"Ideas are Free: Give them Away." Living Adventurously 32

Show Notes

Mike Sowden is a curious writer and he is a fantastic person to share ideas and bounce thoughts around with. Mike  describes himself online as an archaeology student turned writer and story geek, as well as a travelling disaster...

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• It is easier to advise other people on their lives than to heed your own advice.
• Mike Sowden website and Twitter
• Living Adventurously newsletter
• Ideas are free - give them away for free but just try to do them better than everyone else
• My blog has been a series of failed experiments. But that is good because it gives me good feedback
• I like throwing ideas at the wall and learning that most (but not all) are rubbish
• On Looking - Alexandra Horowitz (Brainpicking post)
• Walking for a mile a day and writing about it
• Have a question, chase it, that leads you to more questions
• Inside of a dog - Alexandra Horowitz
• I would like to be a writer that people hear
• Brene Brown - taking people to a retreat to perform her book
• What was holding me back from becoming a writer was 75% my own insecurity
• You need to experiment with your life and test your boundaries
• You need to be selfish enough to look after yourself
• Desire Paths
• Interested in the idea of 'the inside' - as opposed to being outside
• The long dark computer game
• I'm interested in the way we have become addicted to online culture - social media has been gamified
• Everything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter

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What is Living Adventurously?

Living Adventurously, with Alastair Humphreys, is the story of ordinary people choosing to live extraordinary lives.
Alastair interviews artists and chefs, students and pensioners, athletes and travellers. He wants to discover what living adventurously means to different people, what universal obstacles stand in the way, and how each of these people took the first step to overcome them and begin their own fascinating journeys.