Over the past week I’ve been reminded how much connections, networking and conversations matter. Last weekend I went to the Boston Globe Travel Show, where I talked to and heard from a variety of other travel professionals. Yes, I heard some new ideas, and some things said sparked new ideas for me. But an even [...]
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It’s the relationships, stupid!
Posted in Planning, tagged digressions on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Chumming the waters (and Andrew McCarthy)
Posted in Planning on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Twitter finally paid off. Last week I followed a link in a random tweet by some random person – I can’t even remember who – and arrived at the site of the Boston Globe Travel Show. It would happen in 4 days, I read, and there would be an “industry” day before the public show. [...]
Personal business plan: zooming all the way out
Posted in Planning, South Pacific, Uncategorized on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just as I was putting the finishing touches on my personal business plan, I realized something awful. One of the main pillars of the plan – finding a part-time consulting gig “just to pay the bills” – was wrong. I could tell it was wrong because the plan contains few details about it – I’m [...]
It’s never too late to start planning
Posted in Planning on January 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Over the past month or so I’ve been doing something I should have done ages ago. I’m writing a personal business plan. For those who don’t know, a business plan is an outline of an entity’s strategy and operations. It sets goals, defines a target market, describes broad tactics, and projects financials – profits, losses, [...]
2012: Let’s do this thing.
Posted in Planning, USA, tagged digressions on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In typical fashion, I’m more than a week late posting my end-of-year wrap up. “This is no way to run a blog!” say the experts. I wholeheartedly disagree. This is in fact exactly the way 99% of bloggers run their blogs: posting sporadically for a while, and then falling off the face of the earth. [...]
Taking a risk
Posted in Planning, USA, tagged digressions on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just had lunch with a good friend who is in the middle of trying to raise money for her startup business. Her description of the fundraising process sounded exactly like a freelance writer trying to get published. In fact, she used the term “authorpreneur” in describing one aspect of her business. That’s me! What [...]
Homecoming dream
Posted in Planning, tagged baseball, cheese, coming home, football, New York City, Red Sox on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After a tiring but drama-free 26-hour odyssey from Bangkok via Kuwait City and London, my Kuwait Airlines flight arced over Long Island on its approach to JFK. From my aisle seat I struggled to peer out the window, struck by the familiar and orderly rows of houses lit pink by the pastel and silver sunset. [...]
Ready or not
Posted in China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Planning, Russia, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here I come!
A momentous decision
Posted in Malaysia, Planning, SE Asia, tagged scuba diving, Scuba Junkie on December 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today I decided to commit to working as a DM at Scuba Junkie for 6 months – until June. I resisted the idea at first – I’m meant to be traveling, not unpacking my bags. How can I write a blog called “the range life” if I’m not in motion? But such thinking is rigid [...]
On the road again?
Posted in Malaysia, Planning, SE Asia, tagged Cameron Highlands, divemaster, diving, Georgetown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Penang, scuba diving, Scuba Junkie on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last Wednesday I packed my bags for the first time in 6 weeks and hit the road again. A week later, I’m sitting in the food court in KL’s central station, where there’s free wifi, food and (most importantly) handy tables where I can sit all day writing. After staying put for 6 weeks, hitting [...]
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