When I decided I was moving to Thailand I wrote down a few things I wanted to accomplish before I got on the plane. It’s been 45 days since then and I’m now in Thailand so I figured it would be a good time to see how I did.
Summed up in a word: eh.
Some of the goals were a bit too audacious considering everything else that was going on (like learning Thai). Some of them were a bit too simple (like... 
Your first day in Thailand – especially Bangkok – can be overwhelming. No matter what time of day you arrive, your first step out of the Suvarnabhumi airport will be met with an oppressive, sticky heat. If you’re really unlucky it will be raining.
Bangkok is attempting to rebrand itself as the “City of Life” – and I think it’s an apt description. Underneath temples of incredibly... 
I’ve spent the last few weeks selling, donating, and giving away pretty much everything I own. As freeing as this was at first, it has started to get really hard! There are just so many things I feel I need to have with me – especially when it comes to clothes. I’m not very stylish – in fact, I tend to wear the exact same thing almost every day. But it’s nice to have the... 
Before we get started, I want to make it clear that I have never taught English in Thailand. I have friends who have taught in Thailand and all over the world – but I, myself, have never taught English abroad or at home.
I started to look into teaching English during my stay abroad after realizing it would make getting a long-term visa much, much easier. I know. Not exactly the noblest of... 
Dramatic title aside, I am indeed selling (mostly) everything and moving to Thailand (initially). I also stopped working on RewardMe along with a few other team members at the beginning of July – times are a changin’!
To those who know me well this probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise. I’m a knowledge and experience junkie. Here’s the Five Ws explaining, well, the Five... 
I first started playing soccer tennis because school was starting and here in America it’s not okay for grown men to be within a 200-foot radius of school-age children.
In the middle of the summer our “office” (it was a garage) got unbearably hot and so the RewardMe team had gotten in the habit of taking a break almost every day to go to the park and get some much needed Vitamin D. Our... 
I have a love/hate relationships with sleep – I always have. I used to stay up for 40 hours at a time in a vain attempt to get more out of life. An 18-hour sleep-coma invariably followed and so I can’t say I was having much success. Needless to say, polyphasic sleep sounded interesting.
I stumbled upon Steve Pavlina’s blog back in early 2010 and was instantly intrigued. Was it possible... 
I’m an ex software engineer, a newly-minted exporter, and on my way to becoming an international vagabond. I write about things like polyphasic sleep, moving to the other side of the world for no good reason, and surfing. Read more...
