Graduating university in the midst of the 2008-2009 financial crisis was rough, the economy was in shambles. Working a meaningless 9-5 job in the insurance industry for barely above minimum wage was brutal, the end result of a three month job search that landed me a place to earn a few bucks – it last…

In the spring of 2012, shortly before my life 25th birthday, I left behind my normie life in sunny, southern California for East Asia, on a one way ticket with nothing more than $500 to my name and a burning desire to create a life worth living. What unfolded from there has been an unbelievable…