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Joao Fernandes is a Portuguese author and a world traveler. He has been the youngest Portuguese to cross the North American continent from Coast to Coast.

He is a regular writer on AdventurousArtist.com as well as a featured writer on Vice, Thought Catalog, Medium and Elite Daily.

He enjoys giving talks about his adventures, taking long walks with his dog and Zen Buddhism. He can't ride a bicycle though... ...more

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Sit With Your Feelings

Sit in with loneliness and let it sink in
Sit in with boredom and let it cover you
Sit in with jealousy and let it be with you
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As long as you sit in and don’t oppose it, you don’t run away from it… you will stop being lonely, bored, jealous or controlled by your own thoughts. As long as you sit and stay with it you will soon realize that all of those pains are Read more of this blog post »

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

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