YouTube recommended me this video: “21 Years Old: I Have NO Friends.”
One commenter said that seeing this video in their feed of recommendations felt like a personal attack.
Continue reading “On Travel and Loneliness Part 2: Post-Lockdown”
Category: travel reflections
21 Millennial and Gen Z Slang Words I Didn’t Understand When I Came Back to the USA
I started to notice the shift on Facebook.
I was living in Colombia when it started. Something really strange was happening.
The English language was changing. And I felt like I wasn’t catching up. Continue reading “21 Millennial and Gen Z Slang Words I Didn’t Understand When I Came Back to the USA”
What No One Tells You About Travel and Loneliness
“What if the pandemic is preparing you for everything you asked for?”
I know. It sounds ridiculous. That’s the first thing I thought of when this idea came to me in writing meditation one day. Continue reading “What No One Tells You About Travel and Loneliness”
How Being Shy & Introverted Has Made Me a Better Traveler
“Why are you so quiet?”
If I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me this, Continue reading “How Being Shy & Introverted Has Made Me a Better Traveler”
5 Lessons I’ve Learned While Traveling the World Alone
8 years ago, I was sitting in a hostel, eating dinner and drinking wine with strangers from the U.K. and South Africa.
That dinner changed my life.
It was our last night in Mendoza, Argentina. My friends were talking with a few girls from the U.K., who were taking a gap year at 19, just because. They dropped names of big cities and famous landmarks like it was nothing. Continue reading “5 Lessons I’ve Learned While Traveling the World Alone”
