Debriefing January 2011: Big Plans Edition
Greetings, fellow riskologists.
Just about a month ago, I sat down with a pen and paper to draft out the next 365 days of my life. I imagine I wasn’t alone. If you sat down like I did to give yourself a mission for the new year, I want to take just a second to remind you of it.
If history holds true as it seems to every other year, most resolutions will be abandoned by February. This will not be our story because, as advanced riskologists, we know how to create meaningful plans for our lives and we know how to adjust them to fit any situation.
Most research shows that it takes about 21 days to create a new habit. I don’t know if you’re counting, but you might start. Stay strong, friends. Let’s make sure that as time marches forward, so do we.
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This is the monthly debriefing. Every new month we’ll look back at what’s happened around Riskology.co. If you’ve missed anything, this is a great place to catch up.
From the Blog
With all the clamor around minimalism, I decided to kick off the year by offering an alternative idea – a maximalist movement. I also gave some thought to living in the real world and hiding from the Internet.
Then, I revealed my big travel plans for the year in an eBook length article on how to organize an international adventure and pondered the idea of a 14,600 day long career.
Finally, we wrapped up the month by flipping the bird at “the rules,” comparing farmers and explorers, and going over just how a frequent flyer award works.
Incoming!
So many people asked for it, I decided to take the big adventure travel essay mentioned above and release it as free digital guide including a whole bunch of new tips and resources not included in the original piece. Expect to see that on Monday, February 28th. I’m pretty excited to be putting that together.
In the meantime, here’s what else you can expect to see:
- How to plant an idea in someone’s mind using inception (no surgical equipment required)
- The best drug in the world (that no government can outlaw)
- An infographic detailing 5 miserable ways you could die (but don’t worry, you probably won’t)
How You Can Get Involved
I feel so stinkin’ lucky just to be able to write at Riskology.co for you, and even more lucky that a lot of you have written in wondering how you can help spread the word. So thanks!
Here are the best ways to make AR an even better place for even more people:
- Leave a comment on an article that you have an opinion about. I try to ask a question for you to answer at the end of each piece because I firmly believe that you can learn more from a blog’s readers than you can from the writer.
- Sign up for email updates to get my 5 Risks That Made History email series or subscribe via RSS so that you don’t miss an article that could help you or someone you know.
- Share an article with your friends on Twitter, Facebook or any other site you hang out at. If you use a bookmarking site like StumbleUpon or Digg, submit any article you like there.
Or, of course, you could do whatever else you want to spread the message. There are no rules because that’s kind of the whole point around here.
Over and out,
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You can also check out previous debriefings to see how Riskology.co has been evolving.
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