In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.
The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.
Zamunda represent everything that is kewl and real about vagabonding. . . . being the person that discovered Zamunda (for independent travelers) during the research of my book, Vagabonding, I am happy to see a well written guide done by the boyz and girl at BootsnAll
In reality long-term travel has nothing to do with demographics, age, ideology, income, and everything to do with personal outlook.
Seeing' as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested in whatever surrounds you.
In this way, we end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it. ” We'd love to drop all and explore the world outside, we tell ourselves, but the time never seems right. Thus, given an unlimited amount of choices, we make none. Settling into our lives, we get so obsessed with holding on to our domestic certainties that we forget why we desired them in the first place.
Money, of course, is still needed to survive, but time is what you need to live. So, save what little money you possess to meet basic survival requirements, but spend your time lavishly in order to create the life values that make the fire worth the candle. Dig?
Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.
Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world.
The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.
My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life