Update! – Vacation, a New Business, a New Blog, and Quitting My Job

I’m really sorry! I have gone completely MIA for several weeks. Here’s what’s happened:

Vacation

I took a week off of work and took a road trip with my girlfriend to South Dakota. We camped every night and visited Wind Caves National Park, Badlands National Park, the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse. It was an incredible trip to an amazing part of the country. Check out some of the photos on my Flickr page. I also just returned from the Telluride Blues & Brews festival. Also a blast, but not quite as relaxing!

New Business

Despite this taking up an ENOURMOUS amount of my time, I hadn’t written about it because of my job. Now that the business is live and the job is no longer a concern, check out www.shortcuttochina.com! This is a business I constructed with a good friend of mine, Derek, who is in Beijing. We provide help college students and graduates in the US identify internships in Beijing, assist them in the logistics of getting there, and settling in once they are there. It’s a ton of work, but it’s fun!

New Blog

Writing about being in an office, even if the focus is how to escape from it, is depressing. I wanted to focus more on the fun in life and focus on the unique opportunities that have been afforded to Gen-Y. For this reason, I started lifestyle-y.com (aka ls-y.com). Many of the posts that originally appeared on this blog have been ported to ls-y.com. This blog is going to transition into a so-called “personal blog,” giving me a podium from which to blabber whatever happens to be on my mind, rather than trying to keep a particular focus. Check out lifestyle-y.com and subscribe to it. I guarantee that you will not be disappointed!

Quitting My Job

Yes, I did it! There were many factors that came into play, but Friday is my last day! Read about it at ls-y.com.

Once again, sorry that I have failed miserably at keeping up to speed with this blog, but I promise that it won’t happen again. ls-y.com is up and running and is going to be AWESOME. Be sure to also check out the blog we have at shortcuttochina.com. Derek has been doing a fantastic job of writing some really interesting posts. If you like what you see, tell your friends!