If you’ve read my About Me page, or any of my blog posts, for that matter, you probably know that I’m drawn to situations that are a little bit uncomfortable. The situations that push my boundaries and force me to…
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Finding My Voice in One Year of Travel Blogging
Blogging anniversaries, like all anniversaries in life, come with a lot of pressure–pressure to be great, to be meaningful, to be memorable. I feel it’s my duty on this, the one-year anniversary of hitting “Publish” on my very first blog post,…
Pura Vida Bracelets: A Socially Responsible Company Dedicated to Giving Back
**THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED POST! I was not compensated in ANY WAY to write the words you are about to read, this is just a company I fully support and whose activism and causes I believe in. That said, allow me to…
The Next Travel Adventure: One-Way Ticket to Nicaragua
Cat’s out of the bag…I’m heading to Central America! In just 23 days, I’ll be leaving the US with a one-way ticket to Managua, Nicaragua, and I couldn’t be more excited. As with my past trips, there is a lot…
My Favorite (Free) Language Resources
As you may know, a major life goal of mine is to one day be multi-lingual. I have varying levels of proficiency in Spanish and Thai (much more Spanish than Thai) and the very basics in a few others, but I’m…
Language Acquisition: The Ongoing Trial
I’ve been a lover of foreign languages since high school which, sadly, is the first time I was even presented with the opportunity to learn one. Growing up in a small, conservative town in rural central Washington State, there was a…
