Living the Dream

We all have an idea of our dream lifestyle. It's something that you can think about, a crumb of comfort as you go about your work, treading water.

After I read Tim Ferriss' excellent book, "The Four Hour Work Week", I started to think about the route I was going down and where I wanted to be. The two paths weren't even close to each other.

Tim talks about the 'deferred life plan', the traditional western model where you work a job to save up enough money to eventually retire and live the life you want. Obvious downside: you have to wait until you retire to do all the crazy stuff, by which time you're old. Sure you can go on holiday, but if you want to take a longer period off you're going to have a tough time explaining this in a traditional career setting.

Howdy Folks

Welcome to my long overdue blog.


My life has had its ups and downs, but I've always found that no matter how the shit hits the fan, I've always been able to get a good story out of it. Sometimes I've even learned from my mistakes, although a lot of the time I can be found smacking myself in the head and wondering why I didn't learn sooner.

Occasionally I get things right.

So if I can inspire you to do something (or not to do something, depending on just how bone-headed I've been). I'm also hoping you good folks would be kind enough to give me feedback, on my writing, on my life, or just give me validation by reading and commenting as I overshare.

Hope you'll enjoy picking over my thoughts and meditations.

Dom