Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Something that hit me in 2024: "When I grow up" was already here

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Atlanta, GA December 31, 2024 When I was a kid, there were a few stories that were often repeated about things that would happen when I gr...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

What I Learned in 2023: The Source of My Happiness Is Inside Myself

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Atlanta, GA 12/31/23 At first, I wasn’t going to write this. Or at least I wasn’t going to publish it. It felt tone deaf, insensitive or ...
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

The Things You Learn When It's Only You (or Love Letter to the Rice Paddy)

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Hoi An, Vietnam 07/04/2023 At the risk of embodying every cliche about Westerners who spend months traveling around SE Asia, I must say, I...
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Monday, June 19, 2023

Untethered and Never Better

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Ninh Binh, Vietnam 06/19/2023 I made a New Year’s resolution in 2023: No boyfriends till you go to southeast Asia. A trip to Asia had ...
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

The Ritual of the Monks

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Chiang Mai, Thailand 06/02/23 Though the monks are beyond plentiful here in Chiang Mai, every time I see one, walking barefoot and gazing...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Why I Slow Travel

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Chiang Mai, Thailand 05/29/23 On my long solo trips abroad, I pick a base in one spot and take side trips from there. I leave my stuff be...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The Do-Over (or The Bells on the Piazza)

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Florence, Italy 01/03/23 Shortly after I wrote these tips for solo travelers last year, I learned another important piece of travel adv...
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