5 Habits You Should Tell to Suck It

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I used to have habits that brought me down. I didn’t realize they held me back the emergency break on a Ferrari. Once I broke free of these, I started to see changes in my life. These are five habits that used to be part of my life but since I have changed them I have felt happier and more productive. You should find ways to get rid of these bad habits. They’re evil.

 

Eating crap or Skipping breakfast

What do you typically have for breakfast? If it’s anything that makes your milk turn bright colors, or doesn’t turn into mold after sitting on the counter for a month, then you should rethink what you eat.

 

If you eat a healthy breakfast, then you already know what I will suggest. If you don’t then you need to make a change.

 

Breakfast is by far the most important meal of the day. It’s what fuels you for the rest of the day. Your body has fasted for 8+ hours when you wake up. It’s starving. It needs fuel. Just like putting good gasoline into a Ferrari, you want to put nutritious food in your body.

 

A well rounded breakfast should have protein and carbohydrates. Stay away from sugary items. Stay away from those frozen processed breakfast items. No sodas. A nice breakfast that I have is one whole egg, three egg whites, two slices of turkey bacon and a bowl of oatmeal. Sometimes I’ll have a cup of coffee with a little cream and Stevia. The protein and oatmeal will keep me full for hours. You can make a smoothie with low fat yogurt, milk, frozen strawberries, and a little peanut butter. It’s quick, healthy and tastes so good.

 

If you’re in a rush you can get an Egg McMuffin from McDonald’s. It’s got good protein and carbohydrates and not too much sodium and fat.

 

Having breakfast really starts your day right. If you skip it, you’ll be more likely to binge during the rest of the day. You’ll also be looking for the sweet stuff. So find ways to start your day with a nice healthy breakfast.

 

Watching and Reading Way Too Much News

There is a saying that says you are what you think. So if you think about the failing economy, soaring gas prices, arctic weather, war overseas, kidnappings, murders, car accidents, or anything that the news media feeds you from morning till night, how do you think you will feel?

 

I feel a little stressed out just writing that last paragraph.

 

If you’re a news junkie in the morning when you get up and in the evening before bed, stop it right now. The latest story is not a matter of life or death. There’s not a good reason to be emotionally and mentally involved in the news of the day. It doesn’t have to do with you.

 

It also will cause you to worry all the time about scenarios you have no control over. Can you control the unemployment rate? Can you stop tell that earthquake to not shake? The only control you have is what information you feed your brain.

 

An analogy is to think of your brain like a empty glass. Naturally you want to fill it with clean crystal clear water. Instead most of us fill it with dark, murky muddy water. That’s filling it with negative things such gossip and the news. It will cloud your judgement. It will fog your thinking.

 

If your day is stressful enough, bookending it with the news in the morning and right before bed isn’t how you want to feed your brain at the optimal times.

 

Unless you must follow the news for your job, cut it out or limit it. There’s no need for the news all day long.

 

I need my fix. I’m a USA Today addict. I still read it everyday. I just limit the other news, especially the local news. I also do make a conscious effort to not get too into the news I’m reading, especially if it’s going to stress or worry me all day. To me the news is just to be informed and not obsessed by it.

 

Aimlessly Checking Social Media


With the rise of social media, it’s becoming easier to be distracted all different ways. If it’s not Facebook, then it’s Twitter, or instant messaging, or e-mails. Each one just planning to be done for five minutes can easily turn into thirty minutes or more in an instant. We have all been there and done that.

 

Checking Facebook can become an hourly event with no good reason to check except out of curiosity (guilty). Status updates and new photos can definitely wait. When trying to be productive, it’s a killer. The same can be said for Twitter and e-mail (guilty again).

 

Since we all still need to stay connected, think about limiting when you do check. When you do check set yourself a time limit. Go to Egg Timer for a web based timers. Set a time limit and when it rings, stop for now.

 

I’ve cut back on the times I check it per day and how long I do stay on. It’s helped my productivity because I have more time for things that matter to me.

 

I’m trying to grow my blog so I do want a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Same goes for an upcoming iPhone app I have coming out soon. I need to market it and stay in touch with people who do buy it. I will just make sure I’m focused on my task and set a time limit.

 

Being Lazy and Not Exercising


If you don’t exercise, you know in the back of your mind you should but just knowing you should isn’t going to get you motivated enough. That was me before.

 

Just exercising three times a week for 30 minutes can have great benefits. Regular exercising blood lower blood pressure, release stress, lose weight, tone muscles, increased lung capacity, and increase energy.

 

You don’t need to be doing P90X or working out for 2 hours a day. Just walking or biking around the neighborhood is good enough.

 

I let myself get out of shape and put on unwanted weight last year and in October, I made a commitment to do something about it. I started running and gradually increased how far and how long I was able to run. The improvements were I felt more energy and happier. I felt more alert during the days. I did not need an afternoon nap. Three months after started running, I ran my first half marathon. An amazing turnaround physically and mentally then when I first began.

 

I feel amazing and happier. I now have run two half marathons. I’m proud of my accomplishments. Again you don’t need to run a half marathon but find something you can do three times a week, for 30 minutes each time. If you combine that with healthy eating habits, that would be like adding rockets to an electric bicycle. The changes would be unbelievable.

 

Focusing on Only What You Don’t Have


When you’re not happy with your situation, it’s very easy to think about what you don’t have in your life. I wish I had that new car. I wish I had more money. I wish I had a new job. I wish my spouse would stop nagging me about everything. My back is killing me everyday. You get the idea.

 

It’s easy to think that way. It’s easy to feel like Debbie Downer (see above). However if you want to be happier, be more productive and achieve your goals, this habit has to stop.

 

Instead be thankful of what you have. It will get you to focus on the positive. You can improve your health and generate more wealth.

 

To really help me be thankful for the things I have in my life, I downloaded an app for my iPhone called the Gratitude Journal. It lets me write what I am grateful for. For me it’s as little as having a great meal at lunch or as big as being in a great relationship with my girlfriend. I’ve made it a daily habit and having the app on my iPhone lets me have it with me everyday.

 

It will take real effort to change these habits because they are like a big tree with deep roots, very hard to get rid of. However it’s been proven that just doing one new habit for an average of 31 days will make that habit permanent.

A Fork in the Road: Life of Conformity or Life of Awesomeness

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I’m currently in Taipei, Taiwan visiting my girlfriend. We’re currently doing the last distance thing (13 hour time difference) so it’s nice to be together for a change.

 

On this trip I started to think about how the culture embeds a certain life to the kids from a young age. It’s not at all unfamiliar in America too. It is always study hard, make good grades, get into a great college, get a good job, get married, have kids, and work until it’s time to retire. Life is made to be linear. There’s no time to jump off the track when the train is moving.

 

When thinking of my relatives or the friends that I know who were born and raised in Taiwan that is their life. That’s how my parents are. Of course they love to go out, see friends, and travel but all those times are saved for nights, weekends (sometimes) and holidays (few and far between). I do not see a culture that is accepting of a lifestyle redesign, finding a mobile lifestyle, and not working for work sake. I think mentioning it to a parent here would be more of a shock than back in the United States. Just a little though.

 

I’ve seen “The Four Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris translated in Chinese and sold in bookstores here but I don’t know how well it has sold. I guess it’s sounds absurd and passed over.

 

Just last weekend I met my girlfriend’s cousin who has the cutest three daughters I have met. The are 2, 5, and 8 years old. I instantly bonded with the older two and they liked the big playful kid inside me. We spent Saturday and Sunday with them around Taipei. Their dad wasn’t there both days. I asked the oldest daughter where her dad was. She said working. I then realized before my girlfriend never mentioned their dad when she would hang out with them on the weekends. This time I asked her where he works. She said in real estate. It makes sense. The busiest time for real estate is on the weekends but also the time when the kids are free from school. She said he only has four days off a month. I thought that’s terrible.

 

Yes he does have to work to support his family. Yet he’s missing out on so much of their childhood. Maybe he’s come to accept it. I don’t know because I’ve never talked to him. Maybe he’s at work on the weekends wishing he was out playing around at the park with them. I’m not sure. I just know when I hear about that type of work and life balance, it’s far from what I want.

 

On the other end, I have a friend in Florida who is his own boss, who works from home, and on some days when he drops off his young son to school, he is the only dad there. He’s not uncomfortable he’s the only dad there. He’s appreciative he can do that. That is a much cooler scenario.

 

I want none of the former and more of the latter. I want something different. This is what I want spoke in present tense (it’s more powerful).

 

I have the freedom to have my own schedule. I have the freedom to live and work anywhere I have an internet connection. I have the freedom to take a mini-retirement and go live in another country if I choose. I am earning a very comfortable living with out sacrificing my life and free time. I am working on projects I am passionate about.


If that sounds like you then we have something strong in common. If you tell 9 out of 10 people that, they will think it’s impossible. To make money and have freedom? Yet if you’re like me and reading online entrepreneurs like Yaro Starak, Darren Rowse, Corbett Barr, Pat Flynn, Chris Guillebeau, and Tyrone Shum to name a few from a much larger group, you know it not only does sound crazy but it is possible. They have the freedom, they make a comfortable income or more, and they absolutely love what they do. The perfect trifecta.

 

So what are you doing right now to make sure you have a great work and life balance? Are you on the right path?

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A Manifesto Worth Reading to Kick Start Your Life

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I really love to find blogs that really connect with my goal of combining work and love. There are many bloggers out there that do it but do it in so many different ways. Finding these bloggers is like a treasure map leading me from one clue to another on the way to everything I want.

I was listening to the Smart Passive Income podcast while on an elliptical machine while vacationing in Taipei, he was talking to Corbett Barr who has created two blogs that is generating six figures. His first blog was Freepursuits.com, which started when he was burned out with his office job and went on a six month sabbatical with his wife to Mexico. He turned that blog and his other venture, Think Traffic, into a mobile lifestyle that brings him a six figure income, freedom to work anywhere, and happiness. It’s where I want to be.

On his blog I saw a post titled “18 months, 2 blogs, six figures”. How can I resist such a title? From his success he decided to create a manifesto to pay back what he has learned. It’s completely free and a gold mine of information.

His free report talks about how he got started and the lessons he has learned on this journey. It’s an easy read. Instructional and motivational. I just keep thinking to myself that freedom to be your own boss, be able to work from anywhere and make more money than my old job is possible when I learn about people like Corbett. Our parents and friends might not think it’s possible or typical but it’s possible to have the work and life balance I am looking for.

So take the time to read his report. I know I’m grateful I came across it and his blog.

Why You Do Something Is More Important Than How

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Let me start off with an all too common scenario. One that happens all over the world every year on January 1st. New Year’s resolutions are made. Lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthy, start writing that book, get that blog started, generate passive income, etc. We’re excited for a new start, though really any day of the year is a great day to start. We buy what we need to get started. Memberships, books, products, motivational CD’s, software, sign up for classes.

Then six months later, we’re not any different than we were on January 1st. We’ve stopped a long time ago. We’re eating a donut for breakfast, watching six hours of television per day, and still at the same dead end job and we wonder why we can’t find happiness. What happened?

The root of the problem boils down to one common factor, the “Why Factor”. Finding out about the why you want to do something is more important than finding out how. Finding out how is easy in most cases. Google it. Ask someone. Read books. Sometimes the how is boring, monotonous and frustrating. If there isn’t a strong enough reason why to do it, then the how isn’t going to even matter.

Too many times when we set goals, we find out how to attain those goals. We find out steps we need to take to reach our goals. We fail to find our motivation or those goals. It’s called your “Why Factor” and it’s one of the most powerful tools for success.

Back to the New Year’s resolutions, we start and after that initial excitement has gone away, we stop. I know I have been guilty of this more than I would like to remember. It’s why I don’t even make resolutions anymore. If we have a powerful why, we can walk over broken glass and get up when we feel defeated.

Let me give you an example. If told you to walk 30 feet and I’d give you $10, would you do it? In a heartbeat. Now if now I had red hot burning coals on the ground 30 feet from where you were standing to the finish line, and offered you the same $10, would you do it? Probably not.

Now if your child was sitting at the end of the hot coals with no where to go and you had to run over there to save your child, would you walk over 30 feet of hot coals? You bet you would and you’d run over there.

You see the first time I offered you $10 to walk over the coals, you most likely would say no. Yet the second scenario you would do it. The hot coals and how far stayed the same but the reason why changed. When the reason is big enough you will do almost anything. It’s very powerful.

The why power will get you through the boring how. Let’s face it, the steps to success aren’t always exciting. If you have a a step by step direction how to do something, it’s not enough to complete unless you have a powerful why.

Recently I finished my first half marathon. I went from overweight and out of shape to finishing in 2:04 in three months. I trained six days a week with four of those days running outside. Thanks to the record cold winter (even in Florida) there were mornings where it was crazy cold to go out running. It would have been so easy to stay in bed and skip the run, except the power of why was so strong. I had my goal and how to get to my goal but my why power was to lose weight, get into the best shape in my life, and finish a half marathon because I didn’t like how I felt and how I looked. I really was upset I let myself get to that point and it was the motivation I needed. That got me out of the house and running those cold mornings.

The power of why will get you to write your book early before work or late at night when everyone is asleep, it will get you to the gym on a Sunday morning, it will say no to desserts after dinner, it will keep you making phone calls when everyone already has told you no.

In the Shawshank Redemption Andy Dufrene is a beaten man who is wrongfully committed of murder and has a life sentence behind bars. No matter how many times the warden foiled his attempts at hearing new evidence that would free him nor being sent to solitary confinement, his why power to find a way out and not give up was the one beautiful place, Zihuatanejo.

Those who have a clear cut, indomintable why will always beat the best of the best at doing the how.

Think about any major goal you’ve accomplished so far in your life. Think about what your why power was. You surely had one. It’s that one factor that determined why you were successful.

From now on when you make goals think about why you want to achieve that goal. It will help you know whether or not you will stick with it.

Six Ways to Take Charge in 2011

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Stephen Covey, one of the most prolific leadership authors of our times, says there are six things you can do right now to make 2011 your best year ever.
1. Be proactive.
It’s more than just taking initiative. It means being responsible for your own life. Empower yourself to lead and spread your influence no matter what position you hold.

It means being responsible for your own life. That’s why I like the quote “Get busy living or get busy dying”. If you’re not being proactive in life, you’re not taking full advantage of life.

For me, I will take more chances. Learn to say “yes” a bit more often. I’m guilty of hoping for the right opportunity to come to me. That’s my old way of thinking. Gradually I am stepping away from that. Now I know that only those who work hard, will have those magical opportunities come to them. It’s not luck. It’s a result of hard work.

We control our lives. We determine how we will live it. Don’t be scared of that power. Embrace it.

2. Sharpen the saw.
Decide what’s truly important. Sharpen your saw early in the day by learning to say no to the unimportant and yes to the highly important.

Covey describes this as deciding what is truly important. Learn to say no to the unimportant and yes to the highly important early in the day. That way you’ll be more productive.

I know we are al guilty of spending time on meaningless tasks everyday. Too many e-mails, too much TV, too much internet, etc.

What I will do is I will stop checking Facebook constantly all day (I’m not the only one I know). I will stop aimlessly surfing the internet. I will focus on getting my projects done. . Keep learning. When I do that, I’ll feel like I have accomplished more than seeing what my friends wrote on Facebook.

However i do want to enjoy all those things too. So instead of working on a project and having a tab opened to ESPN.com or any other side not related to work on the side, I’ll take breaks to allow myself to do that and then focus on my work. That’ll be hard because that’s been a habit of mine but I’ll try at least.

3. Seek to understand before seeking to be understood.

It’s human nature to want to be understood, but when both parties are trying to be understood, neither party is listening. By making the investment to understand the other party, you can magically transform the course of your conversations.

I always felt like I have been a good listener. In groups I do more listening than talking. For me, I feel more comfortable. I like to listen and learn. And also it’s just a great trait to have when you meet new people. Be a good listener and you’ll have better relationships with everyone in your life. Also you can learn so much more.

4. Begin with the end in mind.

Start today with an image of the end of your life as the frame of reference by which everything else is examined. With a clear idea of where you are going, examine everything in the context of what matters to you most.

I understand the value of visualization. Before I didn’t believe it but now I am a big believer. If you read any book on success, or talk to any successful person, they will say visualization is a big key to success.

Thinking about your life as a whole is important as he wants us to do but for now I just want to focus on 2011.


5. Develop a vision mission statement.

Get a deep sense of your life’s mission, purpose and value system, then establish your goals and a system of accountability that keeps you on track.

This is a long term mission that is important so I’ll have to take time to plan this out.

6. Think win-win.

There is enough success for everyone, so don’t view another person’s success as success achieved at your expense or exclusion.

There is plenty in the universe to go around. If you want something you can have it. That is important to realize. One blogger’s success doesn’t mean that niche is saturated. It just means it’s one that can generate revenue so that’s good.

There’s enough money and success to go around for everyone.


In conclusion, you can apply these six principles to any area of your life. Take some time to think about each one and write them down and be sure to read them everyday. You will be amazed by the results.

Four Cities in Three Days

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This is what I love about JetBlue’s All You Can Jet pass.

  • Thursday all day in San Francisco with a 10:30p.m. red eye flight to JFK
  • Friday morning fly to Portland, Maine for the day
  • Saturday fly back to JFK and spend the day in Manhattan
  • Saturday night fly back to Jacksonville, FL and sleep in my own bed.

Four cities in three days. Thanks to JetBlue.

Portland, Maine is a place I would never have thought to visit if it wasn’t for the AYCJ pass. When doing research, there was one main reason I wanted to visit and that’s the famous lighthouse, Portland Head Light.

Seeing it in person made the one day trip worth it. The weather was a bit cloudy when I arrived but it cleared up and was able to get some amazing views.

Standing there, feeling the cool breeze, hearing the waves crash into the rocks, and seeing this famous lighthouse ordered to be built by George Washington and completed in 1791 was a great way to appreciate mother nature and history.

I did have my first ever lobster roll at The Lobster Shack. I didn’t know how big it was but paid $12.99 for it. It’s no footlong that’s for sure! It was smaller than I expected. You can see my Whoopie Pie was just as large as my lobster roll. I know the price reflects the market price of lobster. It was succulent but needed more! The Whoopie Pie is famous in Maine I think and it was mouth watering. The icing in the middle was not too sweet.

The following morning I flew back to JFK spending the day in Manhattan, eating in Chinatown, I headed back to JFK to catch my 8:30p.m. flight. The sun was setting and got to see planes take off and land from JFK. A great way to end the last three day adventure.

Cable Cars, Alcatraz and Fortune Cookies in San Francisco

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Just spent four nights in San Francisco. I came here when I was back in high school but it’s as foggy of a memory as the actual fog that comes into San Francisco (more on that later).

I was surprised to arrive in the international terminal. I love being at the international terminal in any airport. The thought of traveling to foreign counties is something I wish to do more. So flying from Long Beach is considered international or just that JetBlue is based in the international terminal. I’m okay with that cause the international terminal is by far batter than the domestic terminal.

Getting into San Francisco is easy with BART. I love cities that have great public transit into the city. I stayed at the Mosser hotel, which I read about through another AYCJer mentioned it on Facebook. After researching it, it seemed like a nice budget place. The location was right by Union Square, which is the shopping district of San Francisco. Turned out to be a great hotel.

I thought Seattle had a lot of hills. San Francisco is the king of hills. I found that out on my first full day when I walked from Fisherman’s Wharf to Lombard street. Looking a the map it was only five blocks or so. I can handle that. As I was walking, I realized it was all uphill!! I was huffing and puffing on the way up. Then I get to the bottom of crooked Lombard street and walked up the street to the top since I walked all the way there.

San Francisco is a very walkable town if you can handle the hills. One of the other ways to get around is the famous cable cars. I bought a 3 day all you can ride pass for the public transit, which included cable cars. It costs $20. A bus ride is only $2. So that’s a lot of bus rides. I wanted to get my money’s worth so I rode the cable car as much as I could. I rode it twice one day, and six times the second day. I rode all three cable cars lines. Sometimes I’d ride the car one way, see the other car coming, jump off at the stop and run and catch the other one going back the other way. When you consider it’s $5 per ride, one way, I know I got my money’s worth.

Riding it while holding on the rails felt like how I think a dog would feel riding in the car with the windows open and head sticking out. They love the wind blowing in their face. No matter how many times I rode it hanging off the side and especially in the front, I loved it.

I got to see a fortune cookie factory. It was more like a small room with four old Chinese people making fortune cookies. I was told they make 20,000 cookies a day in this tiny place! It’s so small that there’s just one line that goes in and it’s tight. There is another old man there to sell you cookies if you want. Or (my favorite thing about it) if you wanted to take a picture, you had to pay 50 cents. No joke. There was a sign for it. I gladly paid to get a picture as did many others in line. Plus the old man gave me a free cookie sample. Fresh made fortune cookies were amazing!

I did a tour of Alcatraz, which was one of my favorite things here. I did the first tour in the morning, which was recommended. Tours come all throughout the day and you can stay as long as you want on the island. So it can get crowded. Being in the early tour and being the first ones to get the audio tour headset, allowed me to be ahead of the group and see different part of the jails before other people. Got some great pictures that way. The audio tour is one of the best. It’s narrated by former guards and inmates. You get a true sense of what it was like there walking around and having them tell you about it.

I love a great view of the city so I did visit Coit Tower and paid the price of walking up another steep hill to get there. The view was worth it. I also tried to go to the Twin Peaks, which are suppose to give an even better view of the city. It was clear down in the city so I thought it would too up there. Nope. When I got up there, it was cloudy and so windy. I felt like I was in a different city. Five minutes ago on the bus it was sunny and clear. Now I felt like I was walking through a blizzard minus the snow. So now view up there.

I did get a great view from the Golden Gate Bridge. One option is to bike over the bridge to Sausalito and ride the ferry back. Very popular. I just walked halfway and walked back. Got great views that day and got a great view looking down at the water. Definitely not for the faint of heart. It’s really high from up there.

I enjoyed my time here. They had great food. Too many places for me to try on this short trip. Especially Chinese food, which I love. If I had more time I would have loved to have gone to Muir Woods and see the redwood trees. I would definitely love to come back and visit again.

Seattle Impressions

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I started my AYCJ journey in Seattle, where I had never been to.

One thing I really liked was the public transit. I could ride the link rail to from the airport to downtown and then the bus to the place I was staying. It was very easy since I have had experience riding a system just like this in Taipei. It was clean and safe.

I didn’t realize how hilly downtown Seattle was! Serious hills too. I would later learn during the Underground Tour that it used to be more hilly than this.

Pike Place Market is amazing. Great local food, fresh fruit, and festive area. If I lived here, I think I would be fat from eating there often. I did a food tour on the second day I was here with Savor Seattle, which I highly recommend. Our tour guide, Nick, was hilarious and really made sure we were having a good time. Just being able to sample so many types of food was worth it. A few places give samples to anyone but most do not. So instead of having to buy a full meal to try something, we got samples. I certainly went back after the tour to get seconds from some places.

My most memorable thing was being able to catch a flying fish a the market! I imagined many places doing that at the market but didn’t realize there was just one fish stand at the main entrance. I heard that they only throw the fish when someone buys one. However on the tour, Nick asked if anyone wanted to catch it. After asking a few people who declined, I gladly volunteered. I was escorted behind the counter above the floor. It was intimidating. All these tourists had their cameras ready to see the fish fly. The first time the fish came towards me and…..I dropped it. I was embarrassed. I didn’t expect it to be that heavy. Luckily I got another chance. I was told to just grab it hard with my hands. This time I caught the fist and raised it over my head like a trophy! I had a smile on my face the rest of the day because of being able to experience something so unique at such a famous place.

Pike Place Market reminds me of the famous night markets in Taiwan, where there are so many individual food stands selling amazing food. Eat a little here. Eat a little there. It’s something everyone has to visit when they go to Taiwan.

I passed on staying at a hotel or hostel and stayed at a room being rented out from Airbnb.com. I learned about it while preparing my itinerary. Basically homeowners rent out a room, shared room, or private studio. I found a private room 20 minutes by bus from downtown for $42 per night. The hotel I was going to stay at was going to be $71 per night plus the crazy tax. The room I stayed in was better than I expected! Nice bed. Clean shower. The owner left out bottles of water and snacks for me. It had a TV that had basic cable. Free wireless internet. A bus stop literally right outside the door. I’m staying a few more places that I found via Airbnb. I’m hoping they all go as well as this place.

Highlights

Pike Place Market
Going aboard a retired Air Force One and Concord at the Museum of Flight
Views of from the Space Needle and Smith Tower
Safeco Field tour minus our tour guide who could make insomniacs fall asleep
Met a lady while waiting for the bus who is a best selling author of books on ghosts and is now writing a book on real life encounter with angels.

Enjoyed my time in Seattle and is a place I would come back to in the future. Next stop is Portland, Oregon.

It’s Time to Jet

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The night before the journey begins. I know I’m not getting much sleep. Even if I slept right now I would only get 5 hours of sleep. Most likely I’ll be getting 4 hours of sleep if I’m lucky. That’s what sleeping on the plane is for.

I believe I have everything packed into one carry on and a small day pack. Traveling for two weeks (coming home for two days), this is the least I’ve ever packed. Clothes that don’t need to be washed like shirts and jeans can be worn over and over. Other items will be washed on a nightly basis.

Will be updating my trip as much as I can when I can.

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