J. Maarten Troost
J. Maarten Troost
Jan Maarten Troostis a Dutch-American travel writer and essayist...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionWriter
moving compelling-reason world
I was simply restless, quite likely because of a dissatisfaction with the recent trajectory of my life, and if there is a better, more compelling reason for dropping everything and moving to the end of the world, I know not what it is.
moving home years
Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life belonged. Home.
skills people way
Like many highly educated people, I didn't have much in the way of actual skills.
connection enhances sobriety travel
The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
experience
You can read and read, but nothing eclipses experience.