by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 21, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
Is it a blog cop-out to make a blog post into a list? Over the years in truck I got into listening to podcasts. First a few a week and then depending on the day sometimes listening to podcasts 6-7 hours a day. I have probably listen to a few 1000 hours of podcasts...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 14, 2019 | Biking & Camping, My Blog
A lot of people ask and wonder how is it possible to afford to go on a multi year bike trip. Well these are my 21 crazy and not so crazy ways I saved money for this bike ride. The truth of the matter is that I am cheap; really cheap. In fact I have had some of the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 6, 2019 | My Blog, Personal Reflection
I had a really cool career once. I successfully turned my hobby of keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets into a business and a fairly successful business at that. But I had a nagging question the whole time. What do I want to be/do when I grow up. So I literally...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 2, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Biking & Camping, My Blog, Personal Reflection
I think it goes without saying that there are inherent risks for sure. But as I write this post, I am still employed and do one of the more dangerous jobs in North America. An average of 100 police officers die in the line of duty in the US each year. And close to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 29, 2019 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, My Blog, Personal Reflection
That’s right; I plan to cycle and live on the road looking for a new place to sleep virtually every night for the next three years of my life. That can be a difficult concept/reality to overcome. I am pretty sure that it is a pretty scary thought to most...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 15, 2019 | Miscellaneous, My Blog
Such a simple idea that most of us have missed our entire lives. How did I miss this idea my whole life? How many stages of our lives are filled with boredom? How many people are bored their whole lives? And there is so much work to do. Our planet is completely...