The One-Year Retirement

I’ve Learned How to Live Frugal after Quitting My Job to Travel, but Will I Keep It Up Back Home? South of France fine dining last month: peanut butter and banana sandwiches for lunch in Cannes. The price tag stopped me dead in my tracks. We were standing outside of the highly-ranked hibachi steak restaurant we had selected for our special dinner in Kobe, Japan. The proprietor had placed a large menu with prices in big unmistakeable numbers. Clearly it was designed to weed ou

We need more people like this anonymous young woman. I was so impressed that I snapped a picture of her helping us with directions. She is an everyday ambassador. Don’t you love it when you have a friendly interaction with a total stranger? Maybe it’s a shared joke or a momentary conversation with someone whom you randomly crossed paths, but it restores your faith in humanity for a fleeting second. You get a brief rush of fulfillment as you walk away from that person, smiling