This blog, Porutu Street, is in many ways a chronicle, though infrequent, of my journey toward a life that is spiritually and intellectually fulfilling, but yet much more balanced. I coasted along just fine for years, and was even very successful in my academic...
Earlier this year, I shared on my blog that there were three stories that relate to why I left a secure academic job and made the big move to the unknown in an island nation in the South Pacific. As a friend recently observed, the move definitely solved some problems,...
In early 2012, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg hired architect Frank Gehry to design the expansion of Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. With workspace for 3,000 employees, the building may be the world’s largest open office plan. Employees will move...
I will just first off say upfront that if you are dealing with an issue such as anxiety, I don’t recommend moving to another country. Wouldn’t it be nice if shifting locations would make it all magically disappear? No such luck. The added stressor is...
Ever since I left my faculty post for a new life in Wellington two years ago, many people have asked me why I would ever leave a secure role. Albeit I wasn’t working at a large research university, but nonetheless it was an academic role that would be coveted in...
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