The following is a guest post. My love of unconventional travel started when I was 12 years old. My dad had decided that, of all the ways to spend Christmas, we should go on a cycling tour around Cuba. And so we did it. We figured out how to...
I Hate Hair: Reasons Why Shaving Your Head Skyrockets Confidence
Welcome to #DifferentLifeStories, where Without Boxes is sharing how people are living differently right now in the real world. Enter Aron James: Hair loss is something that happens to our grandfathers. It is the sign of the wisdom that comes with old age; a rite of...
Limitations: Why the 9–5 Job Doesn’t Need To Stop You
Over the years I’ve had a number of conversations with people who talk about cool things they want to do, see, or make. A lot of these conversations end with “Well, I’d love to do it, but unfortunately I have XYZ,” and many times those XYZs are very valid limitations...
Change Is Sort Of Inevitable (But Stability Can Be Really, Really Nice)
My cell phone died recently, which meant I had to go to the cell phone store. Just typing that gives me the shivers. Going to the cell phone store is a huge pain. There are a lot of shiny lights and expensive gadgets and people wanting to sell me things I really don’t...
Detouring around life’s snags and ruts
I am scared and have been since I was a kid. Fear of new things, people and, most of all, the things people say about me. It’s disturbing that the sayings I remember most are from when I was fairly young. Such as the fact I needed to smile more, that I was selfish and...
I’m not rich, but I am the new One Percent #DifferentLifeStories
Welcome to #DifferentLifeStories, where Without Boxes is sharing how people are living differently right now in the real world. Enter Alan: [hr] At the age of 36 I left the secure world of corporate America and vowed never to return. After purchasing this boat I had...
I Will Not Wallow: Whales, Baked Goods, and Peru
My name is Kat. I think I look a little bit like a librarian. Most people think I look a little bit like a 16 year old. Or, in one particular instance, a middle school student. Me I really like overalls and wearing multiple plaid shirts. At once. Also, I think this...