These questions are an interesting mental checkup on yourself - which when answered honestly reflected different priorities than I was living. I haven't sold everything and moved to the woods (yet), but it was a good glimpse into what is and what could be. Some answers weren't a full sentence, others were a full page. Worth trying out!

I'm no Android employee, but I did manage to build a simple one page app with Android SDK. Looking forward to chipping away at more coding knowledge! If this is something that interests you, check out Udacity.

This is another one I struggled to check off. While I did take a course in intro Spanish, much of the language has left me. That said, while I was in the course I made reasonable progress with the language. Unfortunately language is one of those things that when it's not in use, it leaves me. Nevertheless I'm glad I took the course, and I look forward to dabbling in other languages.

A blog post will come later, but for now know that I travelled the perimeter of Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a couple of friends. The trip was 3 days and we road close to 1000kms, covering the South Shore and some of the West Coast Day 1, the rest of the West Coast and the North Shore Day 2, and finally we did the entire eastern loop Day 3 which was about a 400km day.

I saw some pretty amazing things, and this was all to be found in my native province. The trip really fuelled the desire to go further with motorcycle traveling. It is my hope to do a cross-Canada trip in 2017, and a few years thereafter to travel the US, possibly down to Mexico. Ted Simon and his book Jupiter's Travels has been a huge influence on these ideas. I hope, like him, I can rise to see them through. (less)

A blog post will come later, but for now know that I travelled the perimeter of Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a couple of friends. The trip was 3 days and we road close to 1000kms, covering the South Shore and some of the West Coast Day 1, the rest of the West Coast and the North Shore Day 2, and finally we did the entire eastern loop Day 3 which was about a 400km day.

I saw some pretty amazing things, and this was all to be found in my native province. The trip really fuelled the desire to go further with motorcycle traveling. It is my hope to do a cross-Canada trip in 2017, and (...more)

A blog post will come later, but for now know that I travelled the perimeter of Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a couple of friends. The trip was 3 days and we road close to 1000kms, covering the South Shore and some of the West Coast Day 1, the rest of the West Coast and the North Shore Day 2, and finally we did the entire eastern loop Day 3 which was about a 400km day.

I saw some pretty amazing things, and this was all to be found in my native province. The trip really fueled the desire to go further with motorcycle traveling. It is my hope to do a cross-Canada trip in 2017, and a few years thereafter to travel the US, possibly down to Mexico. Ted Simon and his book Jupiter's Travels has been a huge influence on these ideas. I hope, like him, I can rise to see them through. (less)

A blog post will come later, but for now know that I travelled the perimeter of Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a couple of friends. The trip was 3 days and we road close to 1000kms, covering the South Shore and some of the West Coast Day 1, the rest of the West Coast and the North Shore Day 2, and finally we did the entire eastern loop Day 3 which was about a 400km day.

I saw some pretty amazing things, and this was all to be found in my native province. The trip really fueled the desire to go further with motorcycle traveling. It is my hope to do a cross-Canada trip in 2017, and (...more)

This one was certainly tricky, and I'm not sure it's something I could ever truly move to done from "in progress", as we should constantly look at our lives and ask ourselves "can I do with less". I've certainly had my share of junk that I've held on to "just in case" - and of course it had a layer of dust on it.

One of my best friends introduced me to minimalism, and it has been a huge factor in how I've dealt with my life over the past several years. Thankfully I have him around to help keep me in check during my moments of weakness. This summer, I was able to get rid of a lot of other items that served no purpose in the way I run my life. Getting rid of all those things gave me some cash to get something that has added value to my life. I have less, but really, I have more. If you haven't checked out The Minimalists yet, I recommend you do soon. While their are multiple people who help popularize Minimalism in the world, Josh Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share the message in a way that I feel really resonates with people. (less)

This one was certainly tricky, and I'm not sure it's something I could ever truly move to done from "in progress", as we should constantly look at our lives and ask ourselves "can I do with less". I've certainly had my share of junk that I've held on to "just in case" - and of course it had a layer of dust on it.

One of my best friends introduced me to minimalism, and it has been a huge factor in how I've dealt with my life over the past several years. Thankfully I have him around to help keep me in check during my moments of weakness. This summer, I was able to get rid of a lot of o (...more)

While I didn't own this house, I was the only one living it - by myself in the country. It was an awesome place to live, and inspired a lot of songwriting and writing in general. I learned a lot about myself and my ability to live solo, in a more isolated environment than previously before. Though it was a short stint, this place really did feel like my home and not a rental. I look forward to having a property of my own someday, and a dwelling as well, but for now I feel good checking off having lived in my own home.

Didn't realize the ferry schedule to the island would book up so quickly. Will plan another trip much in advance knowing this.

It's hard to say "when" a person learns how to play an instrument. The first chord? The first song? Are the criteria different for a first-timer versus an experienced instrumentalist? For me, I can say that I know over 10 chords and have written and recorded (roughly, mind) two songs. I think it's fair to say that I could follow along with most songs I was presented, and, I can make my way reasonably through REMs "Losing my Religion" - which is trickier than it sounds.

So, another one off the list. Here's to many a mando moment in the future. After all, with such a portable instrument, there's no reason why I can't take it along with me! (less)

It's hard to say "when" a person learns how to play an instrument. The first chord? The first song? Are the criteria different for a first-timer versus an experienced instrumentalist? For me, I can say that I know over 10 chords and have written and recorded (roughly, mind) two songs. I think it's fair to say that I could follow along with most songs I was presented, and, I can make my way reasonably through REMs "Losing my Religion" - which is trickier than it sounds.

So, another one off the list. Here's to many a mando moment in the future. After all, with such a portable instrument (...more)

Check out my blog post on the experience!

https://robynverhoeven.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/58-try-snowshoeing/

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https://robynverhoeven.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/54-smoke-a-pipe/

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https://robynverhoeven.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/64-find-out-my-credit-score/

Check out my blog post on this, here:

http://robynverhoeven.wordpress.com/2014/08/06/67-delete-my-facebook-account-2/