Today is the first last day of work I’ve ever had. Before my current job, the only other job I’d ever had was at Starbucks. I worked there for 6 years through high school and college and I loved every single second of it. (If Starbucks could match my salary, I would sling lattes all …
I have been talking about my my going away party for about as long as I’ve had this trip planned. I talked about it for so long that it felt like it would never be here. June 24th was this date that always felt so far away. Until it wasn’t. The day came, I picked …
Up until this point in my life, I’ve taken a fairly predictable path. Go to college. Adopt a pet. Start a career. Get married. Save for retirement. If someone had to guess which of my siblings or friends would quit their job to take a trip around the world, I would have been the last …
I am currently living with the least amount of stuff that I’ve ever had in my entire life, and yet I know that I currently have more stuff than I will have for the next 12 months of my life. And I love it. I never thought I would be the one to say that. …
Up until recently, I was an obsessive shower taker. I had to shower every day – sometimes multiple times a day. I showered before Saturday morning long runs. I showered after night swims and then again when I’d wake up the next morning. This wasn’t at all related to actual cleanliness — proven by the …
We don’t drink often, but when we do, we book international excursions. Sometimes all you need is a dream and a little white wine. That’s how this whole trip went from an idea to a plan. We had plotted and budgeted, we made wish lists and tentative itineraries, we stockpiled credit card points and our …