When You Start Living the Dream
It’s 7:00pm and I’m enjoying a late afternoon orange juice, served with a bowl of chips and another of olives, all for only 2,50 euros in the most lovely setting I could possibly imagine. I simply walked down a street, and bothered to look down an alley I...
The Unsettling Nature of Unconventional Choices
(Students celebrating the end of their studies in Coimbra, Portugal.) Another thing that’s held me back from beginning to live life on my terms is that, for years, I felt like I was doing something too wild and incomprehensible to be accepted by the many people I...
Adventure and Money – How to Do It
One of the reasons it took me so long to decide to completely turn my life on its head to do something “crazy” like travel all the time and revolve work around it was money. How could I possibly afford this? Won’t I run out of money in like a month? Hotel rooms are...
Conditioned for Pain
Another day, another fun self realization! I have been conditioned to normalize pain. In middle and high school I was an athlete – a star softball pitcher (yup, I’m gonna totally recognize myself for being an amazing pitcher) and the point guard of our basketball...








If you want to see every post I’ve written, starting with the most recent, this is the place to start!
I’ve been traveling the globe solo, and many of my posts share thoughts and resources specifically for other solo travelers. If you’re a fellow solo traveler, or you’re thinking about solo travel, this is a collection you will find of interest.
If you’re looking to read blog posts about specific destinations, click the country of your interest below to go to it’s blog page and get country-specific reviews and thoughts.
Sometimes I write posts where I give insider information on certain cities I’ve visited, which may be more along the lines of places to go, how to save money, etc. If that’s your main interest, check out this compilation of posts.
In 2020, I was traveling in New Zealand as the coronavirus pandemic brewed, and, got stuck there. If you want to read about what this time was like and traveling during this time, check out this page.
At the heart of international travel is learning about the many different cultures and ways of being around the world. The posts compiled on this page speak, specifically, about the cultural observations I’ve had.
Many of my blog posts are about things I’ve discovered about myself or about being, while I’ve traveled. If you’d like to focus on posts that only have self-discovery themes, click the button below.


