I’ve been home for about six weeks now, and it feels like Asia is just a blip in my distant past. Honestly, I’m really glad to be back. It’s been nice to have access to things that I missed; to sleep in a quiet, dark, air-conditioned room in a comfortable bed; to hang out with [...]
A Nervous State of Affairs
20 December, 2012 By 1 Comment
And It Gets Tough
13 November, 2012 By 1 Comment
No one warned me about this. No one said that there would be this time, this gap between the purchasing of the ticket and the day of departure, when things feel really hard. There’s plenty of information out there — on blogs, in guidebooks, all over Twitter — about challenges travelers face while on the [...]
Shit’s Gettin’ Real: Five Weeks Notice
26 October, 2012 By 1 Comment
I quit my job today. Rather, I told my boss that in five weeks, I’ll be picking up my life and moving on. It was a hard conversation to have, and I unexpectedly felt a profound sense of sadness when I walked out. Because now this is real. As long as I was holding on [...]
Big Questions
20 September, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Start of Something New
10 September, 2012 By 5 Comments
On January 1, 2013, I’m off to see the world. It all started with my Labor Day trip to San Diego. I was expecting to fall madly, passionately in love with the city. I wanted to be convinced to pack up my bikes and my clothes and my kitchen gadgets and move right then and [...]
