Posted: December 7th, 2009 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: blah blah blah | 2 Comments »
I moved to Montreal one year ago, and thought I would share my observations. I’m originally from British Columbia, but directly prior to Montreal I was living in San Francisco. Montreal was a perfect destination for my move as I was keen to return to Canada, but also wanted to try somewhere new. I quickly found that Quebec has some interesting differences from the rest of Canada. I considered writing a thought provoking essay on the cultural nuances of the various regions of Canada. However, I instead figured I should show some respect to the fifth graders of the world. So I made a simple like/dislike list.
Some of these would be true in general for most folks, and others are very specific to my preferences. Here is just one man’s opinion of living in Montreal for one year.
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Posted: December 6th, 2009 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: travel photos | No Comments »
I was going through some old photos from previous trips in order to get motivated for my upcoming trip. I’m rather fond of a couple of them, and figured I may as well share some here. I took this one in Kathmandu in December 1995. Back when cameras had film and blogs were a notebook in your pocket. Please forgive the quality, this is a scan of a photo that sat in a box for years. Kathmandu seems like eons ago now. Well, I had better go eat some fiber and glare at teenagers.
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// shawn
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | Author: Shawn | Filed under: planning | 5 Comments »
More than once in my life I have woken up, had a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, then randomly decided that I need to get rid of everything I own and leave the country. This post isn’t about the psychological issues that cause me to compulsively jettison all my cargo. Instead it’s my abridged, unsorted list of tips for effectively purging yourself of stuff. I got to thinking about possessions and how much we want them from a great post over on Chapter 37. So I next got to thinking about the business end of having stuff, and had started to write up a huge guide on getting rid of it. It kept putting me to sleep though as apparently how to throw something away just isn’t that interesting of a topic. I’m going to approach this brief list from the example of purging your stuff in preparation for a long backpacking trip.
Here are a few tips that help me to easily go through my belongings and get rid of them. Maybe some of them will be helpful for you.
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