Two Good Things

1. I was reading through one of my favorite blogs and, as is frequently the case, I wound up falling through an internet rabbit hole and ended by landing at Gadling. Sure, I was enticed by their Flip Winter The Bird travel contest but, more than that, I was drawn in by their informative and often funny articles about all things travel. They cover a lot of gear/tech stuff, recognize the fact that there is a Nat Geo photographer in all of us and give useful camera tutorials, report on interesting travel news (Did you know there is a new GLBTQ museum in San Francisco? Because I didn't!), and even do quite a bit of water travel coverage (aka cruise ships and other craft). Guess what blog was just added to my bookmarks toolbar?

2. A friend of mine and I have a weekly practice of emailing one another our creative and business goals, outlining some of our successes and challenges for the week. This is a way for us to keep in contact after she moved out of state AND a great attempt at keeping ourselves accountable. Sure, we forget some weeks and I, for one, find that I am not nearly as productive as I'd like to be but so far it's been a really inspirational tool. My friend sent me, in her most recent installment, a link to The Art of Non-Conformity, specifically a link to his article on how to conduct your own annual review. This guy is my hero! Not only is he enviably anal for all anal types such as myself (who doesn't cream over an Excel document designed to help you plan your life?), but he's proudly and successfully doing his own thing. One of those things is traveling and traveling and traveling. He went to 27 countries in one year! I believe I have a thing or fifty to learn from his blog so count that as another addition to my bookmarks toolbar.