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Apr 4, 2019

Six Months of Backpacking

and mastering the Bum Gun. — I am sitting on the toilet throwing my shit-stained toilet paper in the trash can under the sink when I realize: Whoops, I’m back in Germany! …

Travel

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Six months backpacking
Six months backpacking

Apr 4, 2019

Collect Memories or Things?

Why they’re not so different. — It’s Christmas Eve and I’m waiting for my plane at LAX scrolling through my Instagram feed. An image of a turquoise ocean with a wooden pier stretching out towards the horizon displays the inspirational message: Collect memories, not things. …

Travel

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Collect memories or things?
Collect memories or things?

Apr 4, 2019

Living like a Buddhist Monk

10 days of silent meditation. — My ass hurt, my concentration was gone and time seemed to stand still. I squinted open my eyes just enough to see motionless silhouettes sitting like statues of Buddha in a dim-lit room. Finally, low, soothing Hindi chants, reminding me of Muslim prayers howled from minarets, broke the silence to…

Meditation

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Living like a Buddhist monk
Living like a Buddhist monk

Apr 4, 2019

Why Travel?

Exploration vs exploitation. — Nowadays, the reasons for travel are assumed to be so obvious, the benefits so universally agreed-upon, that it seems almost inappropriate to ask: Wait, why exactly are you doing this? But are the benefits really so obvious, the objectives so clear or are people just running away from responsibilities? So…

Self Improvement

4 min read

Why I’m traveling
Why I’m traveling

Apr 4, 2019

How to Postpone Your Dreams

Why money can help. — Of a 168-hour week, 56 hours are typically spent sleeping and 40 hours earning money. That leaves 72 hours every week to watch cat videos on YouTube — this we call spare time. Spare already suggests its secondary priority. A left-over. Optional. Work comes first, while spare time mercifully receives…

Productivity

3 min read

How to postpone your dreams
How to postpone your dreams
Alexander Winkler

Alexander Winkler

Robotics researcher at ETH Zurich • www.alex-winkler.com

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