In this episode, I explain why I stopped the Vegan Challenge after 18 days and explore the one of the primary reasons why people leave (or more accurately, why they should) and the pitfalls of labeling everything under the “quitting” label.
#19: Cocoa Nomad Podcast: Weekly Retrospective #9
In this week’s retrospective, I turn a corner with the Capoeira Songs relaunch, debate a longer stay in Colombia and decide that it’s time for my first cosplay experience.
My Nomadic Lifestyle Setup – My Stuff
The toughest part about creating a nomadic lifestyle is having access to the things that I need when/where I need them. Since I primarily migrate between Atlanta and Carolina, I had the following questions:
- What do I really need and what can I get rid of?
- What about things that I need to access infrequently?
- Should I carry them with me or just keep
I decided to get rid of most of the things I didn’t need to transport. This included lots of books, clothes and shoes. Once I started looking at the other things I used frequently, I came to some simple solutions for my locations (Atlanta, Carolina and elsewhere)
- Clothes – Travel with a week’s worth (1 bag).
- Books – I keep e-books on my iPad or on DropBox.
- Coffee grinder & French Press – Inexpensive enough that I can keep one in both locations. Everywhere else I go, I’ll just drink local coffee.
- Drum kit – I will keep my electric set in Atlanta and get an acoustic kit for Carolina.
- Golf clubs – One set in Atlanta. One in Carolina. When traveling from either locale, take the set with me or rent when I get there.
Going through this process has helped me to simplify things by focusing on things I really need/want. I’m sure the specifics will change somewhat when I start extending my stays in other locales but I think this setup will work for now.
