Well. I’ve done it. I’ve hit 35. And, in my infinite wisdom, I have been sitting here thinking all day about lessons to learn in life. Lessons I have learned in life. You know, this things you wish you knew then, but you know now. When I started this blog, I was in what IContinue reading “35 lessons to learn in life”
Category Archives: 30 Life Crisis
Behind bars in Ljubljana: Hostel Celica review
You’d think sleeping inside a former military prison would be creepy. I even ask the manager of the property as she guides me down the dark, damp stairs to where solitary confinement used to be, a stone cave-like basement, if it is haunted. She chuckles and responds with a simple “no.” In fact, other thanContinue reading “Behind bars in Ljubljana: Hostel Celica review”
This time will be different
“This time Israel will be different.” I tell everyone who will listen to me, not really for them, but to remind myself how much I have changed. “This time, I’m going for different reasons.” “This time, I won’t be miserable. I won’t cry into my too expensive glass of wine each night, wishing away my time here.Continue reading “This time will be different”
10 things traveling solo taught me about life
Today is March 7 … exactly four years ago today I boarded a flight to London and embarked on a seven-month solo backpacking adventure through Europe and parts of Africa. For months before I booked the trip, I teetered … I dreamed of traveling, but was it the right time to quit my job, mid-career,Continue reading “10 things traveling solo taught me about life”
Love and the airport
The two are cuddled next to each other. He strums on his guitar in the middle of Bangkok Airway’s lounge. Annoying considering I want silence so I can watch “Shameless” and his hectic playing penetrates my headphones blocking my ears from outside noise. But her? She looks at him with goo-goo eyes. Clearly, in love.Continue reading “Love and the airport”
Ditch the excuses … it’s time to travel
“Oh, I wish I could do what you did and just travel but [insert a myriad of reasons why Person X just can’t possibly travel,” says most people who comment on my travels. Which, of course, makes my blood boil. Why? Because — you know what? You. Can. So, I’m calling bullshit. Yup. Bull. Shit. TheContinue reading “Ditch the excuses … it’s time to travel”
Being 30 and Single
Editor’s Note: This post is written by Jo Turnbull, a fellow 30-Life-Crisis-Screw-It-I’m-Traveling-Travel-Blogger. She’s rad. Turning 30 is normally the age when you buy your house, settle down, have a couple of children and go to work every day for the next 30 years. I have done the complete opposite. I moved out of my apartmentContinue reading “Being 30 and Single”
‘Twas the night before Expat Life
“You’re moving to Thailand?” It’s been since February when I knew my future would take me to Thailand and I would become an expat. For nearly five months, my life has been in this stop-wait-move pattern. Stop. Wait. Move. Stop. Wait. Move. It gets tiresome after awhile. And severely emotionally draining. Five months is aContinue reading “‘Twas the night before Expat Life”
Coming home
Pulling in to my neighborhood, I can feel my chest tighten. The trees. When did they get so big? The homes. When did they get so old? “Welcome to my house,” I say to Erica as I turn the car off. Home. We. Are. Home. I open the bright red door, the same bright redContinue reading “Coming home”
Rocky Mountains, sigh
Editor’s Note: This post is a part of the #winosontheroad series. Over Yonderlust and d travels ’round are road tripping and exploring America through June 27. Be sure to check out all of the posts of life on the open road. The rustic smell of the wooden stairs hits me as soon as we walk in to Pine Ridge Condos in Breckenridge,Continue reading “Rocky Mountains, sigh”
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