i am not the word

I have always been a huge music buff. I may not be musically inclined, but in high school I was very often referred to as ‘the girl with the headphones on’. I’ve been to over 100 concerts in my life. Music festivals are one of my favourite places to be. I just feel as though Read more

How do you define success? Is it money? Status? Is it dependent on comparing yourself to what others around you have achieved? I have noticed a lot lately that many people compare their lives to others, in order to gauge whether or not their lives are successful.Why must we always compare ourselves to others? Our Read more

I have been fortunate enough in my life to meet some pretty rad people. And I am not just talking about during my travels, though you people are super rad too. I mean in my every day life, the ones back home who despite my life of wandering, continue to be my friends. They continue Read more

So here I am, about to move to another country, again, and as I am preparing all the paperwork and getting all the documents, I realize something. I realize that my passport is set to expire next November… Now obviously this wouldn’t be a problem at the moment for most, but when you are moving Read more

Those who know me well, know I hated hashtags not too long ago. Something about the way people used them just rubbed me the wrong way. I guess I never really understood the use of them because truthfully, the people I saw using them on Instagram (I don’t have Twitter) were using them to try Read more

My life is about to dramatically change in a matter of months and though I am fairly nervous, the excitement and happiness has definitely overridden my nerves. Soon I will be trading mountains for ocean, cold weather for hot. Some people probably think I am crazy. They thought I was crazy for moving up here Read more