J Spina Personal Blog

Sharing my journey and experiences.

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Rhode Island July 2020

I've always wished that I blogged more during my heavy travel days. I spent so much of the last three years on the road and staying in random hotels that a part of me almost feels like it's missing from those days. It's just now that I'm finally starting to unpack the...

25 Things I’ve Learned: One Year Away From Work

Today marks the one year anniversary of me being away from my full time job and starting on my own path. It feels like I've learned more in this past year than in much of my life combined. There have been plenty of ups and downs. I've had the chance to travel, learn,...

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss is a one of a kind character who has built a life for himself that many wouldn't believe possible. His first book The 4-Hour Workweek will make you re-evaluate every norm related to work and lifestyle that you ever believed to be true. Tim provides a...

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

I was first exposed to Dr. Joe Dispenza through an episode of Impact Theory and found him to be very interesting. Joe has a way of taking complex scientific topics and breaking them down in a way that the average Joe can make sense of. Through Dr. Dispenza's work I've...

Information Overload

Being confined to the home for the better part of two weeks has yielded a few insights related to navigating the constant flow of information we're being exposed to. In times of uncertainty it's easy to fall into the trap of needing to constantly be in the know. While...

Social Distancing Saturday

Saturday March 22nd was an interesting day for all of us. The past ten days have been some of the most abnormal of my lifetime. Every day more cases of the COVID19 virus are being confirmed and the world appears to be in disarray. Between the 24 hour news cycle, group...

Sunday September 1st

https://www.instagram.com/p/B135WcxHXFo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Nothing like being in Manhattan.

Wednesday August 28th

From the time we are very young we are conditioned to live in anticipation or preparation for the next milestone or phase of life. As soon as the average four year old kid heads to pre school, they enter a 14 year cycle of one year sprints in school. Every step you...

Friday July 19th

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Wednesday April 3rd

It's quite an interesting world we're living in today. Global connectivity and social media have rapidly changed the way humans interact and perceive the world around them. It's very easy to fall into the mindset that these innovations have had a detrimental effect on...