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    “I’ve been really lucky to see many, many places. Now, the great adventure is the inner world, now that I’ve spent a lot of time gathering emotions, impressions, and experiences. Now, I just want to sit still for years on end, really, charting that inner landscape because I think anybody who travels knows that you’re not really doing so in order to move around—you’re traveling in order to be moved. And really what you’re seeing is not just the Grand Canyon or the Great Wall but some moods or intimations or places inside yourself that you never ordinarily see when you’re sleepwalking through your daily life.”

    Pico Iyer, via Becoming Wise (Page 196)

      “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

      T. S. Eliot, via Sunbeams (Page 103)

        “You may study with the highest teachers, but you will find no one but yourself teaching you. You may travel the world over, yet find nothing but yourself, reflected the world over. So if you now find yourself in a cell, take heart that out of all the teachers in the world, out of all the places in the world, you still have with you the only ingredient of your journey: yourself.”

        Bo Lozoff, via Sunbeams (Page 79)

          “The right kind of misadventures—the ones that yield information—can produce confidence.”

          Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 222) (Read Matt’s Blog On this Quote)

            Always keep Ithaca on your mind.

            To arrive there is your ultimate goal.

            But do not hurry the voyage at all.

            It is better to let it last for many years;

            and to anchor at the island when you are old,

            rich with all you have gained on the way,

            not expecting that Ithaca will offer you riches.

            Constantine Cavafy, Ithaca, via The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 114)

              “If you want to make every day an adventure, all you have to do is prioritize adventure.  It has to become more important than routine.”

              Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 87)

                “I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”

                Chriss McCandless, Into The Wild, via The Happiness of Pursuit (Page 84)

                Chris Guillebeau Quote on Adventure and How I Spontaneously Prioritized Adventure Into My Life

                  “If you want to make every day an adventure, all you have to do is prioritize adventure.  It has to become more important than routine.”

                  Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit

                  Beyond the Quote (Day 368)

                  Reflections from my spontaneous holiday road trip, now that I’m home:

                  • 11 Days on the road
                  • 11 State lines crossed
                  • ~ 5485 miles driven
                  • ~ 68.3 miles hiked
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                  Eckhart Tolle Quote on Joy and How Your Frequent Desire To Travel Might Be Limiting The Joy You Feel

                    “Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disillusionments before you realize that truth. Things and conditions can give you pleasure, but they will also give you pain. Things and conditions can give you pleasure, but they cannot give you joy. Nothing can give you joy. Joy is uncaused and arises from within as the joy of Being.”

                    Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (Page 187)

                    Beyond the Quote (294/365)

                    Where’s your “happy place?” You know, the place you go to “escape” or maybe “find your bliss?” The beach? The mountains? A cabin in the woods? Here’s the thing, if the answer to those questions is anywhere outside of yourself, then you’re handicapping yourself. Your happiness is handicapped. Your bliss is handicapped. And your inner peace is handicapped.

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                      “You cannot explore the world and the possibilities life has to offer without moving outside the safe neighborhood of your life as it is, without wandering into some new and dangerous neighborhoods where anything can happen. Let’s tell it like it is. If it’s a real adventure, if it’s something really new, there’s got to be an element of danger somewhere. Otherwise you’re not really trying anything new at all. You’re just playing around with the edges of your old life.”

                      Mira Kirshenbaum, The Gift of a Year (Page 116)

                      Drake Quote from Emotionless on Posting To Social Media and Trying To Impress People

                        “I know a girl whose one goal was to visit Rome/

                        Then she finally got to Rome/

                        And all she did was post pictures for people at home/

                        ‘Cause all that mattered was impressin’ everybody she’s known”

                        Drake, Emotionless

                        Beyond the Quote (223/365)

                        Happiness is only real when shared. That’s the last thing that Chris McCandless wrote before he died in the movie, Into The Wild. (Warning: More spoilers ahead) Based on a true story, the main character, after getting accepted into Law School, decided he wanted to pursue an alternate path and donated all of his college money to charity, bought a cheap car, and drove out west in pursuit of a remote life in Alaska. He wanted to travel, explore, and live completely free from conformity.

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                          “On vacation go to the most remote place on your itinerary first, bypassing the cities. You’ll maximize the shock of otherness in the remote, and then later you’ll welcome the familiar comforts of a city on the way back.”

                          Kevin Kelly, Blog

                          Mark Manson Quote on Experiences and How To Find The Ideal Balance Between Breadth and Depth

                            “Yes, breadth of experience is likely necessary and desirable when you’re young—after all, you have to go out there and discover what seems worth investing yourself in.  But depth is where the gold is buried.  And you have to stay committed to something and go deep to dig it up.  That’s true in relationships, in a career, in building a great lifestyle—in everything.”

                            Mark Mason, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

                            Beyond the Quote (163/365)

                            With every major category in life—relationships, career, lifestyle—we must choose how to optimally invest our time. With time being our most precious resource, this is no easy task. How much time should we spend with our family versus our friends? With our current friends versus new friends? On our career versus our vacations? On tasks related to our career versus tasks that might expand our career options? On consuming things produced versus producing things to be consumed? On acquiring more versus minimizing and using less? What Manson points to above, however, is a fundamental insight that can help guide you in this effort.

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                              “If true peace and clarity are what you seek in this life—and by the way, they are what you deserve—know that you will find them nearby and not far away. Stick fast, as Emerson said. Turn into yourself. Stand in place. Stand in front of the mirror. Get to know your front porch. You were given one body when you were born—don’t try to be someone else, somewhere else. Get to know yourself. Build a life that you don’t need to escape from.”

                              Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 246)

                                “Those who think they will find solutions to all their problems by traveling far from home, perhaps as they stare at the Colosseum or some enormous moss-covered statue of Buddha, Emerson said, are bringing ruins to ruins. Wherever they go, whatever they do, their sad self comes along. A plane ticket or a pill or some plant medicine is a treadmill, not a shortcut. What you seek will come only if you sit and do the work, if you probe yourself with real self-awareness and patience.”

                                Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 245)