Daniel Midson-Short – Speaker & Writer. Expat. Minimalist. Actualizer.

For the past month, I decided to take a step back on my use of social media.
I wasn’t ‘over it’ like so many people seem to be proclaiming these days. I just wanted to see how it felt not to post for a month and to be more of a passive observer.
Now, usually, when somebody writes a post about quitting social media, they take a righteous stance. They see themselves as somehow superior to everyone else and able to abstain from the addiction of the masses. They are also painfully annoying to listen...

During the past week as I have been on vacation, I’ve realized something interesting about myself: I don’t like too much leisure.
I don’t know if anyone else feels this way, but for some reason, the idea of sitting on a beach relaxing, or being on a perpetual holiday doesn’t seem appealing....

One day in 1992, when I was fourteen years old, I discovered a set of cassette tapes sitting high up on a shelf at my Grandmother’s house. Out of curiosity, I pulled them down off the dusty shelf for a closer look.
Up until that point in my life, most of my listening had included Run DMC or Bon Jovi, but for some reason, this set of tapes intrigued me....

About three months ago, I made a decision to start my own business.
This isn’t the first time I’ve done it. In fact, it’s the third time. The two other times I made a small amount of money, or I managed to salvage my investment. Both times I felt like I wasn’t really having the breakthrough success I wanted, so I ended...