13 March 2015. Monza, Italy The sun had finished it’s job for the day as the night sky overtook Monza. Paola and I were walking along the Royal Villa of Monza, an enormous building that once served as the home of the royal family of Savoia. That is until King Humbert I was murdered there. Paola had […]
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11 March 2015. Geneva, Switzerland I looked out over the empty row of seats. The lights were down, and the title of my presentation displayed on the screen in big, bold, blue letters, “The Humor Mindset.” I had just finished a technical run through for a talk I was giving tomorrow, as part of an internal TEDx event
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When traveling for business, it’s incredibly easy to just focus on the work and not take advantage of whatever city you’re in. I’ve been on countless AHEHA trips (AHEHA = airport-hotel-event-hotel-airport) as well as a few AEA day trips (airport-event-airport). I completely understand why this happens, but as someone who is now intentionally living nomadically,
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I stood looking at my nearly empty apartment. The date was 01 March 2015. The only thing remaining in the place I called home for four years were the last few things I’d be taking with me to Ohio and a bit of garbage. Outside, the snow was starting to fall. At first a light flurry and then
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One of the questions that people first ask when they find out about my nomadic adventure is, “Are you crazy?” The second question is “What are you doing with all of your stuff?” This always reminds me of George Carlin’s bit on stuff (warning NSFW language): The Stuff I Own To determine how much stuff I
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On March 1, 2015, I started a nomadic journey, leaving my place in New York to reside pretty much anywhere in the world. This is my travel log as a corporate nomad.
For my travels, I’ve decided to go with a two-bag approach. This isn’t surprising: three bags would be inconvenient with constantly checking it when flying and I don’t want to completely destroy my shoulders. Many nomadic travelers go with only one-bag, but I don’t think I can or want to drop that low. I have just
Gear: Tom Bihn Synapse 25 Backpack Read More »
20 February. Seattle, WA I was sitting in a cafe in Seattle, WA, around 12pm, about to order a delicious food-item from the eclectic menu. Across from me was Alice, a friend from The Ohio State University, who I had met when she brought me in to talk to the incoming Resident Advisors in 2012. Now,
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The first major purchase for my nomadic travels was my primary travel bag, the Red Oxx Air Boss carry on bag, co-developed by Doug Dyment of OneBag.com. There are number of things that I like about the bag, in no particular order: The bag is really small when you don’t have anything in it, meaning it packs up nicely when
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05 February to 10 February I don’t officially start my nomadic travels until March 1st, but I have two trips in February that I’m using to test out some of my travel strategies. I flew into Houston, TX (IAH, not HOU which caused a brief scare when getting picked up) on Thursday. My mom was
