Category Archives: Smart Risks
The Art of Surf Stoke in Nicaragua
by Maya Seaman I grew up in Leucadia, a coastal town near San Diego where surfing is a religion. For me, it started as an alternative to smoking pot or listening to my parents fight. My first board came out of a neighbor’s trash can and my first blister came from walking barefoot to the [...]
Tagged adventure, beaches, Central America, expeditions, Maya Seaman, Nicaragua, Popoyo, Roadmonkey, stoke, surf, surfing, travel, vacations, waves
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Travel The World. Meet New People. Slap Them Around.
Have you ever wanted to use a large, pot-bellied man as a musical instrument? You’re not the first. If that didn’t make you laugh…you have issues.
Unlikely Olympians: 4 Athletes Who Beat the Odds
by Cecee McDaniel Olympic athletes are, in a phrase, amazing people. Their displays of strength, endurance and mental toughness are the reason we watch the human drama that is the Olympic Games. Here’s four Olympians who forged unconventional paths to the London Games: John Orozco, 19, is an American gymnast and the 2012 national [...]
Also posted in Dreaming Big
Tagged 2012 Olympics, against the odds, ambition, American dream, athletes, career, conditioning, endurance, exploring, Haley Nemra, John Orozco, Lauren Perdue, London Games, Melanie Roach, mental toughness, mindfulness, Olympic athletes, Olympic Games, perseverance, Roadmonkey
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Why I Left The New York Times
People have asked me to explain why I left a successful career as a New York Times staff writer. Other people wondered about the genesis of Roadmonkey. They’re two sides of the same coin, really. Here’s the story: I’ll start with a sentence I wrote, in 2010, for MindFood, an Australian monthly that asked me [...]
“One thing you dream of doing before you die….”
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO a Columbia University student, Jenny Lam, created an intimate portrait of New York dreams and aspirations by allowing hundreds of city residents to anonymously write down one thing they want to do before they leave this Earth. Ms. Lam placed pre-stamped postcards all over Manhattan. Each bore a return address to [...]
Also posted in Dreaming Big, Mindful Living
Tagged "bucket list", "New York", art, dreams, manhattan, neuroses, nyc, Postcards, public art
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The Meaning of Roadmonkey
Many people ask us what Roadmonkey means. Not literally but figuratively. Except non-English speakers, who actually do want to know the dictionary definition of road • monk • ey. (There isn’t one). Roadmonkey means all of the things below. But it also means what you have come to think of Roadmonkey. The definition lives [...]
Also posted in Adventure Philanthropy, Kickass Exploring, Mindful Living
Tagged creativity, culture, happiness, identity, meaning, Roadmonkey, travel
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