First off – This isn’t some Tim Ferris garbage about how you can live on an island and only work between 5:48pm and 5:49pm. If you don’t love what you do, this isn’t going to help you, stop reading now, as geographic location is the least of your worries. I LIKE work. Hell – I LOVE what I do. I’m fortunate enough to have a good paying career in an industry that I love. I supplement my main career with a speaking career that’s quickly becoming a second full-time career – Finally, I consult to companies all around the world on marketing, social media, and customer service. So believe me – I’m busy. But the difference here, is that I’m [...]

My last full day in Australia started with an early rise, and a drive to the docks, to grab a boat to take me on a 75 minute journey to Tangalooma Resort, an island (made entirely of sand) full over tons of different activities for the entire family. For me, that consisted of… A Desert Safari, complete with Sand Surfing A Quad (4-wheeler) lesson and tour Jet skiing around the island and catching SERIOUS air And finally, feeding the dolphins at nightfall. I’m exhausted, tired, in a ton of sore (the good kind) pain, awesomely suntanned, and best of all, chock full of photos from today’s awesome, awesome experience. What a way to end an amazing trip! Some quick notes, [...]

When you’re floating in the coral sea, with a snorkel in your mouth, staring at thousands of fish below you, you kind of zen out. You have time to think. I thought today. And it was good. Got up insanely early again, and was met outside the Arlie Beach Hotel by my ride to take me to Ocean Rafting, for my “Northern Exposure tour,” which translates into “Fast boat jumping waves for snorkeling in two locations, then hiking, then lunch, then lying on the most pristine patch of sand I’ve ever seen in my life.” While waiting to board, I met two women from Germany, taking six months to tour all around Australia, New Zealand, and Bali. How? They rented [...]

Hi from Airlie Beach! Got in last night, had a lovely dinner with Whitsundays Tourism, (follow them!) and was asleep before I could close my hotel door. Woke up at the crack of dawn this morning (I think all Australian people are in such great shape because they all wake up at 5am) to catch a bus to Chute Harbor, and the Fantasea Great Barrier Reef cruise/snorkeling/adventure/day. Got to the boat by 7:45, and was quickly ushered on, and given some motion-sickness tablets. Last time I was on a boat, I declined them. Never. Again. Popped them like they were crack rocks and I was 30 minutes out of rehab. Hey, I don’t even watch “Deadliest Catch” on TV. I [...]

From a Nike commercial Do not suffer from loneliness. Go outside. Go away. It’s all the people making you lonely. Pick a spot on the horizon and head straight for it. Weave your way through a stand of Redwoods. Kayak an island chain. Peer over your toes at the edge of a canyon. Go to your favorite place. Again, and again. This is what you need to do. Not just because it fuels your independence, But because it reminds you you’re a part of something bigger. And although it may not occur to the baffled onlookers who can’t take their eyes off your smiling mud-covered wired-up insane self, it will occur to you. You aren’t the one who’s lonely. What’s [...]