What happens when your once-in-a-lifetime adventure is over?
You’re back home with sand in your shoes and photos of your mug in a bunch of exotic locales. Now what?
Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
Why Am I So Scared Of Everything?
I’ve been planning another adventure but fear is getting in the way. Here’s a list of the fears that keep me awake at night when it comes to adventure.
Why Take The Road Less Traveled?
Some say those who journey into dangerous places are ‘stupid’ and I won’t argue with that description. ‘Nuts’ is another popular adjective, and ‘crazy douche bag’ packs a nice punch, don’t you think? I admit that I’m all of those things. But I’m also a big coward.
True Story Books That May Change Your Life (Part 3)
The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert You don’t have to be a fan of Eat, Pray, Love to like Gilbert’s biography about the extraordinary (and peculiar) life of Eustace Conway. Gilbert reveals a story of a man who rejects society from an early age to live in the wild. In the foothills of […]
True Story Books That May Change Your Life (Part 2)
They say that you’re more likely to get struck by lightning, killed by a mosquito or hit by a Bachelorette Party bus* than get eaten by a shark. But if you’re Lynne Cox, these odds shift dramatically in favor of the snack-happy shark …
True Story Books That May Change Your Life (Part 1)
Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi (with Bernadette Brennan) The story When Tania Aebi left New York to sail the voluptuous circumference of Planet Earth, she was 18 years old and a sailing beginner, with no GPS, no long-range radio, and – get this! – no Facebook page. It all began when her dad delivered an ultimatum […]
Five True Story Films To Inspire An Adventure
180 Degrees South After viewing this documentary who wouldn’t want to sail a stretch of ocean, shipwreck on Easter Island, surf a bit, then hike a mountain in Chile? Nobody splits a head open, or gets eaten by a shark, it’s just all good times in the great outdoors. Best part is the song: Here’s […]
Seven Steps To Escaping The Gray Cube
1. The awakening First, it starts with a mind-numbing boredom that seeps into your life like an insidious toxin, until one day you realize you’re sitting in front of the TV watching 45 minute-long infomercials about Ab-Blasters and Flowbees. “What is the point of life?” You hear yourself say out loud. This is the dawn […]
