A True Story (No, Really) Great pictures don’t always have exciting stories behind them. The opposite is also true. Sometimes, mediocre pictures contain the best stories. Lempuyang Temple in Bali is a perfect embodiment of that truth. Most of you reading this, if you have even a moderate interest in…

An Interesting Night In Hanoi As I’m typing these last few lines, I find myself thinking about the many other layers of Hanoi I could have shared with you. However, I also think that there’s no need to force it. …

Reverse Engineering The Key To Sustainable, Long-Term Happiness (Author’s Note: Portions of this piece were originally published as a Facebook post. I decided to expand upon my thoughts in a longer format here.) Several weeks ago I found myself driving through the mountains of Northern Thailand on one of my…

And What It Really Means For Mental Health A few days ago a close childhood friend of mine posted a group photo on his Facebook account. It was a scanned image that was originally printed in a photo processing center more than a decade — possibly even two — ago…

Musings From A Third-Culture Kid — “Where are you from?” I’m sure that almost all of you — if not all of you — reading this have been asked this question during the course of your life. For those of you who have never had to give it much thought…well, lucky you. By the time I…

3 Things I’ve Observed And Learned About Northern Thailand Today officially marks three-hundred-and-sixty-five days of me living in Chiang Mai. As we get older, the days, weeks, and months tend to move a lot faster and in many ways the year has flown by. However, when I sit here and…

A Visceral Journey Into Vietnam’s Onion A warm, humid breeze lifts a Soviet Union flag into the air as it glides its way toward McDonalds. It pauses and hovers for a moment before redirecting itself down Tràng Tiền Street. …

Boston, MA USA | Friday, January 25, 2019 Even though it feels longer, only a week ago at this time I was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean getting ready to leave Bratislava. As I was packing my luggage, I poured myself the last of a bottle of…