Ocean Shores, WA – Photo by Grace Moore A version of this post was originally published on Medium. I have depression. I have ever since I was a young teen, though I didn’t know it at the time. All I really knew when I was a teenager was that I was miserable most of the …
Just a Few Very Good Reasons Why I Can’t Write Today, Thank You
A version of this post originally appeared on Medium. I want to write every day. I do. I do. But writing is hard! Coming up with ideas is hard! Coming up with ideas to write about every day is the worst. In my defense, I’ve been doing pretty well recently. I mean, I totally deserve …
What It’s Really Like to Work From Home
Among all the other changes that have happened this year, 2020 also became the year of working remotely. Now, I’ve worked at home for almost five years, and I have to say that I still don’t do it as effectively as the approximately 82,000 articles on the internet filled with work-at-home suggestions and hacks seem …
Creativity in the Time of COVID: Why You Should Keep Making Art in Uncertain Times
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash I first wrote this post in April and published it on Medium. While where I am currently living isn’t in a strict quarantine, there are still a lot of restrictions on socializing (Whether people actually follow that is another thing, but that’s a post for a different day). And …
Five Ways Your Life Changes When You Develop Chronic Pain
Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash Last year, when I started getting daily, life-interrupting headaches, I wasn’t prepared for how much my life was going to change. I never expected to be suddenly waylaid by my health; I don’t think anyone ever really expects that. Even if you’re highly anxious like myself, on some level …
The Future of A Passport and a Pencil
Hellloooo, anyone out there? Folks, it’s been a long time. So long, in fact, that I was surprised that I didn’t kick up actual dust when I logged in to post this. I almost expected my blog to yell at me in shame for ignoring it so long. There will be no apologies though for …
I’m Taking My First Vacation Since Developing Chronic Pain
In a few days my boyfriend and I are going on vacation. Nothing too exciting or fancy, just a couple of low-key days on the beach, which is only about a two-hour drive from where we live. It’s the first vacation I’m taking since developing chronic pain. And while I’m looking forward to it, I’m …
My Least Favorite Piece of Travel “Advice”
Because I like to travel, I’ve spent a lot of time reading travel blogs and other sources of travel advice. I’ve scrolled through pages and pages of blog posts, Instagram posts, and Pinterest boards, looking for inspiration and feeding my wanderlust. In all my time consuming travel-related content, I’ve gotten a lot of good tips …
Should I Hike the Camino de Santiago?
This post originally appeared on Medium. If you don’t already know, the Camino de Santiago is a series of pilgrimages across parts of Spain and Portugal that lead to Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James were discovered. There are multiple routes, but the most popular is the Camino Frances, which runs along …
My 2018 Travel Year in Review
Happy 2019! Now that we are almost two week into 2019 and just about everyone else has already posted their year-end reviews, I decided it was about time to do mine. I didn’t blog much for the month of December. And while I didn’t mention it here, I posted on my Instagram at the beginning …