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How I’m Approaching Travel Differently in My Thirties

Alyssa looks out over Mexico City

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. …

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10 Tips for Overcoming Museum Fatigue

Alyssa lies down on a mattress and peers up at art in a Ghent museum

Do you ever find yourself walking through a museum chock full of priceless works of art or millennia of human history, only to find yourself sighing from boredom? Guess what? You’re not alone. There’s a century-old term for this feeling – Museum Fatigue – and I suffer from it, too. It took visiting a few …

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Celebrating Life’s Milestones With Commemorative Jewelry from GLDN

A gold and silver ring sit with the reflection of the sky below

Marking the occasion with custom jewelry from one of my favorite brands.

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Fair and Square: How to Split Travel Costs When One Person Makes More Money

Two piggy banks. The small one is in the foreground and it just has a few dollars in the hole. The large piggy bank in the back has a lot of money in and around it.

Let’s dive into a taboo topic today: money. And not only reading about money, or spending money—today we’ll be talking about money in a way that we hate: talking about it with other people. I briefly mentioned this topic in a previous post [see more here: 20 questions you should ask a potential travel partner …

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20 Questions You Should Ask a Potential Travel Partner Before You Leave Home

Paris Guide Book

Let’s set a scene: You’re hanging out with your best friend you’ve known for ages (it’s late at night, and there’s probably wine involved) and someone declares, “You know what? We should go to Paris!” You clink glasses and each fantasize about what it would be like to explore the City of Light, eventually heading …

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How to Have a Slow Christmas

Alyssa drinks glogg in a window

I mentioned in Monday’s post that Michael and I took a trip to NYC last year in lieu of our typical gift exchange. It wasn’t that we grew tired of finding special gifts for the other person; we both love it when we find that perfect item we think the other will enjoy. Instead, we …