“Success is often about finding just enough material wealth to fund the life that makes you happy.” —Rolf Potts

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and The Nomadic Network book club participants discuss how travel can intensify the attention you pay to life at home (2:30); how the best discoveries of travel can’t be planned, and how you can give yourself permission to travel at all ages in life (10:30); how travel can give you perspective on the notion of “success” (22:00); what various book club participants have learned from (and discovered on) their travels (34:00); and the details of Rolf’s annual Travel Memoir writing class in Paris (41:00).

Notable Links:

• The Nomadic Network book club (online events with Rolf)
• Marco Polo Didn’t Go There book club (Deviate episode)
• The Vagabond’s Way, by Rolf Potts (book)
• Rolf’s 2022 appearance on the Tim Ferriss Show (podcast)
• On Kawara (Japanese conceptual artist)
• Mallory Square (waterfront plaza in Key West)
• Oia (village on the Greek island of Santorini)
• Tony Perrottet on Deviate (podcast episode)
• Real on the Road (David Hunter Bishop travel blog)
• Rolf traveling with Sudanese in Syria (blog dispatch)
• Sei Shōnagon (10th century Japanese author)
• John Muir (American naturalist and author)
• Gobi Desert (arid region in East Asia)
• Van life before #VanLife (Deviate episode)
• Søren Kierkegaard (Danish philosopher)
• Bennifer (high-profile celebrity relationship)
• Paris Writing Workshop (Rolf’s summer writing classes)

The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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