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: Minimalism
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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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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Minimalism – Traveling or Not.
We’ve talked a bit (and will talk more) about our travel gear and our philosophy of minimalism while traveling. The freedom, both mentally and physically, of traveling light was instrumental in our most recent trip to India and Southeast Asia. In my future travels, I can’t imagine not continuing this trend. After long trips, or…
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4 Benefits of Minimalist Travel
Living out of such a small backpack has endless benefits that you don’t even realize during the planning process. There are also things we’ve learned that might help us pack slightly differently in the future. We put quite a bit of time and thought into researching our minimal travel gear for this trip (not to mention…
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Minimalism and the art of carrying a tennis racket with you goddamned everywhere
A few folks have written in asking for more info on the tennis side of things[1], so I figured I’d go ahead and oblige. The following will be a write-up on our tennis gear and general philosophy on fitness, and honestly I reckon it’ll be pretty heavy on the gear side. Be advised. The obvious…
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Minimal Travel Gear
Tynan, who’s writing much aided and inspired our minimal travel gear gathering phase, said, “the less I travel with, the better my experience is,” and I tend to agree. That’s why Franklin and I decided to travel as minimally as we could, hence “20 Liter Life” (the size of my pack). When I’ve shown people how…
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