My Instagram feed overflows on a daily basis with photos of incredibly beautiful locations and happy, carefree people living their best life. Or so it seems. While these photos may scream, “My life is amazing and I never have any problems,” I suspect that the reality is far different. I suspect this because I have …
At the end of October my boyfriend and I went to Massachusetts to visit family. While we were there we took a day trip to Boston. Boston is a fun city with plenty to see and do, but since we only had one day we decided to focus our time on exploring the Freedom Trail. …
I was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger award by Nancy Mulligan over at My Everyday Challenges. Thank you, Nancy! I’ve never been nominated for this award before and I’m grateful that you thought of me. The Sunshine Blogger Award involves answering 11 questions given by the person who nominated you, nominating 11 more blogs, and …
Quitting your 9–5 job and traveling the world: it sounds like the dream, right? How many of us have imagined leaving our “regular” life behind and pursuing travel as a full-time job, instead of something we do a couple weeks out of the year? How many of us have looked at Instagram photos depicting someone …
I am afraid. I am afraid when I walk from my car to my apartment at night. I am afraid when it’s dark and I am alone in a grocery store parking lot. I am afraid when I am home by myself and I hear a strange noise. I am afraid when I stay in …
One Little Thing is a new series of posts that I am trying out where I write a short post highlighting one place, experience, or product from my travels. I want to be able to talk about things that I like that I maybe haven’t been able to work into a post in another way. …
I love books. I have loved books and reading since I was a kid. I struggled to learn how to read, but even before I could read on my own I loved being read to. Once I finally cracked the code to reading on my own, reading soon became one of my favorite things to …
Spain is a country practically bursting with churches. When I traveled there in Spring 2017, it seemed that every town I visited, even the smaller ones, had at least one old church dating back a few hundred years, while the larger cities had one or more massive cathedrals that were as old or older. Enter …
An old seminary, a hiking trail, and a terrible pair of shoes. This post was originally published on Medium in July. It was 84 degrees and clear skies all around as we made our way to Saint Edward State Park. Located in Kenmore, Washington, the park is named after the long-closed seminary that was built next to …
This post originally appeared on Medium. Last week, I made my way into Seattle with my boyfriend to check out Scarecrow Video. Located in the University District, Scarecrow Video is a video rental store and non-profit organization that is home to more than 130,000 titles, and is currently the largest independent collection of videos in the …