3 October 2018 One of our guides said that “No other country can be like Bhutan,” and the more I learn about this small monarchy (on the verge of democracy) the more I find myself in agreement. We started our day super early—so early we literally had to jump the fence to gain entry to …
Contemplating Bhutan: First Impressions
Crisp mountain breeze. The moment the air in Bhutan touches your skin, it's as if you've been reborn. As if you stumbled upon a bottled elixir, untouched by impurities and accessible only when one has traveled far, far away from the Western world. In recent months I've been obsessed with comic book inspired programming (The …
take bold risks with determination
DAY 10: The Writer’s Happiness Challenge: Audacity I don't know that I necessarily understand this next writing exercise. It reads more like a meditation than a contemplative path toward writing happiness. So rather than read it again, I'm going rogue and interpreting it selfishly. Choose one quality of someone you admire that you’d like to emulate …
Day 4: The Writers Happiness Challenge: Enchantment Enchanting is defined as delightfully charming or attractive. Set a timer for 2-minutes. Now make a list of 1-10 things, ideas, thoughts, or feelings (or anything else) that you find enchanting. Do this from the perspective of your most innocent, wide-eyed self, as open and sincere and un-cynical …
how do you see the beauty where you are
Day 2: The Writers Happiness Challenge : See Beauty Look out your window. What do you see with your heart? From where I sit I can see a sliver of the surrounding rooftops covered in snow. Old snow untouched and packed waiting for a child's touch. Brown stretches of branches absent of their leaves. I …
butterscotch ginger
My hands are cold. I setup shop on the terrace this afternoon and have been working outside wrapped in a blanket ever since. Finn has been running around the deck, jumping in and out of the planters as if he were training for the Cat Olympics. He gave me a minor heart attack when he dashed …
every day is a journey
Can you imagine traveling for a living? Or at least writing/shooting pictures for a living while traveling (or vice versa)? It's something I've heard other people succeed at doing but haven't tried it myself. A colleague recommended I check out the New York Travel Festival this weekend. It's an event designed for travel industry professionals and …
the written words of others
in some ways i feel as if i've been reading Shantaram for an eternity, as if like Lin I too have been on an ardurous journey to self-enlightenment. the passages, read intermittently, take on episodic flash fiction like qualities. they become stories within chapters within stories. in the rest stops along the way I have …
Treasure your friends, any way you can.
Treasure your friends, any way you can. Hold them dear and close to your heart, new ones and old ones alike. Each one of them has come into your life for a reason, they ease a pain, bring in laughter, and (sometimes gently sometimes with force) they help you to change your perspective. A younger …
all over the place like mud
I am my own worst enemy. There was no reason for me to linger at work past 5 last night and yet I didn't close down my computer until way after 6. Sharon chatting over IM stressed my need for more balance. There's something to be said when the same message is heard from colleagues …
