Motivational Monday: Capitalism Gone Mad

When I was in the Philippines waking up every morning to a beautiful sunrise from my $3 beach hut, shaking off last night’s rum with a dip in the azure blue ocean, loving life and really feeling the freedom from my travels I remember...

Motivational Monday: “A Round Tuit”

When I was a kid, in my kitchen my mum had hung a small, circular ceramic plate with “A Round Tuit” printed on the centre of it, beneath the title was a small section of text which basically said that people often say they...

Motivational Monday: Don’t Be Afraid to Ask

I’m currently writing this on a train from Beijing to Ulaan Baator, Mongolia on the first leg of the Trans Siberian Express. I’m in a 4 bed carriage with 2 guys that are fast becoming close friends of mine, I didn...

Motivational Monday: Living with Passion

An Irish travel buddy, Gerard Darragh, of mine was sitting on a bus beside me this week in China and we were talking about life. He recollected a story about how the Romans were the first people to use obituaries for their fallen. They woul...

Am I too old to travel?

Am I too old to travel? My first reaction to the title statement is one of utter derision – I’m someone who resents being told I can’t do something, and I certainly don’t feel too old to do anything! Mark T...

Motivational Monday: Jealousy isn’t all bad

It’s easy to be jealous of someone who travels around the world, of someone who doesn’t put in the hard corporate yards, of someone with the handsome/beautiful partner, but jealousy is a weak emotion, so acknowledge that and t...

Motivational Monday: Dispelling Myths

We should all embrace lifestyle design, in our own way. We can do what we truly want in life, we just have to believe it. I just want to remove some barriers that a lot of people feel hold them back from following their true dreams: Rules a...

Motivational Monday: Tomorrow is Promised to No One

When did the world become so obsessed with planning? Finance plans, pension schemes, mortgages. It used to be house and cars on long term finance plans, now it’s designer jeans and watches. Keeping up with the Jones is not the key to...

My 2011 Plans for Life and Tibet to Ireland WITHOUT FLIGHTS!

My 2012 Plans for Life and Tibet to Ireland WITHOUT FLIGHTS! I don’t normally write too much about my plans and my direction in life but I thought I’d just fill you in and what’s going on with me at the moment. 2011 LIF...

Motivational Monday: Our Best Shot of Happiness is to Be True to Ourselves

Of course none of us know the meaning of life but I can tell you guys one thing, a good shot at it is to feel truly happy in what you do and to be truly happy with the person you are, after that the rest is a breeze. It sounds so simple yet...

Motivational Monday: Your time is finite, but it belongs to you

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you

Motivational Monday: “But I’ll be jeopardising my future if I do that”

You’ve always wanted to see the world. You constantly see pictures of the most amazing sights, and you dream of being the one who took them. Your mind floats to the Serengeti, Peru, the Northern Lights. You want your friends to be je...