Freeganism, Volunteering, Reading, Traveling
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi
Nosara, Costa Rica
Fitness, Golf, Cooking, Traveling, Photography
A Gentleman in Moscow
"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose" - Victor Frankl
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Traveling, whiskey, reading, Buffalo Bills
The Alchemist
"Aut Agere Aut Mori"
Santorini
Outdoor Adventures, Cooking/Baking, Home Projects, Current Events
Red Rising series
"A jack of all trades is a master of none, though often times better than a master of one."
Traveling, Pilates, Family, Spending time outside in the sun
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"You live and you learn"
Amsterdam
Travel, Volunteering, Hiking
The Little Prince
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world"
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Painting, Hiking, Video Games, & Comic Books
Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Up in the mountains
Reading, running, arts & crafts, my dog
The Magician Series by Les Grossman
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
The Swiss Alps
Music, Learning new things, Meditation, and Family
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change" -Albert Einstein
McCarty's Cove
Traveling, Cooking, Painting, Music
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
"I'd rather have a life of oh wells than a life of what ifs."
On a beach in California
Running, hiking, & traveling with husband & dog
The Overstory
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott
Piney Mountain, Cruso, NC
Camping, reading, sailing, kayaking, hosting dinner parties
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
"There is no fear in love; for perfect love casteth out fear." - John 4:18
Torres Del Paine National Park
Self-Improvement, (Over)Analyzing everything, Nice breezes
Orbital Mechanics, 2nd Edition by John E. Prussing and Bruce A. Conway
"It's not who I am underneath, but what I DOOOO that defines me." - Batman/Bruce Wayne/Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes version)
Wherever my niece and nephew are
Racquetball, Star Wars, Video games
Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials
"Time flows ever onward." -Paarthurnax
Mendocino, California
Puzzles, Rock Climbing, Movies, Reading
Mistborn: The Final Empire
"Don't let the world change your smile, let your smile change the world."
Home
Disc Golf, Video Games, Traveling, Cycling
Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Gunaratana
"Be water, my friend" - Bruce Lee
Switzerland
Baking, Video Games, Musicals
Wuthering Heights
“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anywhere by an Ocean
Reptiles, Singing in the shower, Cooking
Go, Dog. Go!
"It's not denial; I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." - Calvin & Hobbes
Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
Fitness, Cooking, Outdoors
1984
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius
Sports, Anime/Comic books shows/movies, Travel, Life long learning
Harry Potter
"People's lives don't end when they die. It ends when they lose faith." - Itachi Uchiha, "Naruto"
Great Wall of China
Reading, Cooking, Bulldogs
The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
"If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too." - James S.A. Corey
Kurald Galain
Camping, Boating, Reading, Dogs
Anything by Michael Connelly
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."
Lagos, Portugal
Running, Walking my dog, Traveling, Trying new foods
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"
Sedona
Traveling, Skiing, Kickboxing & Family
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
Music, Mountain biking, Travelling
The ride of a lifetime - Bob Iger
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." -Tony Robbins
San Gimignano, Italy
Running, Cooking, Hiking, Family
The Compound Effect
"What's the ONE thing you can do, such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?" - Gary W. Keller
Anywhere in the mountains with my family!
Hiking, Weather, Camping
Into Thin Air
" Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
Anywhere in nature
Naps in laps, business
The Art of Racing in the Rain
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend; inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Any lap still enough to nap on
Hiking, Camping, Writing, Cooking
Fahrenheit 451
"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal."
Cocoa Beach
Marvel, Movies, Music, Food, Dogs
The Hunger Games Trilogy
"I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best." - Trixie Mattel
Oceanside, California
Baking & cooking, anime, gym, meditation
The Untethered Soul
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.” - Alan Watts
Wherever my loved ones are
Swimming, Photography, Hiking
Crazy Love By Francis Chan
Panama
Live music, Traveling, Spending time with family and friends
The Lovely Bones
"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got." - Janis Joplin
Rome
Barre, golden doodles, architecture (specifically Gaudi)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind"
Bahai Gardens, Haifa, Israel
Being a good boy, being told he's a good boy, belly rubs because he's a good boy
"Go, Dog. Go!" by P.D. Eastman
"Woof. Woof woof woof. Woof." - "The Twilight Bark", 101 Dalmatians
Goby HQ, my home away from home
Gardening, Gaming, Yoga, Nature
Siddhartha
"Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow's edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun."
Oak Savanna
Exercising, playing and watching soccer
The Anatomy of Peace
"So if we are going to find lasting solutions to difficult conflicts or external wars we find ourselves in, we first need to find our way out of the internal wars that are poisoning our thoughts, feelings, and attitudes towards others. If we can't put an end to the violence within us there is no hope for putting an end to the violence without." The Anatomy of Peace
Liverpool, Qatar
Reading, Writing, Singing, Adventures
I have too many to pick one
"Oh if life were made of moments, even now and then a bad one, but if life were only moments, then you'd never know you had one." - Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods
The mountains
Movies, music, reading, exercising in fun ways (e.g., roller skating!)
Catch-22
"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein
A nice beach with plenty of water activities
Reading, watching movies, watching & playing sports, hiking
Lord of the Flies
"Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."
Aruba
Ballet/Dancing, Traveling, Learning
Fishbowl by Bradley Somer
"Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us." - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Guilin, China
Cooking, Traveling, Running, Snowboarding
Ghost In the Wires by Kevin Mitnick
"It is what it is"
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, Illinois
Math, the outdoors, video games
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Bryce Canyon National Park
Cooking, Board Games, Public Speaking
Design for how People Learn
"Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it'll shine out the clearer."
Ruby Beach, Forks Washington
Anything outdoors
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
"A man seeks his own destiny and no other" - a line from Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
EPA Headquarters, Washington DC
Traveling, cooking, reading
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
Barcelona
Photography, writing, roadtrips, & singing loudly (off key)
Steal Like An Artist - Austin Kleon
"Even on your worst day millions would gladly trade places with you." - M. Klemm
Anywhere I can watch the sunset with a cocktail in hand
Snowboarding, gaming, golf, and chasing my kids around
Little Blue Truck
"Never tell me the odds" - Han Solo
Na Pali Coast, Kauai
Hiking, Puzzles, Reading
Princess Bride
"Be like a sunflower, bright, sunny and positive. Spread seeds of happiness. Stand tall and always turn to the light."
The beach
Volunteering, reading, cycling, board games
The Name of the Wind
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
Yellowstone
Cooking, traveling, card games, hiking
The Midnight Library
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - The Lorax
Glacier National Park
Crochet, Cross Stitch, Cooking, and Hedgehogs
Christine by Stephen King
"When in doubt, buy the shoes."
New Zealand
Crafts, Lego, Disney, Camping, Harry Potter
Beautiful Creatures
Beach/Mountains
Jam-Sessions, Adventuring & traveling, LotR, DnD
Sands of Time by Sydney Sheldon
"When life gives you lemons, squeeze them into the eyes of your enemies" - Eric Moffitt
On the cliff's edge
Cooking, Yoga, Traveling
The Great Gatsby
"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day." - Dalai Lama
Patagonia, Chile
Traveling, Learning New Languages, Mindfulness
Secrets of Divine Love by A. Helwa
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Bitola, Macedonia
Travel, Cooking, Boston Terriers
Atlas Shrugged
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - George Orwell, Animal Farm
The top of any mountain
Traveling, Reading, Food
The Harry Potter series
"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you." - Tyrion Lannister
Galway, Ireland
Baking, Knitting, Adrenaline junkie
The Devil in the White City
"An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind."
Florence, Italy
Cooking, spending time with family, reading
Clockwork Angel
Home
Reading, playing board games, hiking
Amelia Peabody series
"There are other forms of intelligence on Earth, Doctor. Only human arrogance would assume the message must be meant for man." - Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
With my family
Travel, Cooking, Yoga, Donuts
I've never been able to pick just one!
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'." - Audrey Hepburn
The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (The Duomo), Florence
Traveling, Fitness, Cooking, Reading
Seven Sisters series
"Always wear your invisible crown."
Yosemite, CA
Traveling, spending time with family, hiking & generally being outside
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
"You're off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so... get on your way!" - Dr Seuss
La Paz, Bolivia
Arts & Crafts, Reading, Animal Crossing
Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
"You can’t help what you feel, but you can help how you behave." - Margaret Atwood, Handmaid's Tale
Disney World
Hiking, Crocheting, Cooking
Cathedral of the Sea
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change" - Stephen Hawking
Sydney, Australia & Barichara, Colombia
Cooking, Sports, Animals, Exploring
How to thrive in a world of too much
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Theodore Hook
Barcelona, Spain
ESG, PIC, Human Rights, Skateboarding, Music, Movies, Reading, Writing
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed."
The beach
Reading, Traveling, Music, Dancing
Harry Potter series, Deception Point by Dan Brown
"It is not about the destination, it is about the journey"
San Francisco, CA
Hiking, traveling, reading, arts
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda
Anywhere with my husband & puppy
Yoga, Dungeons & Dragons, Studying Philosophy
The Frank Burly series
“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” - Oscar Wilde
Any place by the ocean
Football, Video Games, Music
The Compound Effect - Darren Hardy
"Everything's impossible until somebody does it." - Batman
Any Beach
Sailing Adventures, Music Listening & Playing, Challenges
The Fountainhead
"Keep on keeping on." - Bob Dylan
Stonehenge
Hiking, reading, and running
"Paths of Glory" by Jeffrey Archer
"The mountains are calling and I must go" - John Muir
Anywhere in the Himalayas
Family, Being Outdoors, Reading, Traveling
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist - Ray Anderson
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." - C.S. Lewis
Home
Cooking, Traveling, Data
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Potter Series
"You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." - Steve Jobs
Himalayas
Tennis, Running, Shopping, Nature
"Origin" - Dan Brown
"The road to success is always under construction" - Unknown
Hossegor, France
Math, movies, video games
The Silmarillion
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin
A good microbrewery with friends
Baking, Crafts, Board Games, MTG
Harry Potter
"It is the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives"
Home or Florida
Watching movies & sports, listening to live music, spending time with family & friends
To Kill A Mockingbird
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
Fenway Park
Hiking, brisk walks with my dog, baking, reading, meditation
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
"Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it."
Golf, Live music, hot sauce
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
"The Dude abides."
Caracol Mayan Ruins, Belize
Travel, hiking, surfing, cooking
Ask and it is Given
"Like the air you breathe, abundance in all things is available to you."
Bali