Path Hacker: Life is short. Hack your own path. http://www.pathhacker.com Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:49:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Creating and Opposing Change http://www.pathhacker.com/creating-and-opposing-change/ http://www.pathhacker.com/creating-and-opposing-change/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:55:34 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=315 Whether you’re the force behind it, or just trying to manage what comes your way, change happens. Clinging on to what life was like before the change results only in conflict and stress. Opposing and resisting what is doesn’t change what is. Last year, I wanted big life changes, so I made it happen. Anne [...]

Creating and Opposing Change

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/creating-and-opposing-change/feed/ 0 Too Much Time on Your Hands http://www.pathhacker.com/too-much-time-on-your-hands/ http://www.pathhacker.com/too-much-time-on-your-hands/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:31:13 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=310 I can’t believe I’m writing this post. I must have too much time on my hands. They just write fake news? They’ve got way too much time on their hands. There’s a whole site of cat pictures? People have way too much time on their hands. I can’t believe this guy just plays on the [...]

Too Much Time on Your Hands

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/too-much-time-on-your-hands/feed/ 0 52 Cups: How one girl’s experiment with caffeine and conversation changed her life. http://www.pathhacker.com/52-cups-of-coffee-interview-with-megan-gebhart/ http://www.pathhacker.com/52-cups-of-coffee-interview-with-megan-gebhart/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:45:17 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=279 Go to campus career fairs. Get the resume ready. Practice interviewing. Apply for open positions. Land a secure corporate job. Or…find what you love to do and go do it. Megan Gebhart chose the latter. Approaching the pending end of college, Megan, like most of her fellow students, was anxious about getting the perfect job [...]

52 Cups: How one girl’s experiment with caffeine and conversation changed her life.

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/52-cups-of-coffee-interview-with-megan-gebhart/feed/ 0 Car Stereo Guide to Life Options http://www.pathhacker.com/car-stereo-guide-to-life-options/ http://www.pathhacker.com/car-stereo-guide-to-life-options/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:44 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=231 As I was driving in my mom’s car the other day I realized that my music options were limited to the local radio stations preset on her car stereo. Of the six options, there were three commercials playing, two awful songs, and one tolerable tune playing. It was something I would never seek out to [...]

Car Stereo Guide to Life Options

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/car-stereo-guide-to-life-options/feed/ 0 Life, Awesomeness, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Kicking the Bucket List in the Ass http://www.pathhacker.com/life-awesomeness-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/ http://www.pathhacker.com/life-awesomeness-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:40:37 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=176 For this Path Hacker interview, I had the pleasure of holding a Skype call with Danny Dover, one of my personal inspirations and a downright awesome guy. Danny did more cool shit in 2011 than most people do in a lifetime. To name just a few, he became a published author, ran a marathon, traveled [...]

Life, Awesomeness, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Kicking the Bucket List in the Ass

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/life-awesomeness-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/feed/ 4 Big Dreams with Tiny Means: Screw the Jonses http://www.pathhacker.com/big-dreams-tiny-means/ http://www.pathhacker.com/big-dreams-tiny-means/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:48:25 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=165 The story of Tammy from rowdykittens.com has been a big inspiration of mine. What I love about Tammy’s story is how she and her husband went from the typical consumer-driven lifestyle and “keeping up with the Joneses” to minimalist living and enjoying the finer things in life. Specifically? Well, Tammy and her husband were living [...]

Big Dreams with Tiny Means: Screw the Jonses

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/big-dreams-tiny-means/feed/ 0 Interview with the Beertographer: a Delicious Hobby http://www.pathhacker.com/interview-with-the-beertographer-a-delicious-hobby/ http://www.pathhacker.com/interview-with-the-beertographer-a-delicious-hobby/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:21:17 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=181 I’ve been a fan of Sean MacKinnon Buchan’s work for a while now, but it wasn’t until I chatted with him for this interview that I learned he was a Physical Therapist. That’s because Sean has a pretty awesome hobby. He’s a photographer, and I’m in love with most of his subjects: Colorado craft beers. [...]

Interview with the Beertographer: a Delicious Hobby

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/interview-with-the-beertographer-a-delicious-hobby/feed/ 0 Don’t Be Your Own Hater http://www.pathhacker.com/dont-be-your-own-hater/ http://www.pathhacker.com/dont-be-your-own-hater/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:11:17 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=126 If you want to do anything remarkable in life, you’re going to have haters. Think of any well-known person, either in business, politics, or sports, and then realize that person has a long list of haters. This blog is about making personal changes to live the life you want to. In that pursuit you will [...]

Don’t Be Your Own Hater

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/dont-be-your-own-hater/feed/ 0 To Be a Terrible Surfer, You Must First Be a Surfer http://www.pathhacker.com/to-be-a-terrible-surfer-you-must-first-be-a-surfer/ http://www.pathhacker.com/to-be-a-terrible-surfer-you-must-first-be-a-surfer/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:43:35 +0000 anne http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=136 This morning I reluctantly pushed my neighbor’s surf board out into the surf. I had been giving myself a pile discouragement over breakfast. “Clearly, I will suck at this. I don’t have to try to surf today. I can just go to the beach. Or even just work. Yes, I could skip the beach altogether [...]

To Be a Terrible Surfer, You Must First Be a Surfer

]]> http://www.pathhacker.com/to-be-a-terrible-surfer-you-must-first-be-a-surfer/feed/ 0 Well, Back to the Real World: Some Bullshit We Tell Oursevles http://www.pathhacker.com/well-back-to-the-real-world/ http://www.pathhacker.com/well-back-to-the-real-world/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:57:03 +0000 mike vallano http://www.pathhacker.com/?p=131 I remember going on vacation as a kid (in a station wagon packed with 5 kids, driving from Pennsylvania to Florida, Griswold style) and it was amazing to see the ocean, palm trees, and lizards. We’d have a great time, and then it was “back to the real world” of Pittsburgh winters and homework. That [...]

Well, Back to the Real World: Some Bullshit We Tell Oursevles

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