Reading Time: 7 minutesLong time no post. I’m here to share the final installation of my “personal update” trilogy, following my part 1 about winding down digital nomading and part 2 about getting engaged. This also serves as an explanation for why I haven’t posted here in such a long time. It starts off with bad news, then…
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“No reddit November” or what I learned from 30 days off reddit
Reading Time: 12 minutesI’ve had an off-and-on relationship with social media over the years. I’ve had to take breaks from platforms when it felt like my relationship with them had become unhealthy, which helped reset my brain habits and my perspective on how I want to engage with that platform. During the pandemic, I started spending way too…
My 2024 goals (and how you can help)
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith my 2023 goals and favorites officially in the books, here are my 2024 goals (and how you can help!) Goal #1: Make blogging a habit 📝 Though I failed to properly blog about my travel adventures from the past year, I’ve got a lot of half-finished travel drafts lying around that I’d like to…
2023 goals: calm hands, French failures, and more
Reading Time: 6 minutesI covered my favorite new things from last year in 2023 faves. In this post, I’ll dig into how I did on my 2023 goals. In a follow-up post, I’ll share my 2024 goals. Sharing these feels vulnerable, since our goals are a reflection of our values at the time of our lives when we…
My favorite things of 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis year, I’m splitting up my “annual faves” and my reflection on my goals into two separate posts. I’m still finalizing my 2024 goals, so I’m putting this post out first. Note that this is based on my personal tastes, which are subjective. This is not meant to be a debate-sparking “this was better than…
Personal update #2: I’m engaged!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnyone who looks at my blog most likely already has me added to some other social media platform (with a few exceptions, hence the new “about” section in the sidebar). If you haven’t already heard, I’m very happy to share that I recently got engaged to my partner of ten years 💖💍 When I referenced…
Personal update: I’m (mostly) done with digital nomading
Reading Time: 4 minutesHello, long-neglected blog. Over the past year, I’ve been so caught up in travel planning and traveling, that I failed to blog about any of it. I do plan to make up for that in the coming months. Which leads me to this update: After one full year of digital nomading across 16 countries, I’m…
Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023!
Reading Time: 9 minutesLong time no post! Since my last entry, I attended a workshop on blogging that got me re-thinking my blog strategy and layout. I had wanted to prioritize making those changes before posting again, and then life got busy as I traveled to SoCal, Montréal, NYC, Buenos Aires, and Patagonia (all in the course of…
WiFi Tribe vs. Hacker Paradise: The Interview Experience (2022)
Reading Time: 7 minutesI’m off on my first digital nomad adventure, living and working remotely from Oaxaca, Mexico for the next 4 weeks via WiFi Tribe. A few weeks later, I’ll do the same thing in Buenos Aires, Argentina via Hacker Paradise. As I jump into these trips, I wanted to share a bit about the similarities and…
Digital nomad adventure announcement!
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have some personal news to share. In three weeks, I’m starting a new chapter of my life, one where I’ll be living and working remotely in different parts of the world as a digital nomad! Anyone who has known me personally throughout the years knows how badly I’ve wanted to live the nomad life….