Thursday, February 27, 2014

Update about linkpack!

The positive response thus far for linkpack has been amazing - so thank you all!

For those not yet familiar, here's the skinny on the app created for travelers, by travelers.

  • Let's say you decide to go to South America 
    • First off, right on for carpe-ing the heck of out the diem
  • Say you're in Cusco, Peru and:
    • You're lonely and need want to meet some awesome fellow travelers
    • You're not lonely but you don't like the people you're with and want to meet some new ones
    • You're not lonely and you like the people you're with but you still want to meet new people!
    • You want to find out what's happening tonight (real-time updates)
      • Business/club promotions that you can capitalize on via freebies
      • Festivals
      • Contests
      • Races
    • You want to find a temporary job
    • You need to find a place to crash
      • You're concerned about safety, cost, access to public transportation and/or proximity to desired locations
  • If you will ever find yourself thinking "Yes, me!" to any of those conditions, then this app is created with you in mind.
    • This app is being built by a group of people who thrive off of adventure and travel. The whole time we were abroad we kept wishing something like this existed - so here we are creating it!
It’ll be ready soon. Now you can sign up for free access!

www.linkpack.org

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions or suggestions!

-Val

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

How I live life: Part 1, Weekly Evaluations

Ever feel like you're not doing anything with your life, like you're living in a nebulous realm?
I certainly used to. All the time I would think "What have I really done? What do I want to do? Where is my life heading? Will I be happy in the future?!?!?!"

Finally I found a solution to my qualms.

Every single week, on Sunday nights, I evaluate my progress in 6 areas.
 
Important Thing
What I accomplished
What I failed at
Family


Friends


School


Professional Growth


Health


Other



This is an unavoidable, absolutely mandatory event every single week.

So far it's been working out phenomenally. I feel a far greater satisfaction from life because I can very tangibly evaluate my progress and my failures.

I highly recommend doing this - I spend about 30 min on it! And honestly it's pretty fun to do once you get started.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

linkpack: A live forum linking nearby travelers on the road!