by Jonathan Look | Apr 15, 2016 | Lifestyle, On My Mind
Contemplating What Does Home Mean in Myanmar What Does Home Mean to Me? A few weeks ago I was able to watch Pico Iyer’s thought-provoking TED Talk about “Where is Home” and it got me to thinking of my personal definition of home, what does home mean, where home is,...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 12, 2016 | On My Mind, Retirement
Why Keep Delaying a Satisfying Retirement I get to talk to a lot of people that are approaching retirement age, but feel they must delay “making the leap” because they are trapped by their habits of consumption. I can’t tell you how many have...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 9, 2016 | On My Mind
Some people say that there are not enough angry people in the world. If only people were angrier we could solve the world’s problems. Perhaps those who want everyone all irate and angry are misusing the word, but anger by itself rarely accomplishes anything. Sustained...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 8, 2016 | On My Mind
A few years ago, not long after I moved to Cambodia, I was talking with a friend about how I received my Internet service. Since I was living down a dusty road in the middle of a rice paddy, not too far outside of Siem Reap, the expectation was that modernity was not...
by Jonathan Look | Apr 5, 2016 | On My Mind
Imagination is a funny thing. We all use it, but different people use it in different ways. Imagine two people taking a long journey to a place they haven’t been before. Both of these people have been around the block a few times, have a basic understanding of...
by Jonathan Look | May 8, 2015 | Adventure, On My Mind, Philosophy, Retirement, Travel
What Does it Take to Retire Overseas? A simple Google search will show that there are hundreds of websites and other resources devoted to telling you how much money you need to retire in exotic places all over the world. There are many other sites that will tell you...
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by Jonathan Look | Oct 6, 2014 | Laos, On My Mind, Philosophy, Travel
CIA Airstrip Lima Site 27 in Vang Vieng, Laos If you visit Vang Vieng, Laos there is a large airstrip along Route 13 just as you come into town. Nearly a mile long, probably 200 feet wide, the runway, now crumbling and potholed, is surrounded by residential housing,...
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by Jonathan Look | Sep 29, 2014 | Adventure, Lifestyle, On My Mind, Philosophy, Retirement, Travel
Sunrise on the Mekong River I have recently had a number of people tell me that they think I am “brave” for living my retirement years as an adventure, traveling the world and drinking in life as fast as I can. They relay to me dangers that they have heard about on...
