One night a few months back, I stood in the middle of my studio apartment assessing the mess sprawled on the floor all around me, and I realized something very special was unfolding. The messiness seemed indicative of the transitional…
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I’m Freelancing Again!
This month, I’m dipping a toe in the water as a freelancer again to see how it feels. I’ve got just one client and am doing a pretty light amount of work, but I have to say, it’s been really…
A Month Without Blogging: What It All Means and Where We Go from Here
No blogger likes to let their site sit dormant for a month’s time. Especially one who’s trying to make a living from their craft. It feels unproductive. It feels lazy. It feels altogether wrong. So trust me when I say, I…
30 Non-Cliché Travel Quotes You’ve Probably Never Heard Before
Call me a sucker, but I love a good travel quote. For me, it’s about so much more than my deep-rooted love of travel–when someone is able to use the written word to capture how travel makes me feel, well,…
Uncommon Gifts That Are Actually Worth Giving This Year
With the passing of each holiday gift-giving season, I find myself becoming a more and more discerning gift giver. A simple gift card won’t do (where’s the love in that?) and as much as I know most people in my…
The Beauty of Returning to a Place You Know and Love
I love revisiting a place I have already been. Even better if I can do so in new company. If I didn’t much care for the place on the first visit, it gives me a second chance to discover it…
You Can’t Outrun Your Pain: Why Travel Isn’t the Answer to Trauma
In loving memory of Michael Allen Davis. Writing has always been a cathartic process for me. My explorations on this blog have carried me through some of the most trying, confusing, and heartbreaking of times over the years. But there…
There is Freedom in the Now
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have” –Eckhart Tolle Time, it seems, is a prison of our own creation. We are always waiting for something. Waiting until we are in a new place. Waiting for an…
Why “Niching Down” Isn’t for Me, and What I’m Doing Instead
When you read as many articles on blogging as I do, the information starts to sound like a broken record. You run into outliers here and there, and the occasional post revealing some disappointing blogging truths, but for the most part…
The Millennial’s ULTIMATE GUIDE to Having It All
Millennials are the best generation. There’s really no evidence that I would listen to that would convince me otherwise. We’re living in a prosperous economy with a booming job market. We’re definitely not up to our eyeballs in student loan…
