The Girl Who Jumped
Four years ago, I met a girl who was living through a life she wasn't particularly happy with - sound familiar? Throwing caution to the wind, she gave up her home, her job... her life...
By Jamie| 2016-01-23T03:42:49+00:00 January 23rd, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration, Video|
Four years ago, I met a girl who was living through a life she wasn't particularly happy with - sound familiar? Throwing caution to the wind, she gave up her home, her job... her life...
By Jamie| 2015-12-28T23:07:35+00:00 December 28th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
By Jamie| 2014-06-02T00:39:35+00:00 June 2nd, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
We all have a limit, but some people are able to push themselves further than anyone else whilst others choose to remain firmly in their comfort zone. It seems a combination of how far you
By Jamie| 2014-02-05T07:02:40+00:00 February 5th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I recently spoke online with Derek Cullen (No Hanging Around), who practically introduced himself with the line, "I have a massive ginger beard myself." After six months of growing it, my ginger beard has now
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T01:51:52+00:00 November 29th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
At the age of 14, Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. At the age of 18, he sadly passed away. In those few short years, he chose to live to the fullest
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T01:56:37+00:00 November 28th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
To call Roz Savage (MBE FRGS) 'merely' a triple ocean rower is an understatement. She is the first woman to row three oceans solo, holds four world records, was nominated as National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
By Jamie| 2014-03-10T19:05:31+00:00 November 18th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Freddie is my godson. I was lucky enough to have the pleasure of taking him out by myself a few days ago and now he has learnt to communicate, I started to think, what three
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T16:25:57+00:00 September 21st, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Most people, when they get a job, get a job in order to pay their bills: they do a job not because they love it, but because it serves a purpose and helps them to
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:52+00:00 July 5th, 2013|Stories|
Is hitchhiking dangerous? I believe not. Should girls hitchhike alone? Why not?! I recently posed some questions to Rajam, who at the age of twenty, gave away her belongings to embark upon a 4.5 year hitchhiking
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:53+00:00 June 13th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Sadly, I have always found myself interested in everything, but persistent in nothing. While I have a strong interest to learn many things, I never take the time to do so. When I heard of
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:56+00:00 May 16th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Because we’re just too busy pursuing what we love. This is a guest post by Casey Siemasko. We’ve hiked to the centre of an active volcano in Indonesia, hitchhiked with nuns in Ecuador, and hugged
By Jamie| 2013-12-15T19:07:17+00:00 May 11th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
An eight-five year old woman, Nadine Stair, shared the following poem before her death. I rarely take the time to appreciate poetry, but in this case, I make an exception. I'd dare to make more
By Jamie| 2013-12-15T23:02:08+00:00 May 8th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Two months ago, I released The Avant-Garde Life, a collection of scribbles concerning how to escape from society in the hope for a better life. An alternative tag is 'quitting your job to travel the
By Jamie| 2013-12-15T23:05:58+00:00 May 6th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This may be one of the most amazing inventions throughout all of history. The Bicycle, the most energy efficient vehicle of all time, has just been taken a step further. It is now made out
By Jamie| 2013-12-16T03:18:38+00:00 April 28th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, Video|
As we live our day to day lives, we sometimes forget how amazing it is that the world really is. We forget the people, the places, the everything that can take our breath away. It
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T04:07:29+00:00 April 20th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Across the world, many of us are in search of something. We don't always know what it is, but we know that it is there and one day we hope that we can find it.
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T04:20:11+00:00 April 16th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
It's very easy to guess at what we will regret when we die. However, this is a purely hypothetical question for most of us and we can only speculate on the answer. Only the dying
By Jamie| 2014-05-22T05:12:58+00:00 April 10th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is the part fiction, part true story of an armed robber and heroin addict who escaped a high security prison in Australia and made his way to India. When arriving there, he starts living
By Jamie| 2013-12-21T22:09:47+00:00 March 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
"What would you do with your life if you had a billion dollars?" This question isn't so much associated with money as it is with the lack of need for earning it. What it is
By Jamie| 2014-03-10T19:12:27+00:00 March 10th, 2013|Euro Hitch 2012, Video|
Don't you hate it when people take photos of their own face and post them on the internet? This is a movie that I made by doing exactly that. In 2012, I started hitchhiking through
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T00:02:04+00:00 March 10th, 2013|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
If you have ever thought about quitting your job and travelling the world, this could be the kick up the bum that you need. It is completely free to download and discusses the problems and
By Jamie| 2013-12-22T01:39:48+00:00 February 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
There is only one time in life when one truly lets go of all their possessions. It's when they die. This is the time when family members come into the home of the deceased, root
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:24+00:00 February 9th, 2013|Stories|
Because I don't want to wait for retirement to live this dream. by Paula Londe Don’t let my freckles fool you; I’m older than I look, but still not “old enough” to be on the road.
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:49:00+00:00 February 8th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is a guest post by Gabi Klaf. My mother recently wrote, "I cannot support what you are doing to the children." Kobi's mom won't stop crying and sending guilt-tripped, concerned messages, including but not
By Jamie| 2014-01-09T05:05:08+00:00 January 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Because I choose not to. You've been galavanting again. When are you going to join the real world and get a real job like the rest of us real people? You are getting a bit
By Jamie| 2013-04-02T00:32:07+00:00 December 14th, 2012|Thoughts and Inspiration|
What springs to mind when you hear the word adventure? What is adventure? My thoughts immediately turn to an image of a pale, slender gentleman, walking through an alien jungle with little protection from the
By Jamie| 2013-04-02T22:59:46+00:00 July 10th, 2012|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Can you feel your heart beating? Have you done something today that makes a difference or are you allowing time to pass you by. Doing something doesn't mean jumping out of an aeroplane or wrestling
By Jamie| 2013-05-12T18:30:17+00:00 June 28th, 2012|Thoughts and Inspiration|
There are some questions that most people immediately ask when they meet you. Not interesting questions that they will remember the answer to. Generic questions that they feel they should ask when meeting a new
By Jamie| 2014-02-26T02:46:45+00:00 June 13th, 2012|Euro Hitch 2012, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I love you, she told him. I always will, he replied. Passion. /ˈpaʃ(ə)n/ noun [mass noun] strong and barely controllable emotion. [in singular] an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Origin: Middle English: from Old French, from late
By Jamie| 2014-05-29T09:49:58+00:00 June 9th, 2012|Thoughts and Inspiration|
First, came Christianity. Dinosaurs, specifically the frilly one from Jurassic Park, came next. Ghosts, cannibals, germs, and social interaction followed in due course. The blue van in the forest, that man with the beard, the