I’ve noticed that many prices seem to be lower here in the United States than in Canada. Am I imagining it? With the help of my Canadian friend Annette (an experienced shopper), I decided to find out. Methodology I selected a basket of 20 common retail items (food, alcoholic beverages, Continue Reading
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Premature Conversation
I’ve started to play a word game with a few friends (Premature Competition) The object of the game is to insert creative 2-word phases into any conversation. (Premature Interjection) Each phrase must begin with the word “Premature” followed by a second word ending in “tion” or “sion” (Premature Formulation) The Continue Reading
My Experiment in Community
When I started the latest incarnation of my blog, I gave careful thought to what I was doing (The Blog) and why (Why am I blogging?). After 6 months of active publishing, I think it’s time to take stock of how I’m doing. Here is my self-assessment. Of the 4 Continue Reading
Some Things I’m Doing About My Struggle with Stuff
I wrote previously about My Struggle with Stuff, my challenges with materialism, consumerism, and accumulation. Apparently, I’m still thinking about it. I really want to master my stuff, rather than the other way around. Below are some of the things I’ve tried with varying degrees of success. Note that I Continue Reading
Why Live Boldly?
I chose the name Dream Big Live Boldly for this blog thoughtfully. In a previous post, I wrote about why I choose to Dream Big. This post is about the second part, living boldly. Having dared to dream, some action is required. Clear intention is important but not sufficient. If you Continue Reading
My Struggle with Stuff
I’m a hoarder by nature. Not a ‘reality television, can’t move around in my house and as a result they are taking me away’ kind of hoarder, but a ‘you never know when you might need it’ type. I’m hesitant to get rid of things for an abundance of reasons, Continue Reading
Coming to terms with an alternative lifestyle
Even after I had decided that not working at a job was an option for me, it took months to transition to my alternative lifestyle. The hardest part of this was the mental shift required. I’ve had to deal with all sorts of issues and insecurities that came up. I Continue Reading
How can we afford to live like we do?
I’d like to be able to report that I’m one of the impressive people who travel continuously, funded fully by a sustainable income from a location-independent business, e.g. http://manvsdebt.com/ Although this could happen eventually, I’m not currently actively pursuing this. But people often ask how can we do what we do. Continue Reading
Early ‘Retirement’
People ask if we have retired. I don’t really know how to answer. In the early days I responded just that “we’re not working”, which didn’t seem satisfactory to my interrogators. This subsequently evolved into, “we don’t really have any plans to return to work”, which gave the questioner more Continue Reading
The Blog
Welcome to DreamBigLiveBoldly.com. This blog is about my travels through life, both literally and figuratively. I intend to share some of my experiences in the world as I explore it, including exotic foreign locales but also special places closer to home. I will also write about the things I’m learning Continue Reading