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May/Early June Update
Published June 10, 2013 - No Comments
My May update is runing a little late. My good friend* Stephen Hilgart came to visit for the month, so I was busy shepherding him around town and keeping him out of trouble (his full account of China can be found here, here, and here). After he left I had to spend some time enjoying havin ...
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April Update
Published May 1, 2013 - No Comments
Here’s how I did this month. 1 – Read 75 fiction books 45/75: Heart of Scars by Brian P. Easton, and In the Balance by Harry Turtledove 18 – Go one year without asthma medication. 8/12 47 – Create a personal mission statement. (Thanks grad school applications!) 51 – Learn 300 ...
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Looking The Part, Step One
Published April 26, 2013 - No Comments
1 – This blog is focused on personal development. 2 – It’s my belief that if you’re striving to improve your whole self, how you look and carry yourself is important. With those two things in mind, I’d like to share my latest venture in living the life IR ...
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Major Tragedies and Personal Development
Published April 17, 2013 - No Comments
It seems like every few months we’re faced with another horrible act from our worst nightmares played out on our TV screens. Newscasters report terrible statistics, politicians swear swift vengeance, grieving parents express their anguish on national television. Unfortunately, scenes ...
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Links
Published April 15, 2013 - No Comments
Guest Author Blogs: I Am Tony Wilson Joanna Holland Photgraphy The Freehand Celt 10k Reasons To Love Travel Blogs: (My #1 Favorite Travel Blog) One Step 4 Ward Johnny Ward is a twenty-something Irish guy who has been working, studying, volunteering and studying abroad for over 6 ye ...
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March Update
Published April 1, 2013 - No Comments
1 – Read 75 fiction books 48/75 Plague Zone by David Wellington (one of my favorite authors), Rivals by David Wellington, The King of Clayfield, and All That I See by Shane Gregory, Villians Inc, by Marion G. Harmon. (Seriously, David Wellington is one of my favorite authors. I loved his ...
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Never Stop Learning
Published March 19, 2013 - No Comments
I feel weird writing a post for a blog called “Cool By Intent.” If Uncool were a nation, I would be the God-Emperor, and my people would regularly do battle with the much more impressive citizens of the Cool nation next-door. The dictionary says “cool” means, among other things ...
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Why “Cool By Intent”?
Published March 13, 2013 - No Comments
Over the past year since I set this site up I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people about it. Many people say something along the lines of, “Oh look at the sweet stuff you’re doing with your life!” Others see the word ‘cool’ in the name and say, “Why do invest so much tim ...
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Late February Post
Published March 5, 2013 - 3 Comments
1 – Read 75 fiction books 43/75 Wearing The Cape by Marion G. Harmon, You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming 2 – Read 25 non-fiction books 6/25 How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie, The 4 Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss. 17 – Go one year without asthma medication. 7/12 I&# ...
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Working Abroad: El Salvador
Published February 4, 2013 - No Comments
Today we have Korla Masters talking about her experience working as a community organizer in Suchitoto, El Salvador. Her Story: The path that led me to live and work in El Salvador for a year actually begins with a friend of mine named Willie Pinckney. Halfway through my sophomore year o ...
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Where The Hell Is Matt?

Published April 6, 2012 at 11:47 am - No Comments

Just in case you were wondering, it is possible to dance on all over the world. This video is proof that it is possible to go out and live your wildest dreams and that you don’t have to be great at something just to go and have a good time. Matt is not a great [...]

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May/Early June UpdatePublished June 10, 2013 at 7:35 am
April UpdatePublished May 1, 2013 at 4:38 am
Looking The Part, Step OnePublished April 26, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Major Tragedies and Personal DevelopmentPublished April 17, 2013 at 6:27 pm
March UpdatePublished April 1, 2013 at 4:39 pm
Never Stop LearningPublished March 19, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Why “Cool By Intent”?Published March 13, 2013 at 5:10 am
Late February PostPublished March 5, 2013 at 3:49 am

Being cool is a choice…