Motivational Monday: 5 Mistakes We Shouldn’t Make in Our Twenties

When we’re a teenager we think we know it all. Then we hit our twenties and we look back on our teenage years cringing at the bad choices we made, the embarrassing mistakes we seemed to have been drawn to, but the silly mistakes we make as...

Motivational Monday: F*ck Procrastination, 5 easy steps to kick start your life

If you want a motivational kick in the ass and you’re ready to make a change or two, please read on. If you’re easily offended, or if the truth cuts a little too deep feel free to click back to facebook, leave a negative comment because you...

3 month Project Self Improvement – COMPLETE! How did I do?!

3 month Project Self Improvement – COMPLETE! How did I do?! Alright, the proof of the pudding is in the eating right? Well here we go… I took 3 months off backpacking to ‘live’ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during July, August and Septemb...

Motivational Monday; Be Restless

Restlessness (def): The inability to rest or relax as a result of boredom Restlessness is a personality trait I actively encourage. I’m a restless character and I’m proud of it. Restlessness is our brain letting us know that we can be...

Motivational Monday: You Are Not Your Job

“So what do you do?” “Oh me, Im an accountant? I do spreadsheets and stuff” “Great, how about you?” “I sell office equipment” So, that’s what “you do” is it? That’s your defining act? And it may well stay like that until yo...

Motivational Monday: It’s OK to be Scared to Travel (alone)

Facing your fears is the only way to truly overcome them, and hitting the open road with no real plan can induce trepidation in even the most hardened traveler. I’ve just said goodbye to my buddies on the road (again) and I’m jumping on the...

Motivational Monday: Get YOUR Priorities in Order

It’s time for some hard, honest truths. Priorities, priorities, priorities – that’s what they always tell us about right? Do something wrong at school, uni, work – “You need to get your priorities straight”. Next time someone says it, look...

Motivational Monday: Put the Past Away

It’s humbling to know that we’ve all made mistakes, hurt the people closest to us, wasted and spurned opportunities, made the wrong decisions. It’s part of what makes us human and what helps connects us together. We’re all in the same boat,...

Motivational Monday: The World Is A Playground

When we are kids, everything is an adventure, every thing is a game and our biggest concern is when we can next do something fun. Then we reach adulthood and it’s just supposed to end, just like that. I guess the official turning point is w...

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 remembered what...

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’t even know these dudes...