The itinerary for my official 5-week trip back to the U.S. to travel to South by Southwest Interactive, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, and all over Arizona and California in between. Help contribute to my ambitious projects or help me seek a corporate sponsor for a 2011 entrepreneurship & personal development retreat in Southern California.

When life gives you lemons, what do you do? When I royally screwed up my relationship with my gorgeous, ambitious ex-girlfriend, lost the great beach house on Koh Phangan, became disillusioned with my business and had a rock climbing injury, it brought out all kinds of fears. Here’s what I did to get back on track to mastering that fear of uncertainty.

Today I share my Christmas letter to friends and family—my update on my travels, work, volunteering, and personal growth in 2009 and reflections on living an unconventional lifestyle after 1 year living abroad.

It’s important to acknowledge those who help foster your abilities and empower you to pursue the life you want. This Thanksgiving I wanted to share my gratitude to my many teachers, mentors, role models, and friends who have influenced my life and given me their support.

We just had our 4th successful Tweetup for charity here in Bangkok, so I wanted to share that and a few other projects I’m working on this month. Also tune in for my recent calls with Cath Duncan and John Bardos on lifestyle design and living as a nomadic entrepreneur.

Get a taste for what the Location Independent lifestyle is like: see videos of three of my recent travel adventures and learn about some of the problems and rewards of putting your freedom and lifestyle first.

This economy sucks, and it has a lot of people down, but it’s an opportunity to take your reputation, and your career, into your own hands. Help me empower as many people as I can this year to start a business, build awesome online presence, and live a remarkable lifestyle!

I consider each and every one of my blog readers a valuable part of my community. You continue to return here week after week to listen to what I have to say, so I figure I’ll let you know a little bit more about myself. Here are 23 interesting tidbits about me!