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Creative persistence: The art of writing (and finishing) better long-form narratives
Refuse to be Done: The art of creative persistence for long-haul projects
“Picturesque World”: Intro to The Best Travel Writing, Vol. 11
By Rolf Potts Most any journey can, at moments, have a way of making a traveler feel like he’s navigating a blurred line between present and past. Walk through the urban slums at the outskirts of modern Mumbai, and you can get a sense for what New York’s Lower East Side might have felt like…
Marcia DeSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention
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Marcia deSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention
The Vagabond’s Way: Ballantine to release Rolf’s new book in October of 2022
I am happy to announce that my new book, The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel, will be released by Ballantine Books in October of this year, and is available for preorder from your favorite local or online bookstore. Information about promotions, book-tour events, and a tie-in Deviate podcast…
“For the Traveler,” by John O’Donohue (2008)
Every time you leave home, Another road takes you Into a world you were never in. New strangers on other paths await. New places that have never seen you Will startle a little at your entry. Old places that know you well Will pretend nothing Changed since your last visit. When you travel, you find…
Chris Guillebeau on life goals, work, and travel as alt-university [encore]
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On confronting discontent, travel as education, and how to write a Big Idea book.
Hitchhiking for pastries: The art of structuring a journey with an obsession
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Sophia Bentaher on her experience of hitching Europe in search of pastry recipes.
Street Haunting: A London Adventure, by Virginia Woolf (1930)
No one perhaps has ever felt passionately towards a lead pencil. But there are circumstances in which it can become supremely desirable to possess one; moments when we are set upon having an object, an excuse for walking half across London between tea and dinner. As the foxhunter hunts in order to preserve the breed…
How to embrace uncertainty and redefine success by taking a “pathless path”
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Embracing uncertainty and discomfort as the pathless path to true success.
What travel teaches you about the human body, with Dr. Jonathan Reisman
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How travel helps you better understand how your body works
“On Native Ground,” by Wade Davis (2008)
(an excerpt) Some people have asked, “Why does it matter to me in Chicago if some tribe in Africa disappears?” My answer is that it probably doesn’t matter to you at all in Chicago if a tribe in Africa disappears. And what does it matter to a tribe in Africa if Chicago disappears? Again, not…