Archive for January, 2009
Giving Up Stuff
I am re-reading my book, The Power of Less, and have noticed for the past 5 days I have given up, hourly email checks, television, news, RSS, and all the other things that I waste my time doing when I’m back home. I am so relaxed. It makes you think about all of the things [...]
South Africa Day 4 – Up Early and to Stellenbosch
To those that don’t know, Stellenbosch is the heart of the South Africa wine region. In downtown they have a market where there are many shops for goods and food. After grabbing some lunch there we drove over to one of my favorite wineries Clos Malverne. We sampled 2 blends and 2 Pinotages, all were [...]
South Africa Day 3 – Mall, Data Card, and Seafood
Today we slept until 10AM again, we had breakfast at Mr. Price and went to the mall to buy more time for our phone and purchase some megabytes for the data card. Now I am back at the house looking to write a little and keep myself from taking a nap. The weather outside is [...]
South Africa Day 2 – Lounging Around
Today we got up rather late, say about 10AM, and after some breakfast, fresh fruit, followed by bacon & eggs, we just lounged around. Until around 1:30, then it was time for a nap, after waking around 3:00 we visited with Opa Ted and played some games, while Karen & Frikkie were interviewed by the [...]
South Africa Day 1 – Arrival at Strand
We were almost the first off the plane, but we were first in the South African Passport line. So we made it through, and just out of the rest room with a fresh shirt and quick face wash, our luggage was coming down the conveyor belt. That was it, I’d say 10-15 minutes off the [...]
South Africa Day 0 – Travel to Cape Town
I am in the last hour of my flight, let me recap our last 24 hours. The morning was hectic, had to get up at 7AM to take the dog to Pet Palace. I made it there, signed him up for one-on-one play time at an extra $4.75 per day on top of an already [...]
Book Review – The 80/20 Principle
I purchased this book after re-discovering The 4 Hour Work Week a few weeks ago. The book somehow started forcing a re-wiring of my brain. I started thinking of everything in a non-linear way, probability, chaos, something perfect for my mind, something that rekindled my more decisive younger self. The cool thing about the book [...]
Book Review – The Power Of Less
I just got this book today and find it a nice read. While very similar material exist on the website or on similar zen/productivity sites I purchased it to read while on vacation. There are a lot of good ideas/concepts for simplifying things. I for one was tired of doing too much and not doing [...]
Book Review – The Four Hour Work Week
I purchased this book after much searching about my business and questioning the effort I was spending doing everything form development, to marketing to managing, to admin, to everything that a small business person has to do. On first read I thought the book was some idealized way of thinking, but for the heck of [...]