at home in…, w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt

As much as I write about various ways of getting and making oneself (more) at home in this world, it is definitely my Suunto reviews and similar posts that are garnering the most attention. New additions to what has now become the Ambit family have just recently been released, so it’s definitely time for new [...]

Seeking adventure, you need to stop seeking and start moving. It’s something I’m still learning myself, in many a context… As I was ‘thinking up’ plans for this year’s running, a friend mentioned the Alpannonia hiking trail connecting the Alps and the Pannonian plains. I live, more or less, on said plains, in the flatlands [...]

Being interested in personal development and the creation of better lives, Tim Ferriss is someone to watch. Between the surprise success of “The 4-Hour Work-Week” and his third and latest (and highly recommendable) “The 4-Hour Chef,” in the course of which he’s been shifting towards a somewhat better understanding of life not being just about [...]

So, I went to participate in this first race I’d planned for this year – the 100 Miles of Istria. Finally (again, perhaps, after one vacation as a child) I visited Croatia, which is close, in a way, because the village where I live has enough of a Croatian background that I had learnt some of [...]

When people do something for their fitness, it’s typically for a very distinct aim: losing weight, getting into (a certain) better shape, running a marathon, bench-pressing a certain weight. As in the case of weight, goals can be helpful, and observations of progress (trends) even more so. However, a singular focus on single aspects does [...]