Liveaboard Blog and Videos
On the one-year anniversary of the death of Anthony Bourdain, we offer this modest tribute to a hero of travel, brotherhood, and food. I honestly didn’t know he held up a little corner of the sky until then. I cried big, ugly tears the morning …
Are we EVER going to go cruising? But, when? My thoughts as we work through our refit list, but don’t get to use the boat much. Okay, at all. Bardo: “the state of existence intermediate between two lives on Earth.” It is obscenely easy to …
“So, where do you see yourself in five years?” You’ve been there, right? Sitting in a job interview with an executive across the desk who asks the question with feigned interest in the answer. Or, perhaps sincere interest, if that person believes in the purported …
The Cosmos/God/The Universe wants you to have an amazing life. The longer you do what someone else expects you to while ignoring your own inner knowing, instincts, and visceral reactions, the longer it will take you to start living your dream. Today, one of my …
Saying goodbye to friends and family to pursue a calling is painful. You can’t escape that. All you can do is try to cope in a healthy way. I had a really nice, cushy life. Up until a month ago, I had a great apartment …
Think you’re ready to start downsizing? Be aware that most of your belongings will have to be given away so you can move on with your life. Look at this desk. It’s amazing, right? It looks like someone stole it off the set of Master and …
When you decided to move aboard a boat without putting anything in storage, parting with your stuff can be an emotional experience. In about an hour, my bedroom furniture is going to leave my apartment. I feel sad about that. I love that furniture. Boxing …
There is no meaning in life except what we give it. That is a gift in that each one of us can find our own path to meaning. The moment I got on board with the idea of cruising full time is the moment I …