Happy Fourth of July!

It is not about aimless wandering.  What good is getting up and leaving everything behind if there’s no purpose to it?

Below are a set of goals which I created for myself.  I already know that I want to become a vagabond, but this is what I’d like to find along the way.  Like any company or entity, I need a statement of purpose to guide both myself and this blog.

These are the types of topics you can expect to see here.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, blinded by his blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Oliver Goldsmith

Vagabonding Goals

• Stay in each country just long enough to learn the language/culture and be accepted
  It’s easy to get comfortable in a place or with a routine, but that’s what I’m trying to escape by embarking on this trip.  The goal, instead, is to make friends and learn – and then move on.  To always be pushing myself.
• Never say “no”
  I want to experience everything.  If money or basic sanity does not preclude something, it must be done.
• Find balance: improve body, mind, and spirit equally
  Sometimes improving your body means a strict gym regiment.  Sometimes it means hiking the Cinque Terre.  In any case, the goal is a balanced life as a vagabond.

Eschewing Obfuscation

I’ll be the first to admit it: these goals are pretty vague.  They will translate to me posting about things like “how I study” and “what my gym routine is.”  More importantly, I will show you the results of each of these activities and how to reproduce (and improve) on my successes (and failures).

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