I Quit Full-Time Travel Blogging, and Here’s How it Went

Is travel blogging the dream everyone seems to think it is?

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Choosing Love in the Face of Hate

You can’t control what others do to you, or what happens to you, but you can control your interpretation of the event and how you react.

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What to do about Hate Mail

For the first time in the history of this blog, I was threatened with violence.

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An Open Letter to Amy Schumer on Snatched

Don’t see Snatched – it’s nothing but untrue stereotypes and typical American fear mongering. Amy Schumer should be ashamed of herself.

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The Subjectivity of Luck

We sat in silence for a minute, four twenty-somethings from so-called “first world” countries, with our infinite opportunities, our excellent educations, and the ability to do pretty much whatever we want. I could never think of myself or my life in the same way again.

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Struggling to Commemorate in La Paz Cemetery

How do you properly commemorate the most important person to shape your life, especially when you are so far away?

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In Memory of My Mother

My mother’s childhood took her across countries and states. Unlike mine.

Her adult life (and therefore my childhood) saw our family firmly planted in the small radius of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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It Starts with Words

I’d always said I’d go to Thailand., and never did… Until a one week vacation changed my life forever.

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The Inspiration for All That I Do and How I Live

I don’t wait, I can’t wait, for some far distant future that may never arrive.

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