Watsons Unleashed is a reflection of us: Kate & Brian Watson.  Part travelogue, part lifestyle-design exploration, our blog tackles a wide range of topics that interest, inspire and motivate us: travel and adventure; health and fitness; spirituality and metaphysics; business and entrepreneurship; and people, culture and languages.  We hope that you will also be inspired by these topics and our experiences, and come along for the ride.

Here’s a short video of us, courtesy of our friend Cassandra Rae:

Kate…

• loves Thai food, yoga, dancing and dark chocolate, particularly in the form of sinfully rich lava cake.
• gets whiplash whenever a sexy car cruises by.
• seems tough and plays hard, but bruises easily.
• is better relating one-on-one than in a crowd.
• fuels her internal fire by reading, asking questions, problem-solving and competing.
• recently retired from her wedding and portrait photography business, Kate Watson Photography, and is interested in learning new art forms to reinvigorate her creative juices.
• previously worked as a fundraising, strategy and finance consultant for nonprofit organizations.
• studied business at American University, but her real passion is the arts.
• lived in five states and two countries, and traveled to 22 countries, before embarking on our round-the-world trip.
• enjoys taking personality tests and embraces her INTJ-type from Myers-Briggs.

Brian…

• has the Myers-Briggs personality type INTP, aka “The Architect“.
• dreams about megascale engineering projects, like the space elevator concept and terraforming Mars and Venus.
• has been interested in aviation since he was five, and is currently a student pilot.
• enrolled in Space Academy during high school.
• attended Penn State University, where he majored in Aerospace Engineering and was a member of the Phi Mu Delta social fraternity.
• used to brew his own beer, but doesn’t drink very often anymore.
• now enjoys running, both as a means of fitness and as an objective measure of accomplishment.
• listens to a variety of music, including jazz, classical, hip hop, and the Grateful Dead.
• captures spiders, insects, and other household critters, returning them to nature rather than killing them.
• cannot concentrate on anything when a nearby TV is turned on.

Greatest Hits

• The spark — Wondering what instigated our travels?  Here’s your answer…
• What’s the plan, man? — An overview of our travel plans (if you could call them plans…)
• The elephant in the room — How we are financing our travels