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(I wrote this post in the time it takes to boil water for mac and cheese. This will make you think I am either brilliant or lazy. I don’t care. Enjoy.) I was a freshman in high school. I remember it like it just happened. (don’t worry, this isn’t actually a violent or abusive story. …
I THINK this is week 3. Is it week 3 or week 4? I really need to pull out a calendar and figure out what day it is. Having finished my first travel adventure, I have now settled into a somewhat predictable pattern on this sabbatical/gap year of mine. I actually do love routine, and …
Gap Year, Week 3 How are we only 3 weeks in? I feel as though a lot of life has been lived. I’ve re-done a closet, started a YouTube channel, been on a girls trip to Asheville, NC, and run a 15K race. I may need to re-think the pacing. After all, the point here …
Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I have a luggage purchasing problem (Hi, Jennifer). My obsession with luggage and carry-on bags specifically can be traced back to . . . as long as I can remember. I drooled over my first piece of Louis Vuitton luggage at the age of 9. I still don’t own …
Haven’t updated ya’ll in a minute on where I am with my planning and scheming for my Mom’s Gap Year! It’s sort of like Eat, Pray, Love but with no foreign lovers because I am madly devoted to my sweet husband. Also that’s not really my style. It’s a sabbatical, of sorts, because I’m using …
It feels lately as though the universe is sending me a message. Does that ever happen to you? Multiple times a day from multiple sources, I’ll read something or see something that all relate to a common theme: stillness. Or sometimes it’s boredom, or maybe it’s rest, but the signs are all pointing to the …
So, as of Saturday, Scott and I will have been married for 28 years. Yup. February 10th, 1990, we said I do in front of 250 of our closest family and friends. And I’m trying to figure out what to say about that. I mean, I still love him, we’re still IN love, and he …
I’ve been working since I was 18 years old and I am now 47. I’ll let you do the math. Oh, never mind, I’ll do it for you, that’s 29 years of working. In that time, I’ve loved many of my jobs. I mean the kind of love where you literally jump out of bed …
The start of The Gap Year is still a few months off, but my researching, dreaming and planning is in full swing! As a firm believer in planning being a big part of the enjoyment of travel, this is one of my favorite parts of this journey so far. Which has really not even started yet, …