Publishing & Media Things I Learned Wandering Around Europe: When Something Goes Viral First, 1 quick announcement. The past four days have been a whirlwind experience. I’m still trying to make sense of it, dissect how and why it happened, and process it intellectually. I’ve been trying to document it all in real time over social media. But in case we’re not con Written by Matthew November 19, 2013December 23, 2013
Travel Tales How To Negotiate a Temporary Escape Most of the stories we hear from escapees begin with “So I quit my job and…” We tend to associate an escape with the dramatic quitting of a job. If you have Office Space-like fantasies about kicking down your cubicle walls, smashing your printer with a baseball bat, and nonchalantly declari Written by Matthew November 7, 2013June 18, 2018
Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 3): These Things Traveling Taught “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith, American writer This is Part 3 of a 5-part piece called Thoughts on Coming Home. After a long journey like mine, it Written by Matthew January 30, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The Scariest Place “All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it’s impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolò Machia Written by Matthew December 20, 2012June 12, 2013
Travel Tales Are You a Sneaky Old Vegetable Lady? “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James, American philosopher and psychologist Every day while in Zadar, Croatia, I’d walk ten minutes from my apartment to an open air market to pick up vegetables for the next few meals. A zucchini. A couple pep Written by Matthew November 22, 2012August 12, 2013
Travel Tales The Best European Cities No One Talks About “The map? I will first make it.” – Patrick White, Australian author, from Voss Throughout this journey, people always ask “So Matt, what’s your favorite destination so far?” To avoid overanalyzing myself into a seizure, I always default to Iceland. It was an adre Written by Matthew November 9, 2012April 29, 2014
Travel Tales Freedom Lost, Freedom Found & The Best Hostel Ever! (If You’re a D-Bag) “When you travel alone, you’re never alone.” – Some creepy, shirtless, old guy laying in his hostel bed in Galway, to me, upon hearing I was traveling alone. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, philosoph Written by Matthew October 26, 2012August 1, 2015
Travel Tales Scandinavia feat. Mom, Dad & Rick Steves “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist. As I write this, I’m sitting on a bus en route to Munich from Prague. To my left: my friend Garrett. To my right: a window with a view to the world. Morning haze. A babbling stream. Tr Written by Matthew September 26, 2012June 12, 2013
Travel Tales How to Travel the World and Pay $0 in Fees “You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” – Woodrow Wilson, 28th Written by Matthew September 14, 2012May 5, 2014
Travel Tales What Makes a Journey Successful? “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust, French novelist Earlier this week I reviewed a book called Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. In response to the post, my friend Chris Written by Matthew September 6, 2012June 12, 2013