Five Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home (a road-trip intro to Deviate Season 4)

Episode 151 December 30, 2020 00:51:35
Five Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home (a road-trip intro to Deviate Season 4)
Deviate
Five Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home (a road-trip intro to Deviate Season 4)

Dec 30 2020 | 00:51:35

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“The best experiences in life can be had for the price of showing up.” –Rolf Potts

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki take a road-trip to Colorado (with Salvie the cat yowling in his pet-carrier) and discuss how Rolf’s 2010 essay “5 Travel Lessons You Can Use at Home” can apply to home-life during a time of pandemic, including the notion that “Time = Wealth” (5:00); the importance of knowing how to “Be Where You Are” (8:30); the advantages of knowing when to “Slow Down” (20:00); the merit that comes in knowing how to “Keep it Simple” (25:00); and how life is more dynamic when you “Don’t Set Limits” (39:00).

Kristen “Kiki” Bush is an actress, known for Paterno (2018), Liberal Arts (2012), and Synecdoche, New York (2008). Her TV credits include The AffairThe Good WifeElementary, and Law & Order: SVU. She has performed onstage at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public, the Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, and Lincoln Center.

For information on the Paris-based Travel Memoir classes Rolf is offering to Deviate listeners in 2021, inquire at [email protected], or via the online forms at the Paris Writing Workshops website.

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This episode of Deviate alludes to Rolf’s experiences with Tortuga Backpacks, which set the standard for the best, most durable, organized, and comfortable travel backpacks.

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