Daniel Coulton-Shaw

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Daniel Shaw

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Top 10 Countries To Visit (Added to notion)

A list of the top 10 countries I’ve visited and why:

  1. Austria (Excellent Climbing & Cycling trails)
  2. Croatia (Plitvice Lakes)
  3. Danemark (Tivoli Gardens)
  4. Greece (Santorini)
  5. Kenya (Safaris)
  6. Italy (Via Ferrata – Dolomites)
  7. Scotland (The Highland Way)
  8. Slovenia (White Water Rafting & Canyoning)
  9. Spain & The Canary Islands (Sailing)
  10. Tunisia (the Atlas Mountains & Sahara)

(A top 10 photos from these countries will be added here soon…)

Others include:

Ukraine, Wales, Switzerland, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Morocco, Holland, Hungary, Germany, Gibraltar, France, Estonia, England, Czech Republic, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina,

Sailing Costs (Added to notion)

If you’re going to charter, borrow or buy a 30-55ft yacht or sailboat for blue water cruising for any length of time, here’s a handy list of sailing costs.

Expected Sailing Costs

Apart from getting the actual yacht itself (chartered or bought) from chatting with a number of sailing buddies who have done cross-Atlantic / circumnavigational sailing trips, you can expect as a couple of people to spend £1000-£2000 per month (or around £250 per week, per person if not travelling any great distance) on:

  • Food & Eating Out
  • Marina & Harbour Fees (you can cut this down somewhat by anchoring out when and wherever you can)
  • Maintenance & Repairs (even if you have a brand new yacht, inevitability after heavy weather so things will need replacing / repairing or fixing – learn to fix as many things as you can by yourself, and carry spares to keep these costs down)
  • Emergency Fund (to be saved and put aside ahead for any medical issues)
  • Travel (especially if you need to go back home in-between)
  • Fuel
  • Internet & Telephone
  • shore-based entertainment / sightseeing
  • Insurance (boat & self)
  • Getting the yacht out of water yearly for antifouling & repair checks

Home Schooling

If setting off to travel around the world with children, or go sailing around the world with children, you might have considered home-schooling options.

I’d recommend departing when the children are between 6 and 11 years old,when they can amuse themselves, play well with other children, remember the journey and help you out with tasks. It’s also before secondary school starts.

Check these home-schooling links:

  • www.homeschooling.com
  • www.calvertschool.org
  • www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk

If you settle down for a couple of months in any country, try to find the children into a local school, they’re usually very accommodating.

How I use twitter accounts

Here’s how I currently utilize my 4 twitter accounts:

  • @coultonshaw – my personal brand – 80% me and 20% the business of “Smiling Patients & Profitable Clinics”
  • @dentalholiday – for reaching UK patients that visit our clinic in Slovakia (80% about the clinic and 20% about what the team are up to)
  • @medbeaver – tips and advice for medical clinic owners & doctors
  • @smileklinik – for reaching our Slovak patients that visit our clinic (80% about the clinic and 20% about what the team are up to)

See also: How to manage multiple social media accounts

Remember: If your social media accounts are not telling stories daily, then they are not worth having.

Thanks to @coachbarrow for the advice.

Do one of two things

In my mind, you should be doing one of two things at any given time in your life:

  1. Focused effort that produces the highest possible value
  2. Leisure activities that produce the most possible rejuvenation

(remember: recreation = personal re-creation)

Every action you take today is either an advance to or retreat from the life you were born to live.