The following guest blog is by Kirstin Winkler of the blog, 3 Days*: It hit me the second I inspected the obligatory post-breakup haircut. This new regrettable ‘do wouldn’t heal my bruised heart and the emotional wounds would only continue to fester unless I embraced a more drastic change – a geographical one. After years […]
Ringing in the New Year With Ten Days of Silent Meditation
Days 94-104 It was a starry night on Koh Tao in Southern Thailand. I was lying on a wooden deck, staring up at the stars as party revelers danced away at the bar to my right. I was tired of dancing, I was tired of reckless tourists — I was tired of the whole Thai […]
The Science Behind Why We Love to Travel
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as he spoke. I could feel my heart rate increase slightly as the excitement coursed through me at this discovery of why travel is so addictive. I’d always known that newness – new places, the anxious anticipation of stepping off an airplane in a faraway land, […]
On Gaining Weight on the Road
I’ve started writing this post then stopped and tucked it away several times. I’ve thought about deleting it completely because it’s a topic that is not only super subjective, but also pretty sensitive not just for me, but for lots of people. I write about personal stuff all the time on here but this is not […]
An Open Letter to My Inner Negativity
Oh, hey there negativity. Can’t say I’m pleased to see you again. You know what’s cool? When you aren’t around and I never even notice that you’re gone. I really don’t miss you at all, but then you just show back up at some of the worst possible times and, though I want to be […]