Musings Happy New Year! I realized it had been a while since I posted one of these, and I thought it could be fun to keep up with them more consistently… maybe once a month, in a kind of “favorites” format? So here’s the January 2022 edition, all the things I’ve been loving this month….
Category: Lifestyle
To All the Boats I Loved Before
I thought 2021 was the Year of the Ox? But for me, it ended up being the Year of the Sailboat. No matter how you feel about the New Year, whether you celebrate it/set goals or not, it’s a natural time to reflect on life and set intentions for the future. And when I thought…
Why I Turn to Travel in the Good Times and the Bad
Travel is my passion and has been for as long as I can remember. If you’re reading this, I’m sure it’s a big part of your life too. I think back on my dreams of seeing the world as a child, how I asked for flights to California for my 13th birthday, and how I…
Happy 6th Birthday to This Blog!
I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since I started this blog! I haven’t written a blogiversary post since 2018, so I definitely didn’t want to miss this milestone this year. 2019 marked four years having this blog, but I had a lot of life changes going on and didn’t feel up to writing for…
Travel Influencers That (More Than) Deserve a Follow
With travel slowly coming back to life, I thought it was the perfect time to round up some travel influencers that more than deserve a follow. Travelers are my favorite type of influencers to follow online (obviously). This website wouldn’t even exist without inspiration from some of the OGs below–you can’t start a blog if…
Notes on Traveling Sober and Being “Sober Curious”
updated January 2024 I never saw my extended drinking hiatus coming. Or ever imagined that I would take a trip where I consumed no alcohol (I mean who does that?!). But 2020 was a strange year to say the least, and it lead to my traveling sober in 2021, a first for me since I…
Daydreamer Diaries: 4/9/21
Musings Well, somehow 6 months went by without me sharing one of these! It feels like I’ve made it through my first official winter back in Chicago–last year I was gone traveling for most of it. But now we’ve gotten a few random days of beautiful weather and trees are starting to blossom and it…
Traveling Solo Will Change Your Life
It’s been quite a year hasn’t it? I think we’re all feeling antsy to start living life again, but at the same time, feeling stuck in the stay-at-home mindset that’s been forced upon us for so long. Now more than ever, we have to actively choose to get out of our comfort zones. Traveling solo…