The older you get, the more difficult it becomes. Not only in terms of acquiring things like visas and work permits, but because you gradually have more to lose in life by doing so. Money, personal relationships, financial responsibilities. These are things that keep us from traveling, and they only grow more and bigger as we age.
Since traveling and truly experiencing the places we go, and the world, is so important, it’s better to try to do this sooner rather than later.
I’ve never really traveled anywhere. As soon as I have money to do so, I’d love to see the world. I want to visit every continent – including Antarctica, I want to travel India by train, I want to backpack through Asia, I want to ride a camel into the Sahara… I want to do it all!
Nov 13, 06:27PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments
I’m in my mid-twenties now, so five to ten years is the farthest back I usually care to remember, and even remembering details from my childhood is quite easy, anyway.
However, when I get older, memories will become progressively more important to me. I’ll want to remember that delicious meal someone cooked for me. I’ll want to remember their name. Even mundane details become precious memories the older you get, and I don’t want to regret not having this time-capsule of my own life with me. Not to mention the great stories I’ll glean from it for my kids and grandkids.
Keeping a diary can be fun, but more than that it’s an investment into the future. As they say, the weakest ink is better than the strongest memory.
Nov 13, 06:22PM PST | 0 comments
I was fairly proficient with QWERTY for a long time (about 75wpm) until I began to experience pain in my right hand pinky. I finally made the switch to the Dvorak layout. It was frustrating at first; it would take me close to a minute just to type my own name!
I stuck with it, though, and eventually I got much better. Today I’m up to 90wpm cruising speed, and I can reach over 100wpm if I really punch it.
Nov 12, 05:27AM PST | 0 comments
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