It is a question that has plagued mankind since the very beginning. How can one own the very best things but not have to resort to nicking it?

Well, here I have a suggestion. Sorry to all you career criminals out there, this approach is not against the law.

I have an apology to make….to Annabel from getinthehotstop.com for stealing her work. The original 51 steps was written by her over at her blog and I thought they were so helpful that I shamelessly and unrepentantly stole most of them.

However, what many of you might not know is that this was not my first business and that I have experienced the depressing swim back to shore when the shiny new boat you were happily sailing away from the crowd on abruptly sank. On reflection, I should have seen it coming, the boat had many holes that I was just too foolish or blind to see, it was a miracle I got out of the harbor at all. Here’s what I learn’t.

Thelifething is going through some changes, just a few months before it first birthday. Here is your chance to have an impact on the direction it takes and get help and advice dedicated to you.

I have a “When time is playing ball” folder on my computer where I stash all the things I plan to work on when I have a spare moment. Today I had such a moment and so dug out this email from one of my readers.

Another 3 months, 16 cities, 13 languages, over 100 curries, thousands more photos, 1 gashed leg and another round of massages – here is the next 3 month instalment in the life of a traveling entrepreneur.

So I have returned from India and like my How to Survive Bangkok posts, I think it is time to give a few insights into what it was like living in this wonderful country. So here we are, 9 things to help you survive while in India.

It was late. I was bored.
Read on for some one line summaries of some of my blog posts, but not as you might expect. Just read on, it will only take 2 minutes.

Hello all you lovely readers. I am back. All limbs are accounted for, skin is sufficiently tanned, I just received an awesome “Thelifething.com” inscribed red baseball cap for a birthday present and all is right with the world. I am sure you have all missed me, and even if you haven’t I am going to pretend that you have. Lets get right back into things with a post of some of the thoughts I was jotting down while sunning myself on a beach in Goa regarding the most important lessons I have learn’t in the last 25 years. Its about 2000 words but well worth a gander. Be sure to say hi in the comments so I can make sure that my readers haven’t all died and enjoy.3