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23 essays

1. 36 Ways to Live Differently

   To live better means that you’ll live differently—somehow, you’ll make some kind of change. Your life will be different tomorrow than it is today.

2. Language Matters: Lessons in Editing from Mr. Rogers

   I went to see the Mr. Rogers movie last week (“ Won’t You Be My Neighbor ”) and found it as heartwarming and uplifting as I expected. If you’re able to see it in a theatre, don’t hesitate. At the scre

3. Around the World on a Yellow Motorcycle: Leon Logothetis’ Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Some people like a challenge. Some like a really big challenge. Leon Logothetis went for big when he decided to travel around the wor

4. Going Back to Kindergarten at Age 28: Melia Dicker’s Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Have you ever wanted to go back to your school days knowing what you know now? In her part- Billy Madison style, part-personal develo

5. 40 Years Later, I Set Out to Walk the Camino de Santiago: Nancy Liddle’s Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Nancy wasn’t sure she could complete an 850-kilometer walk on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. But she did, and discovered some

6. 30 Peaks Before Age 30: Ashley Gossen’s Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) In The Sound of Music , Mother Reverend sang “Climb every mountain.” We’re not suggesting that was Ashley Gossen&#8

7. The Wall Street Banker Who Became a Monk: Rasanath Dasa’s Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Sometimes when we get what we want, we realize we were wrong about our own ambitions. Rasanath Dasa spent his entire young adult life

8. The 16 Year Old Self’s Bucket List : Kristen Goldberg’s Quest

   This is a quest case study. ( Read others or nominate yourself . ) Kristen Goldberg took a leap of faith when she agreed to share the story of her life list with me for The Happiness of Pursuit . Unti

9. How to Write a Life List

   What if we could come to the end of our lives with true fulfillment, looking back on a rich history of experiences, relationships, and accomplishments?

10. The Tower: A Free Report for a New Way of Life

    Greetings, friends and readers. I’m on the road as usual, and today I’m also excited to announce the release of a new manifesto, The Tower.

11. Special Broadcast from the End of the World

    Dear friends and readers, Last week I made it to Norway, my final country after more than a decade of going everywhere.

12. Cycling the Greatest Possible Distance Over 7 Days

    James Golding sets out to break a world record of cycling 1748 miles in 7 days: “If you start thinking about fear, you become trapped by it.

13. Adventure Is Worthwhile In Itself

    “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.

14. Many Dreams Aren’t That Hard to Achieve

    Toward the end of Up in the Air, the character played by George Clooney calls up American Airlines and asks to transfer some of his Frequent Flyer miles to

15. 100 People Share Their Experiences Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

    Originally posted on May 7, 2015. — I saw this trailer a few weeks ago, and immediately watched it three times in a row.

16. The Journey to Ithaca

    Many of us are on quests, either real or representative. Since my quest is real, I like the metaphor of journeying . Going on a journey involves unexpected surprises, challenges, setbacks, and rewards

17. The Quest for 1 Million Photos: Interview with Thomas Hawk

    A quest combines a passion for something meaningful with a measurable goal. For example—visiting every country in the world. Running a marathon in all 50 states. And so on. Once in a while I discover

18. A Tale Of Two Rivers: New Film Documents Journeys In Iran and Patagonia

    Link: A Tale of Two Rivers: Journeys on the Karun & Santa Cruz I wrote about Tom Allen in The Happiness of Pursuit after learning of his bicycle journey

19. “How Could You Go Back To Living A Mundane Life?”

    Cassie de Pecol is on a quest to become the fastest woman to visit every country in the world.

20. Do Hard Things Because They Are Hard

21. The Family Who Doesn’t Understand

    Several times on the never-ending book tour, people came up to me with multiple copies of my book for signing.

22. Man Takes More than 1,000 flights Without Leaving the Airport

    For more than twenty years, he flew to a different European city — every Wednesday. He never missed a week.

23. Be Persistent and Impatient

    I’m fascinated by people who work unabashedly towards a difficult goal, especially when there’s little chance of external reward or motivation.