Life List Stories and Inspiration

Have you always wanted to make friends around the world? I have. And so I joined the non-profit CouchSurfing site a couple of years ago. But only this summer did I surf my first couch: a truly enriching experience. Even if I never see my “host” again I feel like I’ve made a friend.
It’s not [...]

Today Ben Stein wrote an adorable article called Lessons in Love, by Way of Economics for the New York Times.
One point that he missed is: Sometimes it’s just a crapshoot and if you take the right gamble you could win—in love and money. Stocks or real estate in an area can go up for some [...]

It’s hard to imagine that twice in my life so far I’ve had the most bizarre, unexplainable kismet (fate) related to pastries, of all things. I share these tales to show what delightful synchronicity life can bring particularly when you talk to strangers. These are totally true:

Story 1: A Mother and Daughter Bakery-Based Reunion
A couple [...]

One of my favorite ways to use SuperViva is to jot down private memories which appear on your list of things you’ve done. The kinds of things I record are:

Friends or family I re-connected with.
Things that made me feel good (like I gave directions in Spanish to someone who didn’t speak English)
Dares I took, first-time [...]

Just a couple of anecdotes from the last month of odd synchronicity phenomena:
1) My friend called to say her boyfriend was going to party in San Fran with his buddies. I was in another town at the time. I got back to San Fran and within 10 minutes ran into her boyfriend with his friends [...]