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2012: My Year in Review

By on December 28, 2012 in manifesto, travel

Tweet I had no idea how I would be able to top 2011. I was in Australia for crying out loud. I did everything to the extreme, from bungy jumping to scuba diving. How could I possibly keep up that momentum in 2012? I wouldn’t say 2012 topped 2011, but I sure as hell tried. [...]

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Surviving Bad Travel Days

By on November 12, 2012 in backpacking, manifesto, travel

Tweet Sometimes you just can’t win. Your train is late. The hostel loses your booking. Your bag gets stolen. It starts raining on your walk to the hostel. Nothing seems to be going your way and you want to curl up in a ball and ignore the world. These days don’t stop happening when you [...]

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A Time of Transition

By on October 24, 2012 in manifesto, travel, writing

Tweet I’m interrupting the (out of order) Europe posts for something a little more personal. For the last few months I’ve been going through my own personal drama. I went from seeing and talking to someone every day for almost two years to completely cutting them out of my life. I tried to act like [...]

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What Hospitality Has Taught Me About Travel

By on September 15, 2012 in jobs, manifesto, travel

Tweet For the last three years of my life, I’ve worked in the hospitality industry. Hotels, restaurants and bars have been my life when I wasn’t traveling and even when I was. I like working in hospitality because the jobs are easy to find in between my various jaunts around the world. I like meeting [...]

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Experiences, Not Expenses

By on September 10, 2012 in adventure, Agnes Water, Atlanta, Australia, Cairns, Hawaii, manifesto, Sydney, tours, travel, USA

TweetThroughout my travels, I’ve learned that sometimes it’s not about keeping things as cheap as possible. It’s the experiences, not expenses that you remember years later. Some travel splurges are worth making. While I may stress at the time about adjusting my budget for those tours, accommodations or meals, I am always glad I did [...]

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Nomadism and Friendship

By on August 22, 2012 in friends, manifesto

Tweet One of the problems with being a sketchy flaky “free spirit” like myself is that you find yourself having difficulty making deep connections with others. I try not to get too close to people because I know one of us, probably myself, will eventually leave. I know a lot of people living in every [...]

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You Can’t Go Home

By on August 15, 2012 in Charleston, friends, manifesto, postgrad, student

Tweet I’ve long considered Charleston more of my “home” than Atlanta. While I was raised in Georgia, Charleston is where I did most of my growing up and what made me into the person I am today. It’s where I learned to live with others, where I balanced work and play, where I found out the [...]

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How Can I Afford to Travel?

By on May 11, 2012 in manifesto, tours, travel

Tweet I read a post on Wandering Earl a while back about how he’s been able to travel for the last 12 years almost continuously and my friend Margo just reminded me of it. So how have I been able to afford to travel? In most people’s terms, I can’t.  I’m not a trustafarian with parents bankrolling [...]

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My Travel Inspirations

By on April 30, 2012 in Australia, backpacking, manifesto, postgrad, travel

Tweet The EasyJet Inspiration Initiative  offers a great concept, asking travel bloggers what our travel inspirations are. I was nominated by Heather of There’s No Place Like Oz, whose blog was a major source of inspiration for me when I was planning my year in Australia. I have an inspiration board in my room where I tack up [...]

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My 1 Month No Drinking Challenge

By on March 7, 2012 in beer, manifesto

Tweet As I mentioned when I was talking about my anxiety, I’ve used alcohol as a way to suppress it for entirely too long. I don’t drink that much anymore, but I definitely spend too much money on it. I’ve thought about taking a break from drinking for almost a year now, ever since I [...]

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