Adventures of one quarterlife crisis and a year-long trip around the world.
Oh, contain yourself! My garden plan for this year consists of three 4×4′ raised bed containers, which means I needed to build two more boxes. Here’s my simple “how to” for building raised garden beds.
Supply List (for each 4×4′ box)
2×6 boards* – 40 feet total (if you have to load them in your car [...]
Packing light is one of the top questions I get about my RTW career break. We all know that person who drags a mammoth rolling suitcase on vacation and many of us have encountered the smelly guy who brags about only carrying a daypack. I like to think that there’s a happy medium that anyone [...]
It’s been over a year since I quit my job to travel. Now that I’ve been back on the job hunt for a month, I’ve assembled a list of ways to streamline your job search.
Set up RSS feeds. Just because you’re unemployed doesn’t mean that you want to spend hours every day combing through the [...]
How To Use Your Laptop as a Media Center has moved to the Frugal Bon Vivant.
It includes:
What you need to set up your own laptop media center
step-by-step how to guide
where to find movies and TV shows online
Enjoy!
How To Use Your Laptop as a Media Center PC
As a die-hard fan of list making, tasks, and GTD – Getting Things Done – I’m always trying out new programs, hoping to find the best of all worlds. I even went back to using a moleskine journal/datebook in ‘04, but could never seem to keep it updated since I sit in front of a [...]
Adventures of a twenty-something Pacific Northwesterner who ditched her marketing job and MBA for a year-long round the world trip. Call it a quarter-life crisis or just the travel bug; either way, this blog documents the adventure. One year later, take a look at my rehabilitation back into daily life.