Day 13 (Travel to Portland)
Summary:
Today I checked out of the Green Tortoise Hostel at about 11:00 and chilled out at Starbucks until about 1. I then walked the mile to arrive at King Street Amtrak Station where I would catch my train to Portland at 5:30. The waiting was a little much especially with the lack of wifi at the station, but I made my decision to come super early and I stuck with it. I got on the train and had some really awesome conversation with the person sitting next to me (I never got her name) covering topics large and wide. It made my day hands down. I learned a lot. I still have to sort through it all when I am done with Leaky Con. I arrived in Portland at 9:00 and was picked up at the station by my family before we went to get dinner at Laughing Planet. They had some good root beer and quesadilla's. We wrote an awesome note to the working, thanking them for being awesome. We then drove back to the hotel and went to sleep.
Highlights:
1) Train ride conversation about everything and philosophy and awesomeness and anything and everything and Harry Potter.
2) Seeing my family.
Lowlights:
1) Long waiting and boring stuff.
2) Expensive vending machine food is bad.
3) Didn't get as much work done as I would have liked.
Learned:
1) Laughing Planet is awesome.
2) Portland is beautiful.
3) My family is awesome.
Day 14 (Leaky Con Day One)
Summary:
Today my family and I went to the Oregon Convention Center where Leaky Con is being held and I meet up with some friends that I met at last year's convention. I then went to a couple of meetup's and ended the night at about 10:30 in order to be able to get up early in order to attempt to get wristbands for the actor signing later on day two. We got to bed around midnight.
Highlights:
1) Kristen Hippe's music at the Wizard Rock Concert. (Find out more here: kirstyn.bandcamp.com)
2) Meeting up with my free hugging friend Dylan from Leaky Con last year.
3) Meeting lots of amazing cool people and spreading peace, love and happiness through hugs :)
4) Welcoming Ceremony skit at Leaky Con.
Lowlights:
1) Missing Ministry of Magic's performance at the rock concert.
Learned:
1) I rediscovered why I loved Leaky Con so much.
2) Leaky Con is a lovely place to hug.
Day 15 (Leaky Con Day Two)
Summary:
Toady was the start of all the much anticipated bulk of programming. I went to a lot of really interesting and thought provoking panels, presentations, and meetups. My family and I got up at 7:00 to get to the convention center to try and get signing wrist bands for some of the Harry Potter actors. The rest of the day was a jumble of hugs, Harry Potter, friends, interesting conversation, collaboration, brainstorming, and wizard rock.
Highlights:
1) Hugging Stephanie Perkins when I got her to sign my hat and gave her my finished free hugs book.
2) Getting amazing hugs from awesome people at Leaky Con.
3) Hank Green talking about engineering and why there are so many more men in that field that women.
4) Attending amazing panels.
5) Meeting Andrew Slack and giving him a hug.
6) Talking to Dylan about possibly reigniting the free hugs community and movement!
Lowlights:
1) There can be nothing bad about Leaky Con! (The lines allow for more connection and friendships to be made, it is all positive)
Learned:
1) The L shake. A high five but with your elbows!
2) Everyday people are just as interesting or maybe even more interesting than celebrities. (It's the concept of Everyday Celebrities a topic which I will go into in greater detail in a future blog post)
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Day 11/12 (June 24/25)
Day 11
Summary:
Today I got into Seattle at 10:30 am and got to the hostel that I am staying at about 11:30 but couldn't get into my room until 12:30. I dropped off my bags and headed to a Starbucks across the street to write some emails and do some organizing when I met Bill Oldenburg and chatted with him for a while about books that we wrote and are writing. I then gave away some hugs and chilled at the hostel and met some really interesting and awesome people there. A couple of them hugged with me on day 12.
Highlight:
1) Meeting Bill Oldenburg
2) The location and aweosmeness of the Green Turtle Hostel in Seattle.
3) Talking about my Free Hugs Tour 2013 and making friends.
4) The enthusiasm and support of others of my free hugging projects.
Lowlight:
1) None
Learned:
1) People are awesome.
2) A hostel provides a lot of contacts and Seattle is great especially the public market.
3) I watch too much Burn Notice. (It takes up valuable time)
Day 12
Summary:
I started hugging today at about 10:30. Derek (a friend who I met at the hostel) met up with me and hugged with me until about 4 pm. He bought me lunch at Chipotle at about 12:30. I also met up with my amazing friend from school, Emma. We hung out for a couple hours from about 3-5ish.
I enjoyed an amazing free dinner of spaghetti at the hostel at about 7 and met a girl from Australia (where the free hugs campaign started!)
Highlight:
1) Meeting a group on a mission trip spreading love through talking and praying for people on the streets.
2) The joy and excitement on their faces when I gave them free hugs signs and free hugs patches.
3) Being able to be an inspiration for people that inspire me, such as this awesome group of people.
4) I don't know if I have made this clear, but this group that I met on a missions trip was the highlight of my day.
5) Getting to talk to and hug 156 wonderful people in Seattle.
Lowlight:
1) None.
Learned:
1) Hugging in a group is awesome.
2) Free food is the best.
3) 156 hugs seems like a lot but it seems like a lot less when you are out there hugging for 7 hours.
4) Relaxing and going with the flow is a good skill to have in life.
Summary:
Today I got into Seattle at 10:30 am and got to the hostel that I am staying at about 11:30 but couldn't get into my room until 12:30. I dropped off my bags and headed to a Starbucks across the street to write some emails and do some organizing when I met Bill Oldenburg and chatted with him for a while about books that we wrote and are writing. I then gave away some hugs and chilled at the hostel and met some really interesting and awesome people there. A couple of them hugged with me on day 12.
Highlight:
1) Meeting Bill Oldenburg
2) The location and aweosmeness of the Green Turtle Hostel in Seattle.
3) Talking about my Free Hugs Tour 2013 and making friends.
4) The enthusiasm and support of others of my free hugging projects.
Lowlight:
1) None
Learned:
1) People are awesome.
2) A hostel provides a lot of contacts and Seattle is great especially the public market.
3) I watch too much Burn Notice. (It takes up valuable time)
Day 12
Summary:
I started hugging today at about 10:30. Derek (a friend who I met at the hostel) met up with me and hugged with me until about 4 pm. He bought me lunch at Chipotle at about 12:30. I also met up with my amazing friend from school, Emma. We hung out for a couple hours from about 3-5ish.
I enjoyed an amazing free dinner of spaghetti at the hostel at about 7 and met a girl from Australia (where the free hugs campaign started!)
Highlight:
1) Meeting a group on a mission trip spreading love through talking and praying for people on the streets.
2) The joy and excitement on their faces when I gave them free hugs signs and free hugs patches.
3) Being able to be an inspiration for people that inspire me, such as this awesome group of people.
4) I don't know if I have made this clear, but this group that I met on a missions trip was the highlight of my day.
5) Getting to talk to and hug 156 wonderful people in Seattle.
Lowlight:
1) None.
Learned:
1) Hugging in a group is awesome.
2) Free food is the best.
3) 156 hugs seems like a lot but it seems like a lot less when you are out there hugging for 7 hours.
4) Relaxing and going with the flow is a good skill to have in life.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Day 8/Day 9/Day 10
So I am a little bit behind on some of my updates. I am now in Seattle waiting to be able to get into my room at my hostel. I will update you on tour happenings of day 8, 9 and 10.
Day 8
Summary:
I went to the Mall of America. I arrived at 12:00 and went to A&W to get some good food, a cheeseburger and cheese curds, and amazing A&W root beer. It was glorious. I then walked around the mall for a couple of hours and got 4 hugs. The atmosphere of the mall wasn't quite right (I will expand on this in a later blog post). I then went back to downtown Minneapolis and gave away a total of 34 hugs for the day.
Highlight:
1) A&W at the Mall of America.
Lowlight:
1) Not getting many hugs at the mall and my lack of courage to put myself out more visibly at the mall.
Learned:
1) Malls have an interesting relationship with free hugs that I need to explore more.
Day 9
Summary:
The power went out at the house which I was staying at so I spent most of the day at Starbucks near the Amtrak station writing and researching some possible ways I can get my story out to the media. I went over to the station at about 8 pm for my 11:15 train to Seattle. Total I gave away one hug today.
Highlight:
1) Meeting and giving a hug to a lady picking up someone at the Amtrak station.
Lowlight:
1) Leaving my extended phone battery plugged in at Starbucks. (they are sending it to my hotel in Portland so hopefully I will have it for the rest of the tour.)
Learned:
1) Packing light is always good. I need to get rid of some things.
Day 10
Summary:
Today I was on the train all day. It was pretty intense. I met a lot of pretty cool and interesting people that I will hopefully be able to keep into contact with and work on some projects together. Total I gave out 20 hugs while on the train.
Highlight:
1) Meeting interesting and exciting and passionate people.
2) Playing spades with some friends I met.
3) Sharing the joy of hugs on a train.
Lowlight:
1) Train ride was super long and it was hard sitting still sometimes.
Learned:
1) I should be better prepared with food because food on Amtrak isn't too great and it superbly amazingly expensive.
2) Peanut butter and jelly should become my new best friend.
3) Sandwiches
4) People are amazing, especially on trains because there isn't much else to do other than get to know other people on the train.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Day 7
Summary: Today i went to the Minnesota Twins game. The game was at 12:10 so i got to Target Field at about 11am to give out hugs before the game. I headed into the game at about 12:30. The White Sox lost pretty badly but it was pretty fun. Around the 8th inning i went back outside to give people hugs as they left the field. Total I gave out 231 hugs. I then went to Starbucks to relax and then went home.
Highlights:
1) Getting a free Twins jersey. (even though I am a White Sox fan.)
2) Getting to experience Target Field.
3) Some of the peoples interest in my free hugs project was pretty cool.
Lowlights:
1) Someone telling me that there is nothing that is free.
Learned:
1) The White Sox are in last place and even Kansas City is ahead of the Twins at the moment.
2) Events with a lot of people are a way to get lots of hugs.
Highlights:
1) Getting a free Twins jersey. (even though I am a White Sox fan.)
2) Getting to experience Target Field.
3) Some of the peoples interest in my free hugs project was pretty cool.
Lowlights:
1) Someone telling me that there is nothing that is free.
Learned:
1) The White Sox are in last place and even Kansas City is ahead of the Twins at the moment.
2) Events with a lot of people are a way to get lots of hugs.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Free Hugs Tour Day 6
Summary:
Today I woke up at about 7am but didn't get up until about 10. I then had some amazing breakfast of Wheat Thins and a buttered english muffin. It was absolutely amazing. I then headed out to Free Hug. I was originally planning to hug at the Stone Arch Bridge because it had been brought to my attention that would be a great place to hug. I didn't make it there however because the place where I got off of the bus seemed to have enough people around to be able to hug at Nicollet Mall. I hugged from about 12:30-3:30 and then took a break for an Arby's lunch. I then headed back to give away some hugs at Nicolette Mall again and at about 6:00 headed over to Target Field where the Twins were scheduled to play the White Sox at 7:10. I hugged there until 7:30 and got about 150 hugs. At 7:30 I headed back to my hosts house. Today I got 232 Hugs, the most in one day on this tour so far.
Highlights:
1) Seeing foot traffic and getting lots of hugs.
2) Meeting lots of really amazing and cool people
3) Hugging outside of the Twins game.
4) Hearing people tell me that I made their day.
5) Great conversations.
Lowlights:
1) Nothing stands out.
Learned:
1) English Muffins are amazing and I should probably eat them more because they are totally amazing.
2) I feel a lot better having gotten my hugging numbers up, it makes me realize the importance of having days like yesterday when I didn't have as many hugs.
3) Confidence is good.
Today I woke up at about 7am but didn't get up until about 10. I then had some amazing breakfast of Wheat Thins and a buttered english muffin. It was absolutely amazing. I then headed out to Free Hug. I was originally planning to hug at the Stone Arch Bridge because it had been brought to my attention that would be a great place to hug. I didn't make it there however because the place where I got off of the bus seemed to have enough people around to be able to hug at Nicollet Mall. I hugged from about 12:30-3:30 and then took a break for an Arby's lunch. I then headed back to give away some hugs at Nicolette Mall again and at about 6:00 headed over to Target Field where the Twins were scheduled to play the White Sox at 7:10. I hugged there until 7:30 and got about 150 hugs. At 7:30 I headed back to my hosts house. Today I got 232 Hugs, the most in one day on this tour so far.
Highlights:
1) Seeing foot traffic and getting lots of hugs.
2) Meeting lots of really amazing and cool people
3) Hugging outside of the Twins game.
4) Hearing people tell me that I made their day.
5) Great conversations.
Lowlights:
1) Nothing stands out.
Learned:
1) English Muffins are amazing and I should probably eat them more because they are totally amazing.
2) I feel a lot better having gotten my hugging numbers up, it makes me realize the importance of having days like yesterday when I didn't have as many hugs.
3) Confidence is good.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Day 4 and Day 5
Day 4
Summary: Today was just a packing and travel day. I met some pretty cool people while waiting for my Amtrak train to Minneapolis. I got to the station in Milwaukee at about noon for a train that was supposed to leave at 3:55. It didn't leave Milwaukee until about 8:30. I got into Minneapolis at 3:00 am and took a taxi to the house I am staying at and arrived at about 3:30 am.
Highlights:
1) Being told by a passenger that I have the gift of healing, and I am doing God's work after he overheard me tell the story of when I hugged someone in Chicago and her cramps went away.
2) Meeting some amazing awesome travelers both waiting for and on the train.
3) Getting to Minneapolis.
Lowlights:
1) Long delays and tiredness.
Learned:
Amtrak trains can sometimes be unpredictable. I should be more prepared for next time.
Day 4 Hugs: 12
Day 5
Summary: I slept in today until about 11am. At noon I decided to go out and do some exploring of Minneapolis in the downtown area. My first order of business was to get a 'go to' card (allowing me to use the public transportation of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The problem was finding a place to get the go to card. I decided to go on a 2 hour hike to downtown, I got my go to card and did some exploring of the downtown area and attempted to give away some hugs. I was not very successful and I realized that I needed to have a better plan to make sure I have the most impact while in the Twin Cities.
I got back to the house I am staying at about 5 and worked on sending some emails. My hosts then had a couple of relatives over for dinner and invited me to join them. I accepted and it was a fantastically amazing dinner of fish, salad and vegetables. We all got to know a little bit more about each other and we went to get ice cream and I got a couple of hugs from a couple who saw my free hugs shirt. All in all a tiring yet delightful day.
Highlights:
1) Making a couple of people's day, even if it is not as many as I would have hoped.
2) Dinner with my hosts and their relatives.
3) My hosts amazingness at being awesome.
4) Strawberry ice cream.
5) Beautiful view of Lake Harriet as the sun went down.
Lowlights:
1) Not as many hugs as I was expecting.
2) Tiring and couldn't find a good place to hug.
Learned:
1) Need to be better prepared and informed before I go to each city with public transit options.
2) Should have extra one dollar bills on me to pay for transit fare with exact change
3) I should start working on creating a Free Hugging network in order to build up the Free Hugs Movement again.
4) Organization is a key concept that I really need to work on.
5) I should probably go to bed and get some sleep.
Till next time:
Hugs,
David Melia
Professional Free Hugger
Summary: Today was just a packing and travel day. I met some pretty cool people while waiting for my Amtrak train to Minneapolis. I got to the station in Milwaukee at about noon for a train that was supposed to leave at 3:55. It didn't leave Milwaukee until about 8:30. I got into Minneapolis at 3:00 am and took a taxi to the house I am staying at and arrived at about 3:30 am.
Highlights:
1) Being told by a passenger that I have the gift of healing, and I am doing God's work after he overheard me tell the story of when I hugged someone in Chicago and her cramps went away.
2) Meeting some amazing awesome travelers both waiting for and on the train.
3) Getting to Minneapolis.
Lowlights:
1) Long delays and tiredness.
Learned:
Amtrak trains can sometimes be unpredictable. I should be more prepared for next time.
Day 4 Hugs: 12
Day 5
Summary: I slept in today until about 11am. At noon I decided to go out and do some exploring of Minneapolis in the downtown area. My first order of business was to get a 'go to' card (allowing me to use the public transportation of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The problem was finding a place to get the go to card. I decided to go on a 2 hour hike to downtown, I got my go to card and did some exploring of the downtown area and attempted to give away some hugs. I was not very successful and I realized that I needed to have a better plan to make sure I have the most impact while in the Twin Cities.
I got back to the house I am staying at about 5 and worked on sending some emails. My hosts then had a couple of relatives over for dinner and invited me to join them. I accepted and it was a fantastically amazing dinner of fish, salad and vegetables. We all got to know a little bit more about each other and we went to get ice cream and I got a couple of hugs from a couple who saw my free hugs shirt. All in all a tiring yet delightful day.
Highlights:
1) Making a couple of people's day, even if it is not as many as I would have hoped.
2) Dinner with my hosts and their relatives.
3) My hosts amazingness at being awesome.
4) Strawberry ice cream.
5) Beautiful view of Lake Harriet as the sun went down.
Lowlights:
1) Not as many hugs as I was expecting.
2) Tiring and couldn't find a good place to hug.
Learned:
1) Need to be better prepared and informed before I go to each city with public transit options.
2) Should have extra one dollar bills on me to pay for transit fare with exact change
3) I should start working on creating a Free Hugging network in order to build up the Free Hugs Movement again.
4) Organization is a key concept that I really need to work on.
5) I should probably go to bed and get some sleep.
Till next time:
Hugs,
David Melia
Professional Free Hugger
Monday, June 17, 2013
Free Hugs Tour Day 3
Day 3 Summary:
I went to bed at about 3 am. I woke up at about 9:00 to go to church with James. The church we went to was called Cornerstone. It was a really awesome time, I gave away lots of hugs, talked about my tour, and was mentioned a couple times durring the announcements and the sermon! I then went back to the house (where I was staying) and then took a nap. Later on Will took me over to the beach where I walked along the path and gave hugs to some of the people walking along the lakefront. I had a pretty bad headache at this point so I decided to go back to the house and take a nap. That nap lasted until 8 am of Day 4. More to come on that in the next post. Total I got 47 Hugs Day 3. Handed out some business cards and sold a book and a t-shirt.
Highlights:
1) Going to Cornerstone Church and meeting the amazing and wonderful people there.
2) Free Hugging by the beach.
3) Nice walk along the lakefront
Lowlights:
1) Pretty bad headache.
Learned: Headache's suck and naps are awesome.
Hugs,
David Melia
Professional Free Hugger
I went to bed at about 3 am. I woke up at about 9:00 to go to church with James. The church we went to was called Cornerstone. It was a really awesome time, I gave away lots of hugs, talked about my tour, and was mentioned a couple times durring the announcements and the sermon! I then went back to the house (where I was staying) and then took a nap. Later on Will took me over to the beach where I walked along the path and gave hugs to some of the people walking along the lakefront. I had a pretty bad headache at this point so I decided to go back to the house and take a nap. That nap lasted until 8 am of Day 4. More to come on that in the next post. Total I got 47 Hugs Day 3. Handed out some business cards and sold a book and a t-shirt.
Highlights:
1) Going to Cornerstone Church and meeting the amazing and wonderful people there.
2) Free Hugging by the beach.
3) Nice walk along the lakefront
Lowlights:
1) Pretty bad headache.
Learned: Headache's suck and naps are awesome.
Hugs,
David Melia
Professional Free Hugger
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Free Hugs Tour Day 2
Day 2 included a lot of late night hugs and activities so therefore I am writing about day 2 a little bit after day 2 has happened. On day 2 I hiked 3 miles from my hotel where I stayed last night to my friend Will's house. When I got there at about 12:00 Will wasn't there yet, he had work, so one of his housemates, James, let me in. He then had to leave for a wedding he had to go to at 1:00. Will and his other housemate Will came back and we chatted for a little bit and my friend Will took me out to an amazing all you can eat sushi and buffet dinner (the lunch special was 12.95 for all of this). We connected with our waitress who was a psychology student with a spanish minor at University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee (UWM). We got to hug, bond over some philosophy and I gave her a business card. Will and I also got to exchange some free hugging ideas over some fantastic sushi.
We then went back to the house where I took a nap and Will did some work before going outside of some bars and hugging people. We met a lot of really awesome and cool people. Total hugs Day 2 was 47.
Highlights:
1) Meeting Tim, a cancer survivor who now is fighting cancer again.
2) Eating amazing sushi with my buddy Will.
3) Watching V for Vendetta with Will and some of the Orientation Leaders from UWM
4) Taking a good nap.
Learned:
The quality and time spent giving away hugs and interacting creating community is just as important as giving and receiving lots of hugs. Sometimes the more intimate and longer lasting conversations have more of an impact. Being too overeager to get a set amount of hugs detracts from the quality of each hugging experience. Tim reminded me of the power of just one hug, and the huge impact it can really have in this world.
Day 3 coming your way soon!! Lots of new and exciting stuff!
Hugs,
David Melia
Professional Free Hugger
Friday, June 14, 2013
Free Hugs Tour 2013 Day 1
Today was the first day of giving away hugs for Free Hugs Tour 2013. Here is how it went:
I woke up at 7:00 am took a shower, my mom and sister drove me to Union Station in Chicago to catch my 8:25 train to Milwaukee. I got into Milwaukee around 10 am, checked into a hotel and went over to the Milwaukee Public Market. I got there around 1pm and hugged there til about 3:30. I then walked around and met up with my friend Danielle and got dinner with her. Total I gave away hugs until about 5:30. I gave away 77 hugs in that time. All in all today was a good, nice, and smooth transition into Free Hugs Tour 2013.
Some highlights from the day are:
1) The first hug I got walking down the street from someone walking down the street dressed in a suit. 2) The first group of people that hugged me when I was at the Milwaukee Public Market. They were super awesome and supportive and just really cool. Groups like that help me keep on doing what I am doing and keep on going. They inspire me and all I can do is hope that I had a positive and inspiring impact on them.
3) There was a lady who was also fantastic who talked to me for a while about my Free Hugs projects and asked me a lot of questions. It was amazing. I love talking about Free Hugs, I could do it all day!! Thanks!
4) I got to see my amazing friend Danielle. She is amazing and a blessing and a fantasically amazing friend.
5) There were a couple of families that came up to me and hugged me and were really interested in the free hugs. It was awesome. One of the little girls even said that she saw other Free Huggers when they were in New York!! It was awesome. Very inspiring.
Random thought: when people take pictures of me, maybe I should get them to send them to me so that I can upload them on future blog posts and upload them to my website!! See, I am learning stuff already and it's only the first day!! :) Stay Tuned for the Day 2 update tomorrow!
Hugs,
David Melia (Professional Free Hugger)
I woke up at 7:00 am took a shower, my mom and sister drove me to Union Station in Chicago to catch my 8:25 train to Milwaukee. I got into Milwaukee around 10 am, checked into a hotel and went over to the Milwaukee Public Market. I got there around 1pm and hugged there til about 3:30. I then walked around and met up with my friend Danielle and got dinner with her. Total I gave away hugs until about 5:30. I gave away 77 hugs in that time. All in all today was a good, nice, and smooth transition into Free Hugs Tour 2013.
Some highlights from the day are:
1) The first hug I got walking down the street from someone walking down the street dressed in a suit. 2) The first group of people that hugged me when I was at the Milwaukee Public Market. They were super awesome and supportive and just really cool. Groups like that help me keep on doing what I am doing and keep on going. They inspire me and all I can do is hope that I had a positive and inspiring impact on them.
3) There was a lady who was also fantastic who talked to me for a while about my Free Hugs projects and asked me a lot of questions. It was amazing. I love talking about Free Hugs, I could do it all day!! Thanks!
4) I got to see my amazing friend Danielle. She is amazing and a blessing and a fantasically amazing friend.
5) There were a couple of families that came up to me and hugged me and were really interested in the free hugs. It was awesome. One of the little girls even said that she saw other Free Huggers when they were in New York!! It was awesome. Very inspiring.
Random thought: when people take pictures of me, maybe I should get them to send them to me so that I can upload them on future blog posts and upload them to my website!! See, I am learning stuff already and it's only the first day!! :) Stay Tuned for the Day 2 update tomorrow!
Hugs,
David Melia (Professional Free Hugger)
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Goals for Free Hugs Tour 2013
Monday of this week I finished up all of my finals. I turned my last one in on Wednesday. That brings us to today. The original plan was to be able to hug in chicago both Wednesday and Today but I have to plan and figure out where I am going to hug and contact people about hugging in different cities instead, an important part of making Free Hugs Tour 2013 a success. The past couple of weeks I have been trying to come up with goals that I have for Free Hugs Tour 2013. Here is what I came up with:
1) Give away at least 10,000 Hugs.
2) Sell one book each day for food money.
3) Give away the 5000 business cards that I had printed.
4) Create community through Couchsurfing.
5) Document the trip through writing, audio, and video.
6) Upload a blog post at least 3 times each week.
Let me know what you think! You will hear from me soon. Stay tuned.
Hugs,
David Melia (Professional Free Hugger)
1) Give away at least 10,000 Hugs.
2) Sell one book each day for food money.
3) Give away the 5000 business cards that I had printed.
4) Create community through Couchsurfing.
5) Document the trip through writing, audio, and video.
6) Upload a blog post at least 3 times each week.
Let me know what you think! You will hear from me soon. Stay tuned.
Hugs,
David Melia (Professional Free Hugger)
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