I recently came across this very interesting website. A guy called Benny Lewis has been travelling non-stop for 9 years and trying to learn different languages from the places that he has travelled to. Interested people can visit http://www.fluentin3months.com/about/
Lewis questions the overly materialistic world (which I agree), and is proud of how his currently nomadic lifestyle. To a certain extent, I am envious of him. I agree that consumerism rarely leads to happier lives, and that attachments to gadgets only bring as much sorrow as they can bring happiness.
Before one concludes that this dude is not into money, do understand that travelling overseas costs money. He did mentioned that he has done several odd jobs in his travels. Interestingly, his efforts to promote his services (skype language consultancy) and products (language hack guides) are but just an Internet business that allows him to travel around the world. In fact, such is a very effective promotion gimmick: to put himself constantly in new environments to prove how his language hacks works! It does help that his blogs are interesting as well. Greater readership, greater possibility of having more business.
What touches me about him is his approach to his life, not settling for a secured job, but rather, looking to explore life to its fullest. To do so, he just needed to choose the correct 'career'. Kudos, Benny Lewis!
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