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Death Makes Life Worth Living

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A couple nights ago, I was watching one of my favorite TV series called Community. The show is silly, hysterical and always makes me laugh. Every now and then, the show also tosses in some “life lessons” to give it some heart. One particular quote that made me shiver was…

Death is what makes life worth living.

It’s true. Death gives life a deadline. It gives us a rough timeframe to accomplish whatever it is we want to accomplish. Death makes us want to do things. It makes us want to enjoy life because we know it will end eventually. If you are given a pill that makes you immortal, what would be the point of doing anything anymore?

Who cares if you stay in the house for a full year playing video games. Who cares if you work a job you hate for the next 5 years instead of focusing on improving your life. Who cares if you find someone who makes you happy or go on that dream trip you always wanted to go on.

You have forever to do it! Your never going to die or age so you can put if off for eternity and continue to be lazy.

But that’s not how it works. And that’s a good thing.

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LL 004: Interview with Wandering Earl

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In the fourth episode of the Live Limitless podcast I chat with Derek Earl Baron, who is also known as Wandering Earl.

Earl Baron is the man behind the incredible blog wanderingearl.com, where he inspires people to travel around the world. Earl has been “wandering” around the world for more than 13 years straight! Yup, more than 4000 days. He started off by working on cruise ships but has since become an entrepreneur by creating digital guides and now, thanks to his huge loving audience, personalized tours across Mexico, India, and other great locations around the world.

I’ve known Earl since I first started blogging three years ago. I haven’t met him in person yet but he has been one of the most helpful and all-around awesome guys I have met. His stories are sure to inspire some wanderlust in you and this interview will do the same.

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10 Pictures that Changed My Life

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We’ll, it’s not the pictures themselves that changed my life but the actual moment that was captured. I love taking photos to help bring back memories of past travels. I absolutely love nature, stunning views, and meeting people while traveling the world and many of the pictures will encapsulate that. Of course, these are not the only 10 pictures that have changed my life but it’s a great place to start. Pictures are one of those things that can really stir up the emotions and get one yearning to travel. I hope these do that for you.

banff gondola
Beautiful view from the top of the Banff Gondola in Banff, Alberta. As a place just 2 hours from my house, I find myself here very often. Camping, white-water rafting and skiing. Without this place, I don’t think I’d be able to live in Calgary. One of the most beautiful places on earth.

 

Mount Batur Bali Indonesia
This was taken during my first-ever solo trip to Indonesia. It made me fall in love with South East Asia, which brought me back in 2012. This is stunning Batur, an active volcano in Bali, Indonesia.

 

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LL 003: Interview with Niall Doherty

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In the third session of the Live Limitless podcast I chat with Niall Doherty of Disrupting the Rabblement.

Niall Doherty is the man behind www.ndoherty.com, where he inspires people to stop living like zombies and become more engaged with what they really want out of life. An advocate of thoughtful living, Niall not only decided to give up his “career” and become an entrepreneur but is also travelling around the world without flying.

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A Guy Can Only Do So Much

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This was something mentioned by a Facebook friend on a post I recently made. If your “friends” with me on Facebook, you’ll notice that I occasionally post about care-worthy causes. Things like the helpless and useless slaughtering of baby seals, the massacre of dolphins and whales, the illegal finning of sharks, environmental pollution, human trafficking, and other such deserving causes that need to be spread. I care about them, I find a good article, and I share it so more people can learn about it.

After a few comments, the guy finally closed with; “There’s only so much a guy can do”.

I hear this often and I think many people, unfortunately, think like this.

I have another buddy who recites a similar mantra by saying, “Not much one guy can do anyways”.

Ugh, I despise this kind of thinking. It basically creates an excuse so one can carry on with their day and not care about anything. It’s just a method to block out the things that are going on in the world so they can focus on themselves without much worry.

In some ways I understand this sort of attitude. Maybe learning about the alarming rate of plastic forming in the ocean or the rapid destruction of ancient rain-forests causes one to think, “What will me recycling really do for the planet?”

But that’s the wrong way to think.

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LL 002: Interview with Greg & Rachel Denning

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Greg and Rachel Denning Discover Share Inspire

In the second episode of the Live Limitless podcast I chat with Greg & Rachel Denning from DiscoverShareInspire.com.

Greg and Rachel are the incredible duo currently road-tripping their way from Alaska to Argentina. But wait! They are also doing it with their five kids! After many years worth of family trips all over the world, they are currently in Guatemala getting ready to continue driving their vegetable-oil powered truck all the way down to Argentina.

As someone recently engaged, I was super excited and thrilled to know that long-term travel doesn’t have to stop when kids arrive. 🙂

This interview is entertaining and inspiring. I highly recommend listening to it all.

You can download it on iTunes and leave a review by clicking here or listen below.

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In this episode, we talk about:

1. Why they have stopped in Guatemala for over a year

2. What made them want to drive the entire length of the Americas

3. How they educate their kids on the road

4. How they fund a life of travel

5. What they’ve learned since embarking on this journey

6. What have been the most difficult challenges

7. Whether or not they were worried when crossing places like Northern Mexico and El Salvador

AND SO MUCH MORE!

You might enjoy:

(2:45): What made them want to drive from Alaska to Argentina

(4:50): How they prepare for such a big trip

(5:55): How they take care of boring details like taxes and health care

(10:20): Why Greg’s hero is Teddy Roosevelt

(12:00): We talk about their vegetable-oil powered truck

(15:27): Some things they have learned on this journey

(24:18): Greg goes base jumping

(30:18): When the family slept in a tent right beside the Mexican border

(33:35): How to become a no-limit person

Really, this interview was great and is sure to not only inspire but to teach as well. World travel doesn’t have to stop when kids arrive.

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