"At 44, have I let life pass me by?" Deon Cole once said, "You only have so many summers left in this world," and it's a sentiment that can stir a deep reflection within us. What have we missed? What have we left unsaid? What have we been waiting for that we should've embraced by now?
When I hear "Crawfish Boil" there are several thoughts that are evoked: warm weather, spring time, comfort food, cold beer, and great laughs with family and friends. For the majority of people, a crawfish boil usually means an invitation to someone's event who has experience boiling and takes on the full task, however I want everyone to know it is not as hard as it looks to host your own crawfish boil and the feeling of it being an overwhelming undertaking should be pushed aside with these few simple steps below.
Full transparency, this post was prompted (i.e. inspired) by three words I heard in Tim Ferris' latest podcast with CEO Coach Matt Mochary and those words were chasing the "Pursuit of Experience". In my normal evening commute I honestly normally zone out on whatever podcast, talk radio or audiobook is blaring in the background but for some reason this time I was tuned in and it made me perk up. Admittingly I told Siri to write down a note for my next blog or else knowing my own mind I would forget in the next 5 seconds. So here we...
As I sit here and type up this post, my mind is actually shifting focus back and forth from writing to day dreaming about my next vacation! Every year, near the end of February and especially after a few warm days, I get that itch to start planning my next adventure but I always end up with a thousand travel blog/recommendation tabs open on my browser and having nearly warn out the server for my favorite airline trying to find the most economical path. So what better time than share tips on how I make the transition from planning to executing...