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A Year of Races: The Results

By on April 8, 2013 in list, postgrad

Tweet When I got home from Australia, I needed something to throw myself into. I wasn’t as active walking to work, so I signed up for a race my friend Elizabeth was doing. From there, I made it my goal to run one race every month for an entire year. I hate running but I made [...]

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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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A Day in the Life: English Teacher

By on July 16, 2012 in guest blogger, jobs, postgrad, student, travel

Tweet Connie is a fellow blogger who I heard about through another blogger. I’ve been reading  her stories about her time in Asia for almost two years now and I am excited to feature her on another A Day in the Life interview about her experiences teaching English overseas! Name: Connie Hum of Connvoyage Location: [...]

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25 Things to Do Before Turning 25

By on July 8, 2012 in birthday, list, postgrad

Tweet I officially turned 24 years old today. I’ve been doing birthday lists for two years now and I’ve gotten more accomplished each and every year. This year I crossed off 11 items from the 24 Before 24 List: bungy jumped (#4), scuba dived the Great Barrier Reef (#5), gave blood for the first time [...]

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A Day in the Life: Au Pair

By on May 21, 2012 in Australia, jobs, postgrad, student, travel

Tweet Andrea started following my blog a while back and once I found out she was a fellow Georgia girl living in Australia, I knew we would have plenty in common. I’m excited to feature Andrea, an au pair, because this is a popular post-grad profession for those of us who love to travel.  Name: [...]

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A Day in the Life: Digital Strategist

By on May 4, 2012 in jobs, postgrad, student, travel

Tweet After the last interview with Peace Corps alum Melanie, American expat Edna contacted me about her jobs overseas, including this job as a digital strategist in Singapore, as well as her current gig as a private tutor in Paris. I’m excited to present a totally different kind of interview, one most people would see as [...]

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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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Making Travel a Priority in College

By on April 16, 2012 in backpacking, blog, postgrad, travel

Tweet The question I am asked most often in reference to my blog and lifestyle in general is, “How are you able to travel so much? I wish I could do that.” It’s mostly people from high school or college who maybe had one study abroad experience and that was the extent of their travels. [...]

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A Day in the Life: Peace Corps Volunteer

By on April 12, 2012 in jobs, postgrad, student, travel

Tweet I wanted this series to be semi-regular, but that didn’t exactly happen. But don’t worry, now I’m back with a terrific interview from  hilarious Peace Corps alumna and blogger Melanie Chamberlain. The Peace Corps has a long history of volunteers and I briefly considered it as a postgraduate option myself. But I think a lot of [...]

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A Day in the Life: AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer

By on September 27, 2011 in jobs, postgrad, student, travel, USA

Tweet After my post Real World Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Sooner, I started thinking about things I could still tell my twentysomething self, even if it’s too late for my 18 year old self. While I chose to travel and delay the “real world” as much as possible, some of my friends have taken [...]

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