This is MacGyvered Part 2 of the practical guide to being and operating like the fictional character MacGyver, for use in the real world. “The legendary methodology of MacGyver is fictional but his methods of adapting to any situational scenario with craft is factual.” – JOHN V CAIN (From Part 1 of How to Operate Like […]
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The Effect of Equipping a Tactical Backpack Around The World
I travel the world as a lifestyle with a highly customized albeit tactical backpack and this is the effect it’s had on me as a civilian and tourist. “One does not need a home full of things to live. Just like ancient times, all we need is what we can carry on our backs.” – […]
How to Live Out of a Backpack | Mobility EDC Pack
This is a series of posts about ‘how to live out of a backpack’ as a vagabond, minimalist, nomad, expat, traveler or for everyday life as a lifestyle. Depending on where I’m going, how I’m getting there, how long I’m staying and why I’m going to my next destination, the packing kits (luggage) I bring […]
ASK: What Gloves Are Those in Your Gear Reviews?
ASK is a series of posts answering questions asked by readers about vagabonding. Contact me to ask your own or view all ASK posts. “I’ve noticed that in some of your gear reviews you wear gloves in the product photography, which ones are they?” – FELIX D. (North Carolina, USA) ANSWER: When I first started doing gear […]
Why I Strategically Don’t Drink Coffee
I’m in the extreme minority as I don’t drink coffee and have cut it out of my life long ago for strategic and practical reasons, this is why. “Disguised as an aromatic and inviting liquid, coffee temporarily empowers us with energy and clarity while seducing us as its slave. Ultimately weakening our actual energy and […]
A Life of Minimalism is a Way to Live at Maximum
As a vagabond and digital nomad, I don’t live with bare minimums but with bare maximums, this is how I live my life at its maximum. “Simplicity involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions that interfere with a high quality life, as defined by each individual.” – LINDA BREEN PIERCE I’m […]
Vagabonding: The Art of Minimalism
Vagabonding is a minimalistic lifestyle. Living and traveling the world effectively with just the contents of our backpacks. Carrying, buying and using just what we need with complete satisfaction and elegant efficiency. Minimal + Mobile = Vagabond Living a minimalist life may mean less “things”, frugality and active moderation but its actually a way to […]
Urban Camouflage as a Traveler
Urban camouflage isn’t about blending into the physical city around you but to appear as if you’re from and belong there like a local. In the wilderness and combat, camouflage (crypsis) is used to be visually concealed by matching the patterns of the immediate background. For urban camouflage as a foreigner, mimesis is the way. […]
How to Live Out of a Backpack: Pre-Prepared Care Packages
This is a series of posts about ‘how to live out of a backpack’ as a vagabond, minimalist, nomad, expat, traveler or for everyday life as a lifestyle. As I’ve said before, you can live a more free and just as effective lifestyle from just the contents of a backpack. But all things eventually wear […]