Tag: travel

logbook #20210917

Post author By flohjoe
Post date September 18, 2021

I write these updates from a very personal point of view. They are neither meant to brag nor to convince anyone of anything. Since my work ethic is: NO bullshit, NO secrets and keep it REAL, I ask you to hold nothing back.

These updates are my way of holding nothing back, to show who I am and what I think. Even before we meet for the first time. You choose: You like me, or you don‘t.

If you do… let us have a chat.

As I write this update I am sitting on a sunny terrace in Elba and am reflecting on the past summer.

In May, I knew I had to get out of the Swiss mountains and see the world. About 10 years ago I was living and working in Berlin and chilling a day in a park was the best. For the last year I was living with one of the greatest views you can imagine and still I was longing to get out.

Tags coaching, elba, logbook, podcast, sailing, simple living, travel, update

happiness

how i end up buying a tiny wooden boat

Post author By flohjoe
Post date January 20, 2020

Last spring (2018) what seems to be ages ago, I had plans for the summer and everything came different and I ended up buying a tiny wooden boat:

I am the owner of the Caveman Lodge in Zanzibar and the Lodge turns out to run much better than expected. We are booked quite well and the management keeps it well maintained. I am on my way to passive income. Of course it is not passiv but asynchronous as I had put in enormous amounts of work before and keep getting paid even when I am not present.

Tags minimalism, sailing, simple life, simplicity, simplify, travel

logbook

logbook #20191127

Post author By flohjoe
Post date November 30, 2019

5 days at sea.

We finally left Barbate in Southern Spain after some days of heavy wind and rainfall.

The seas were stormy and the waves huge. Knowing that it would calm down we headed out on the 22nd. Surprisingly neither one of us did well with the rocking boat. Chloe and the cat were feeding the fishes and I felt very sick for more 48 hours.

Tags adventure, sailing, travel

logbook

logbook #20191126

Post author By flohjoe
Post date November 29, 2019

I am sitting on a boat that is not my own for a couple of hundred miles now. We are sailing from Gibraltar to the canaries and it feels good to move. Especially having consistent wind and a working wind-vane helps covering longer distances each day.

Temperatures are getting better and I am getting used to the daily watch schedule. That leaves me with some time to write and think.

Tags adventure, adventure travel, sailing, travel

happiness

i am sailing

Post author By flohjoe
Post date April 19, 2019

I almost turned into a sanding machine myself over the last weeks. Fortunately the sanding came to an end, the underwater ship is painted in 9 layers of primer and copper antifouling, the deck is nice and white again, the cabin top is varnished wood and most of the yellowness turned into nice mahogany color again.

In fact, I went out for a sail. Just for the fun of it. For the very first time in my life I just went sailing… with nothing else in mind than going for a sail.

Tags adventure travel, sailing, simplicity, travel

happiness

now it starts getting serious

Post author By flohjoe
Post date July 30, 2018

I knew I want to travel the world. I knew I want to go sailing. I knew I want to go South.
I recently found out that I want to travel as light as possible… even on the water. I was looking for a boat that is as small as possible and still be safe enough to do some serious sailing. After my experience with Emma, our 45 year old Mercedes Camper Van, I knew I want to travel with a boat that is easy to maintain, wherever I am on this planet.

Tags adventure, adventure travel, CleanSeas, simplicity, travel, turn the tide on plastic

podcast

SOH #128 – live the life you love, world tour

Post author By flohjoe
Post date July 11, 2018

WOW… heute eine zweite Folge?

Yes, eine Spezialfolge! Denn ich brauche deine Hilfe. Ich starte meine “live the life you love – world tour“, einmal plastikfrei um die Welt. Dazu möchte ich so viele Menschen wie möglich begeistern, Teil des Projekts zu werden und habe ein kickstarter Projekt ins Leben gerufen, für das ich nun 20 Tage Zeit habe das Finanzierungsziel zu erreichen.

Dazu benötige ich deine Hilfe. Bitte klick auf den unten stehenden kickstarter Link und teile das Projekt mit so vielen Menschen wie möglich.

Let’s change the world & live the life you love!

LINKS:

http://kck.st/2uelZbE

https://simplicity-of-happiness.com/live-the-life-you-love-world-tour/

Folge mir auf:

Patreon: https://patreon.com/flohjoe

Instagram: https://instagram.com/flohjoe/

Youtube: https://youtube.com/flohjoe

Wenn weniger mehr ist.

Jeden zweiten Mittwoch neu.

Tags adventure, adventure travel, enthusiasm, podcast, simple life, soh, travel

podcast

SOH #125 – mit niederlagen umgehen, caveman lodge

Post author By flohjoe
Post date June 13, 2018

Tony ist zurück 😉

Ja genau, nicht nur ich litt an einer akuten Prioritätenverschiebung. Auch für Tony sah eines morgens die Welt anders aus und Pläne änderten sich rasant.

Bei mir sah es nicht so drastisch aus und trotzdem gab es eine plötzliche Neuorientierung ohne das ich mir diese ausgesucht hätte. Swieder einmal zeigt es sich mir, dass die enttäuschendsten Niederlagen jene sind, bei denen man in menschliche Abgründe schaut.

Quasi über Nacht habe ich die Caveman Lodge verloren, bzw. wurde mir mein Anteil an ihr entwendet. Momentan kümmern sich Anwälte und Gerichte um eine Schadensbegrenzung, doch das Abenteuer ist vorbei. Auf in ein Neues.

In dieser Folge geht es neben der Erzählung wie es dazu gekommen ist vorwiegend darum, welche Lehren ich daraus ziehe, bzw. man im generellen das Gute, die Chance zum Wachstum hinter jeder Herausforderung sehen kann.

LINKS:

Der tägliche Stoiker, Ryan Holiday: https://amzn.to/2LRFPRW

Dein Ego ist dein Feind: Ryan Holiday: https://amzn.to/2HgPtu8

Das Hindernis ist der Weg, Ryan Holiday: https://amzn.to/2sBgNxw

Kinderhilfsprojekt KIDZ: https://k-i-d-z.org

Folge mir auf:

Patreon: https://patreon.com/flohjoe

Instagram: https://instagram.com/flohjoe/

Youtube: https://youtube.com/flohjoe

Wenn weniger mehr ist.

Jeden zweiten Mittwoch neu.

Tags adventure, africa, mindfulness, podcast, simplicity, travel

happiness

summer project

Post author By flohjoe
Post date April 29, 2018

As I am writing this I am traveling in Morocco, recording some video Material in Marrakesh and the High Atlas for you. (Soon to be published for my Patreon supporters)

Tags adventure travel, happiness, simplicity, travel

podcast

SOH #117 – nachhaltigkeit in sansibar

Post author By flohjoe
Post date January 21, 2018

Diese Episode hatte ich bereits in Sansibar aufgezeichnet und reiche ich hiermit nach. Viele Dinge, die auf uns nämlich einfach oder primitiv wirken sind tatsächlich ziemlich ökologisch. Vor allem auch deshalb weil sie sich nicht dazu eignen einmal um die Welt geschickt zu werden, sondern zeitnah und regional konsumiert zu werden.

Tags adventure, podcast, simplicity, thoughts, travel