Alasdair PlambeckWillpower Won’t Give You VisionYears ago, I spent a couple nights in the highland hills of Peru with a Quechuan tribe drinking ayahuasca, a powerful hallucinogenic. In…Feb 24, 2020Feb 24, 2020
Alasdair PlambeckA Vipassana Story: 10 Days of Silence & MeditationAll of us seek peace and harmony, because this is what we lack in our lives.Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017
Alasdair Plambeck2 Career Koans to ConsiderIn zen a koan is an impossible question given to students to short-circuit the logical part of the mind and bring on enlightenment.Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Alasdair Plambeck8 Things I’ve Learned About Relationships from a Year of Solo TravelOne of my biggest fears about traveling solo for the first time was people. The people they meet is often cited as one the biggest reasons…Jan 16, 2017Jan 16, 2017
Alasdair PlambeckForget Setting Goals This New Year’s…Try This Instead.What will undo any boundary is the awareness that it is our vision, and not what we are viewing, that is limited.Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 2017
Alasdair PlambeckHow Many of the Ways We Influence Others Remain Invisible to Us?“The egg man said he’ll miss you” my mom said.Dec 14, 2016Dec 14, 2016
Alasdair PlambeckWhat We Could Be — A Vision of Community from a Romanian ImmigrantAfter three days of trekking and camping alone in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania I woke up 15 km from the nearest city tired, slightly…Nov 1, 2016Nov 1, 2016
Alasdair Plambeck49 Tips to Travel (and Live) BetterBefore I left on what turned out to be a 7 month trip across Europe, I spent a lot of time procrastinating and curbing my anxiety by…Oct 14, 2016Oct 14, 2016
Alasdair PlambeckBecoming That Kind of PersonWhen I lived in San Diego, my friend Zach and I would occasionally ride to work together. We’d bike around Mission Bay on our way to a…Oct 11, 2016Oct 11, 2016
Alasdair PlambeckLosing ThingsIn the last seven months of travel I’ve lost a lot of things. Here’s a partial list of some of them: a pair of boxers, an outlet multi…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016