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Sky, skyline, trees, bushes and motorists crossing a bridge, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.
Budget Motivation

How I Found a New Phone Battery in Ho Chi Minh City

March 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Michael Green

It was the first night in humongous Ho Chi Minh. I was adrift when it hit me: The phone’s battery is losing its juice really fast. It was almost 10 p.m. I was equipped with a fresh SIM card, but no battery juice

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Colorful mural shows how to say hello in 11 languages.
Language Motivation

How to Easily Become Functional in a Foreign Language With Minimal Effort

December 31, 2023April 27, 2024 Michael Green

I’ve done it in Arabic, Lao, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. I gained language functionality in these foreign tongues with minimal, yet consistent, easy effort. Functional isn’t conversational. Functionality is using practical words for ordinary situations. Here we’re reminded to learn hello

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Mural that shows different coffee brewing methods.
Culture Motivation Spirituality

How I Curbed Caffeine Cravings in Coffee Crazed Vietnam

November 3, 2023April 25, 2024 Michael Green

While Vietnam’s coffee allure may have pushed me into consuming more caffeine than ever, it also nudged me to give it up, at least for the last 19 days. I have no immediate intention on stopping this cold-turkey endeavor. Still, the abstinance could

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A menu in Spanish in Panama
Language Motivation

How to Make Language Learning Easy

June 27, 2023April 20, 2024 Michael Green

On foot in Panama City, I ordered a fruit shake from a drive through window. I was charged for, and got four huge shakes in styrofoam cups. I thought my Spanish was functional. I was on a tight budget, yet had no choice

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People and a fruit cart outside in Paksong, Laos. From the post: "Why Learning Numbers Abroad is a Great Idea"
Budget Language Motivation

Why Learning Numbers Abroad is a Great Idea

May 28, 2023April 18, 2024 Michael Green

When drifting in a land not one’s own, it behooves a visitor to take time to think about why learning numbers abroad is a great idea, along with the phrase: How much? Some vagabonds will disagree, as I’ve observed the majority assume that

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Dumplings for sale at a night market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. From post: Thai Sounds With Food Words: Memory Enhancement Through Imagination
Food Language Motivation

Thai Sounds With Food Words: Memory Enhancement Through Imagination

November 22, 2022April 8, 2024 Michael Green

After virtual teleportation up and across the grand globe, and finally touching down in Southeast Asia’s humongous hub of Bangkok, I was unsurprisingly bombarded with the Thai language. Bangkok is a city of around 15 million people, so there’s no shortage of eavesdropping

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Budget Motivation Nature Transport

Journey to Fuentes Georgina: Geothermal Pools in the Guatemalan Highlands

September 23, 2022April 5, 2024 Michael Green

The early morning Journey to Fuentes Georgina started from the Hotel Lar Antiqua beside the Parque Central. After a cool 20-minute power walk I was at La Rotonda and soon thereafter on a refurbished school bus bound for Zunil and its geothermal pools.

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Survival Spanish in seven days. A sign in Spanish and English in the lushly forested foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Minca, Magdalena, Colombia.
Language Motivation

Survival Spanish in Seven Days

June 20, 2022March 26, 2024 Michael Green

Imagine traveling to sultry South America, somewhere near its northernmost tip. The climate, geography, way-of-life and language are different; yet it is a tropical wonderland in the backyard of the USA’s southeast. It can be reached in under three hours from the Florida

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Implementing intentions for wellness ubiquitous, lush greenery in Minca, Magdalena, Colombia in the foothills of the surreal Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains.
Motivation

Implementing Intentions for Wellness

June 8, 2022March 26, 2024 Michael Green

Whether in a static location, on the road, or somewhere between, if a person is implementing intentions for wellness, they are living a full, productive, passionate existence. Boredom is never a feeling. I mentioned how I would like to volunteer time on a

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