Exploring the World

Jan 22, 20202 min read

Let's escape winter and head to Nashville!!!

They don't call it "America's Sweetest Race" for nothing... Fellow friends, runners, joggers, walkers, and swag bag enthusiasts, it's...

Jan 19, 20202 min read

Thanks to Scott's Cheap Flights, Nick and I just booked our first international trip together to Paris - only $322/person ROUND TRIP!!!...

Jan 15, 20209 min read

I'm off the Instagram train. Over the past few months, I found myself unconsciously reaching for my phone, immediately clicking over to...

Jan 15, 20204 min read

From the archives - Written September 2015 from Takahagi, Japan - Same thoughts, different day. I didn’t apply to the JET Program as a...

Jan 12, 20209 min read

After a soul crushing break-up, and then an unexpectedly heartwarming reunion, I begrudgingly moved back to Wisconsin from Austin, TX at...

Dec 17, 20194 min read

It feels so strange not having a debt payoff countdown ticking through my calendar and brain on repeat! Now that I'm not immediately...

Nov 15, 20194 min read

Choice: To attempt to become multilingual (Spanish, German, French). Behavior: To practice learning a new language every day by way of...

Nov 3, 20194 min read

My daily 6:40am iPad alarm starts to ring, alerting me of another 24 hours ahead of me in this strange life I have created in the inaka,...