You love playing games with your family and friends but don’t always have great ideas for what to play. There’s nothing worse than having no entertainment when you’ve got the gang together! No worries, we’ve got 29 of the best game night ideas your family and friends will want to play again and again. This […]
Lifestyle Design
Lifestyle design is intentionally creating a set of circumstances that allow you to live the way you want to, in full alignment with your values and priorities. Here are articles and resources that will assist you with the reflection, self-awareness, understanding of your values, prioritization and everything else that is involved in designing your ideal life.
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A Step-by-Step Guide To Planning a Mini-Retirement
How can you make a mini-retirement happen? There are 3 P’s to taking a mini-retirement: purpose, plan, and prepare. You have to decide on the purpose of your mini-retirement, plan how you will afford it financially, and prepare for travel and time off. I’ll discuss these in detail, and provide a case study of my […]
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What Is a Mini-Retirement and Is It Possible For You?
Have you ever wished that you could take an adult gap-year? Just blow off your job and travel somewhere for an extended period of time, or even have a staycation where you could actually enjoy your home and your family without the constant demands of work? That’s what a mini-retirement can do for you. What […]
How I Can Afford To Take A Year Off To Travel
My partner Austin and I are taking a mini-retirement in 2021. This year, we’ve been converting a 2010 Sprinter cargo van into a custom tiny house on wheels. When we’re done building, we plan to hit the road for about 12 months to travel to all of the states and national parks in the lower […]
Balancing Financial Independence and Lifestyle Design
Financial independence and lifestyle design are compatible topics that are often seen as at odds with each other. However, financial independence and lifestyle design do not have to be consecutive goals, where you design your lifestyle after achieving financial independence. Rather, they are goals that should be pursued simultaneously. Most people pursue financial independence and […]
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8 Powerful Strategies For Managing Stress During a Crisis
As the world experiences COVID-19, people are facing enormous stress and anxiety. Managing that stress can be overwhelming. If you are finding it hard to manage your stress during this crisis, here are some actionable ways you can manage (and even prevent) feelings of stress and anxiety during a crisis. 1. Identify signs of stress […]
The Secret to Complete Freedom: Financial Independence
What if you never needed to work again, and you could still live the life of your dreams? This is possible through a concept called Financial Independence (also known as FI). When you’re financially independent, you don’t rely on income from a job to pay for your basic needs or wants. You aren’t living paycheck to […]
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There’s no better time than NOW
I don’t think anyone likes commuting to work. The otherwise productive morning time you could be using for a myriad of more pleasurable or useful things (namely sleeping more or sitting down to eat breakfast) is spent sitting in a car, in a herd of other people sitting in other cars, eyes captive but […]
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What is Lifestyle Design?
Photo by Chris Lawton Imagine you wake up, without an alarm, to soft sunlight and the sound of waves crashing on the beach. You prepare your favorite cup of fragrant tea and stroll along the sand sipping and feeling the sunshine warm your skin. After your walk, you spend some time preparing a delicious breakfast […]