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Photo by Clique Images on Unsplash “When I’m trying to lift 400lbs, I’m mentally training for life. Through self-discipline and repetition of things I don’t want to do, I’m training for life.” – David Goggins Training for life David Goggins talks extensively about the dark depths of despair he’s been in throughout his life, and how he’s overcome…
I came across the word ‘sonder’ recently in the wonderful Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. sonder n. “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness”. Apparently it’s noun, though I’d use it the same way…
In trying to figure out who we are, we often cling to where we’re from – though that can change depending on who you’re with
I did a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat in Japan earlier this year. There were so many things I could say about it and the benefits intensive meditation can give you, as can establishing a long-term practice. But after numerous failed attempts to put these things into sufficient words, I gave up. That’s when I noticed the one thing that has stuck with me – I’ve learned how to take action
Welcome to Gav Is Gone – I’ve been writing here for a while now so here’s a bit of a hello, and introduction and shpiel about what I’m doing here.
About why I run and why I travel, and how I had the brainwave to combine the two by completing the Vietnam Mountain Marathon in Sapa in September 2018.
The benefits of saunas are not just physical and mental, but also social. And Irish people being Irish, the atmosphere created in them is like that in your local pub.
For those new to riding a motorbike, it’s reasonable to expect that sticking to the main road would be enough of an adventure for one trip. But it’s actually a horrible, polluted, traffic-congested route, which is only getting worse as the country develops at such a rapid rate. It’s actually probably a bit safer to stray off the beaten path a little.
A unique take on Vietnam’s unique food and drinks scene, with info on leisure activities and culture, that you won’t find anywhere else.
A traveller’s guide to Hanoi written by an expat who lived there for several years, this guide gives the perfect mix blend of advice for those who have things they want to ‘tick off’ on their visit to Vietnam’s fascinating capital, but with a more authentic and adventurous flavour.
Some travel info and advice mixed with reflections on Mongolia’s unique capital city, Ulaan Baatar (also translated as Ulan Bator). More than just pollution, infrastructure and bureaucracy, the country’s only proper city is a great introduction to this wonderful country and its people, in a world within a world of its own.