn how to speak a language […]