Everything Ends – Part I: The Beginning

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The American Psychological Association’s website indicates that burnout is emotional exhaustion resulting from overwhelming stress at work. It may be caused by a hostile work environment or fears about job security, but it often results from long hours, stressful deadlines, high expectations, worrying about a project, or taking on more work than you can handle—in other words, working too hard. It can lead to serious conditions, such as depression and heart disease, and you should seek professional help if you are experiencing burnout.

Professional help?  Haha.  I decided to quit.  Best.  Decision.  Ever.

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Life lessons from my Borneo boondoggle

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Twenty-five days ago I left Taiwan in search of adventure in Malaysian Borneo.  There would be endless possibilities for excitement – Kota Kinabalu (the highest mountain in South East Asia), Sipadan (considered the best diving in the world), Survivor Island/Pulau Tiga (where the first season of Survivor was filmed), Orangutang Sanctuaries, Jungle Treks, Caves, and a stop into Brunei to add another country to this trip.

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Backpacker Hell: Singapore. Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here

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“Abandon hope all ye who enter here.”  In Dante’s The Divine Comedy, these words are inscribed over the entrance to Hell.  While I absolutely love Singapore, these words should be printed on the bus tickets alongside the “DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS UNDER SINGAPORE LAW” as an additional warning to all backpackers entering the country.  Singapore is expensive.  Singapore isn’t just “Asia” expensive – it’s “Miami Beach during the Superbowl” expensive.

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Plans for the next three weeks

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It’s not very often that I have a clear idea of where I’m going or even how I’m going to get there.  It also seems that I have a tendency to not leave places when I think I will – that I’m currently spending four days in George Town instead of two is a great example of this.  So, the fact that I have a rough idea of where I’ll be for the next three weeks is a pretty big change of pace for me.

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