Weekday vs Weekend: How My Morning Routine Sets Up The Day

Tell us about your morning routine. View all responses My weekday morning routine is getting up three hours before I leave at 8:30am to start the 30 minute drive to work. It looks like this: Weekends are for sleeping in and blogging while enjoying coffee, then the routine of housework, laundry, cooking, baking, yard work,…

Muscat, Oman – Super Yacht & Dhow Boat

September, 2015 – Muscat, Oman – Port Sultan Qaboos – Al Said – The Sultan of Oman’s Private Super Yacht

Why My Best Travel Meetings Happen Completely By Chance

What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling? View all responses When we travel, I enjoy chance meetings with interesting people because I’m not a big fan of social gatherings; I prefer solitude instead. One such occasion happened when a local bedouin bought our coffee when we stopped at a remote store on…

First Contact: The Very First Question I’d Ask An Alien

If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them? View all responses If aliens arrived tomorrow, the first thing I would ask them is where their home is and how they found us. S, 🌻

The Most Underrated Life Skill: Why Self‑Awareness Changes Everything

What’s the most underrated life skill? View all responses Compassion, empathy, mindfulness, emotional-regulation, distress tolerance, communication, critical-thinking, optimism, conflict resolution, and self-awareness are but a few of the essential life skills that help someone be skillful in life. But… I think of families who live under the tyranny of an abusive parent. I think of…

Cairo, Egypt – Eish Baladi

December 23rd, 2015 – Cairo, Egypt – Khan el-Khalili – Local carrying Egyptian flatbread – Eish Baladi