When you picture a solo trip, you might see imagery of trains traveling through the European countryside or backpacking in East Asia. This kind of travel isn’t always attainable, as much as you might want to join the ranks of adventurers who have changed their lives through soul-searching trips alone to faraway countries. Maybe your budget …
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OK, I know February is a short month, but the speed at which it flew by this year took me by surprise. The good news is that spring, hiking season, and sunshine are on the way (or they supposedly are. The nor’easters battering the east coast apparently didn’t get the memo.) The bad news is …
Do you like how descriptive I am? My last post was about “trying things,” and this one is about being bad “at stuff.” Writing is hard. Finding the right words in your head and translating them into cohesive, pretty sentences on a page (digital or otherwise) is hard. But I do it anyway, because as …
January has always been a weird month for me. It’s the start of a new year, so I find it confusing to reflect on everything I did in January at the end of the year: Wait, what? I did that this year? Also, it’s my birthday month, so I have to grapple with my annual …
It’s New Year’s Eve! Sparkly things! Fireworks! The promise of a clean slate and a brand-new year! The horrifying realization that I am a year older and not at all wiser!
If sleep and I were a Facebook status, we’d be It’s Complicated. (I know, that’s so 2010, but you get what I mean.) I used to be able to sleep until 3pm on weekends, no problem. This may have been due to my standard sleeping habits, starting with the night before my first day of …
A few months ago, I attended an awesome marketing conference in Boston. Speakers from Michelle Obama to Billie Jean King and Issa Rae graced the main stage, and at the end of 4 days of walking back and forth throughout the conference center, I was about ready to collapse. My phone was really proud of …
On sunny days – which are few – the mountain could almost pass for friendly. Today is one of those rare days, sky completely devoid of clouds so that we have a clear view of the summit from the recently-rebuilt lodge at the mountain’s base. Spencer and I power-hike (for us, at least), largely motivated …
How do you find the motivation to get back into something after setting it aside? Most recently, I got back into working out. It started with running after months of no exercise, followed by several weeks of physical therapy in an attempt to get my left knee to stop throwing a fit as if I …
Mini announcement! Wander Weekly will be going on hiatus starting next week so I can focus more on longer writing. Yes, this last Wander Weekly for a while is on a Saturday, which goes to show you how little time I’ve been able to dedicate to writing things up recently. By taking a break from this …
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