It’s hard to explain the emotions I was going through as I began my ascent to the top of the Auckland Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand. It was only 3 weeks before this that I jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet. Why would jumping off a bridge from just 130 feet up scare…
I’m totally stoked for the release of my first ebook. It’s been so much fun putting it all together and also very challenging at times but the final product is almost ready to go. Public Release Date: February 28th, 2011 or earlier (read below) The book is designed to inspire you to achieve things you’ve always…
“She had lived her youth in a farming village in Sonora, northern Mexico. As a young girl, she loved going to school and was shocked at age 12 to be told by her parents that she needed to drop out. Money being tight, they wanted her to start working. She helped out on a neighboring farm for ten hours a day, receiving eight cents for each hour of backbreaking labor under a scorching sun. At age 16, she had been smuggled across el norte – the U.S. border – and worked as a dishwasher and floor mopper. She had never had the opportunity to resume her education. She told John that if he had been there, maybe she could have stayed in school.”
Have you ever considered turning your life upside down? Maybe making an erratic change like moving to an entirely new city and leaving everything you knew behind even if just for a little while? My girlfriend is in the process of turning her life upside down right now. It takes a lot of guts to…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! Okay first off I should warn you that this post is around 1700 words. I seem to be writing longer posts than usual over the holidays. I like it but I don’t know if you like it. I wrote a guest post for another site the other day and it was around…
Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope your all having a wonderful day with family and friends and if your at work (like my brother), know that your family is thinking of you and can’t wait to see you when your off. Originally I was going to write about reflection on the year past and goal setting…
Something I realized a few years back was the importance of experiences rather than material objects. I started thinking about what I was spending my money on and I realized that most material objects would soon lose their appeal and become garbage. I hate throwing things out and I hate wasting money so I had…
Everyone knows about casting votes to elect an official but often don’t realize that they actually vote many times every day. Every time you purchase a product or a service, you are casting a vote. When you buy a product, you support everything about that product. The way it’s made, the way it’s distributed, the…
A while back I learned the importance of saying yes. Saying yes to challenges that scared me. As a teenager who was to shy to step outside the box in case I embarrassed myself, I constantly limited all my opportunities in life. Little fears that I had would stay fears because I was to shy…
I’m participating in a program right now called Unique Genius. Aaron, the creator of the program just sent me an email about his girlfriends close friend who just passed. His girlfriend luckily got a chance to say goodbye and hear some of his parting words: “All you have are the memories and experiences and love….”
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Hi, I'm Matthew G. Bailey, International Man of Curiosity. You can call me Matt.
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