http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/blog/ms-traveling-pants-wandering-at-walden-pond-and-wondering/ Personal travel stories & insights from a sassy, world traveler nicknamed Ms Traveling Pants Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/blog/ms-traveling-pants-wandering-at-walden-pond-and-wondering/comment-page-1/#comment-63 MsTravelingPants Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:32:06 +0000 http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/?p=825#comment-63 The focus is the key. We are now more than ever overwhelmed with clutter of information, priorities, and the like. To take back that focus is my goal for the remainder of this year and continue into 2010. The focus is the key. We are now more than ever overwhelmed with clutter of information, priorities, and the like. To take back that focus is my goal for the remainder of this year and continue into 2010.

]]> http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/blog/ms-traveling-pants-wandering-at-walden-pond-and-wondering/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Gray Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:23:21 +0000 http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/?p=825#comment-62 That really is an important message, isn't it? Focus on what's important. I think we all need to remember that, especially these days. Most of us have too much junk (literal and figurative) in our lives. That makes it really hard to focus on the essentials. Nice post. That really is an important message, isn’t it? Focus on what’s important. I think we all need to remember that, especially these days. Most of us have too much junk (literal and figurative) in our lives. That makes it really hard to focus on the essentials. Nice post.

]]> http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/blog/ms-traveling-pants-wandering-at-walden-pond-and-wondering/comment-page-1/#comment-61 MsTravelingPants Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/?p=825#comment-61 Yes, I think there are different ways of achieving what Thoreau did. In fact, I think that traveling can be a wonderful way to change your norm. Yes, I think there are different ways of achieving what Thoreau did. In fact, I think that traveling can be a wonderful way to change your norm.

]]> http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/blog/ms-traveling-pants-wandering-at-walden-pond-and-wondering/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Shannon OD Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:46:29 +0000 http://www.mstravelingpants.travel/?p=825#comment-60 I think that travel to more impoverished regions opened my eyes in a similar way as Thoreau's solitude at the pond - and while I'm not ready to go quite that simplistic, the blatant consumerism and materialism really hit me in the face when I came home to the States and I now it's a conscious effort to find a different joy in life, and in this case, it's more about the people I have met along the way than what I have in my backpack :-) I think that travel to more impoverished regions opened my eyes in a similar way as Thoreau’s solitude at the pond – and while I’m not ready to go quite that simplistic, the blatant consumerism and materialism really hit me in the face when I came home to the States and I now it’s a conscious effort to find a different joy in life, and in this case, it’s more about the people I have met along the way than what I have in my backpack

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