Happy New Year, friends! I’m going to be completely honest—I’m currently in a warm, soupy haze after this morning’s Free Soup Day at Free Range Brewing and this post may not be quite as eloquent as I hoped. I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s one of my favorite days of the year and one …
Category: Journal
2024: Year in Review
As usual, I’m writing this post while half-ready to go out for some fun NYE celebrations. Yes, I could just post it tomorrow, but then it wouldn’t be 2024 any longer… I simply can’t let the last few hours of the year slip by without some reflection, so before I finish styling my hair and …
14 Things People Don’t Tell You About Starting a Travel Blog
(There’s more to it than wearing a flowy dress in pretty locations)
Setting Intentions for a New Year: 2024 Edition
3… 2… 1… Happy New Year! Although it was just yesterday that I shared my Year in Review post for 2023, it was also last year. Much like celebrating a birthday, the dawn of a new year isn’t an instantly transformative experience – we’re all still exactly the same people we were yesterday. But as …
2023: Year in Review
Reflecting back on 2023 through the lenses of life, travel, and this blog. This again? I know the “this year went by so fast” schtick probably feels a little tired, but man, it feels like just yesterday that I was reflecting back on 2022. This post contains a few affiliate links – if you decide …
How I’m Approaching Travel Differently in My Thirties
I recently celebrated my thirty-fourth birthday by doing the thing I love the very most: traveling. This number doesn’t signify a major milestone by any means, but it does mean I’ve just entered my mid-thirties – and it made me stop to reflect on how traveling at 34 looks far different than traveling at 24. …
Setting Intentions for a New Year | 2023
Setting a series of intentions for 2023
Sharing a Big Life Update: We’re Engaged!
Over the past year I’ve shifted most of my life updates to my newsletter, but this one is too big to keep confined within the walls of an inbox (and also to bury too far down in this post):
I won a trip! (Now what?)
What it’s like to win a grand prize trip, what to expect at tax time, and how to better your chances of winning a trip, too.
Why I Changed My Name at Age 32
Nope, not my blog name – my name-name.