Alright, “The Ultimate” Minimalist Travel Gear is relative. Even my gear list and Franklin’s gear list are different. My pack is not as small or light as some people’s. But this is my “ultimate” list. For now. I call it… The Ultimate Digital Nomad Graphic Designer on the Run From The Law Gear List. This post…
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Category: Ideas
Accomodation
You gotta (well, most want to) keep a roof over your head while traveling, and everyone has their preferred shelter. But when deciding where to stay — in a hostel or a homestay, a hotel or an Airbnb — one thought keeps popping into your head: What do Vince and Franklin think? I know, I…
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Building Habits
Daily habits can amount to great change and accomplishment. It’s really that simple. Building and maintaining them can be extremely challenging, but the facts are out: -If you study Japanese 30 minutes a day, you will be able to speak decent Japanese next year. -If you floss every day, your dental health and hygiene will be…
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Biking While Traveling
Riding a bike has become my favorite mode of transportation. Especially when traveling, biking is seems to me the best mix of efficiency and experience. Walking can be a bit slow if you have a lot of ground to cover, while being in a car or bus leaves you sequestered from the very place you want…
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Time Management Strategies
I’ve been focusing a lot lately on time management strategies in order to most effectively* use each hour of each day. I’m always amazed how much I can accomplish in a day when I’m aware of where each of my hours is spent. I try to continually sharpen my techniques for maximizing productivity, without losing site…
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The Importance of Sleep
When we talk about our health we usually first think of diet and exercise; I couldn’t tell you the number of conversations I’ve had, articles I’ve read, and books I’ve read that advocate this-or-that regiment of eating and working out to achieve the ultimate level of health. There’s a lot to be said in both…
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In Defense of Street Food
Recently, a legislative motion was introduced in Los Angeles calling for an investigation into the possibility of legalizing and regulating street food vending. As it stands, tens of thousands of street food vendors in Los Angeles make their living in a half-criminalized legal limbo between indifference and enforcement. It’s an ineffective, unfair, and unsafe way to…
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Minimalism Quotes
A few quotes I’ve jotted down over the months, some of which relate to minimalism more than others. “I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience.” -Henry David Thoreau “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to…
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Conscious Decisions for Unconscious Improvement
So much of the quality of our lives is directly tied to our general physical well-being: sleep, nutrition, exercise, mental & emotional health, etc. For the most part, though, these things affect us subconsciously. You don’t eat healthy and get a good 8-hour nights sleep and decide the next day, “Hey, I ate and slept…
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Two Types of Productivity
The 20 Liter Life team, along with a few of our friends, have embarked on a month-to-be-remembered in terms of productivity levels. It even has a catchy name: Productober. The goal of Productober is to increase productivity, decrease spending (increase savings), and increase health. September was a down month for me in all of these…
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