Tag: learning
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Your Body Has Always Been Fine
Every day. Think about that. Every day we pick at our lives. Pulling at stitches and scans, sometimes to bleed, sometimes a reminder.
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A Decade of Travel
It has been ten and a half years since I took my first trip without my parents. In that decade I have learned a lot about the world, people, cultures, identities, food, wine, and maybe most importantly, myself. Perhaps the most powerful thing about being on the road, about depending on only myself, about sleeping…
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I Will Choose Love
When you ask people why they travel so often it’s associated with food, shopping, natural wonders, and maybe culture. Yet often we seem to look over one of the most rewarding aspects of flying off to a new land, the people. It’s my love for people that is truthfully the reason that I travel. I…
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Travel Is More Than Checklists
In my work, and my passion, there is a lot of talk about “bucket lists”. Bucket Lists, for those unaware, are lists of things and places one wants to go to before they “kick the bucket” aka drop dead. While it’s great to have lists and goals, dreams and wishes, it’s also important not to…
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The World Isn’t Disney for Americans
What concerns me is not that people visit in droves, or that their focus is on a romantic ideal. For I have also been that person. No, the concern is the disconnect from the reality of a place. Like Disneyworld the grit of the world has been cleaned away in many places.
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DNA Travels – Part I
I love this commercial from 23 and Me. The one where this gorgeous young woman traverses the world to find her roots, all found in a 23 and Me kit. She’s freckled, all smiles, grooves and moves. She has a new identity from the test, and it’s something profound and beautiful. From the dozens of…
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Packing for the Unpredictable
Colorado winters overlap with spring in an unusual way. This week has gone from 70° to 25° and everywhere in between. Today it is snowing. It’s April 6, 2018 and it’s snowing. I try to not get discouraged on these wintery days, after all we need the moisture and the snow has a charm to…
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Adventure of the Week
Welcome to my new series where I try every week to do something different, or reflect on something different from my past. Mostly I want to get out and do. My plan us to do new things, travel new places, meet new people, and create additional content for all of my wonderful readers. So, every…
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The Cult of Bootstraps
I am a strong believer in personal work and development. I am living proof that determination can actually attain goals and do things. I’ve been able to achieve a lot in 25 years of living, and 26 brings more goals. Yet, there is also a wall that exists that many of us hit and only…
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The Confusing 20s
Hi, I’ll be 26 in a few weeks and I’m in the phase that I’ll call “The Confusing 20s”. I always thought I wanted to do a certain thing….or certain things. I always wanted to do something creative, I do creative things every week. I write and cross-stitch, sometimes I knit and paint. I put…