Two Bags Please
The day my Japanese succeeded in the wrong lane
About Matthew
I am a traveler, divemaster, technologist, and storyteller who's learned not to take life too seriously.
You'll find me laughing (often) at life's messiness and sharing humor and lessons that bring clarity to anyone feeling a bit lost or looking for direction.
Matthew's Stories
Moving With Purpose
I left Vietnam with the hardest goodbye, and landed in Bali with an open heart
Lessons From One Year of Travel
Reflections from a year of travel with lessons in clarity, love, freedom, and grounding
Broken Phones and Broken Bones
A mountain ride in Da Lat turns into another lesson in letting go
Lost in Limbo — Stillness as the Step Forward
Feeling stuck between places, I remembered that movement is a choice
The Cost of Feeling Alive
Adventure gave me surface, reflection is giving me depth
The Magic Hidden in Plain Sight
At Mont Saint-Michel, I found that wonder doesn't disappear in routine - it's revealed by it
The Island the Rewrote my Mission
A reluctant month on Koh Tao became a lesson in letting purpose find me
The City that Reflected Me Back
I sold everything to return to Berlin, only to realize the change I was chasing was an inner one
Shoeless, but Not Unrooted
A lost pair of shoes revealed a quiet truth: lightness is chosen, not carried
When Honking Became Music
In Hanoi's traffic chaos, I stopped resisting the honk and started hearing the rhythm beneath it
The Trip That Fell Apart to Fall Into Place
Losing my phone and missing my flight wasn't the setback I thought - it was the start of seeing clearly
The Journey Begins: Getting Unlost
A project born from wrong turns and right lessons