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Anyone who has traveled for any length of time knows that travel is definitely NOT unicorns and rainbows all the time. Sure, it's fun...

About once a week, I get a question from someone via email that usually goes something like this: I'm a in college...

I went through a long-haired, tie-dye-wearing hippie phase in high school – just without the drugs. And, even though I've always been somewhat of...

Chances are, if you consider yourself a reader, you probably have a favorite author. I actually have a few favorites — and one of...

You all know the story: cubicle-dweller dreams of travel, saves up money, and eventually waves adios to desk job and embarks upon a global...

Growing up, I was one of those kids who was kinda okay at a lot of things, but not really GREAT at any one...

When I was a little kid, I used to be ALL about the outdoors. We're talking tree forts in the woods, swimming in mucky...

Looking back at this year (and the last few years, for that matter), I constantly have to pinch myself. Is this real life? Is...

You hear a lot about traveling – about how awesome it is, usually. About how travel has opened people's eyes and changed their lives....

Travelers (and travel bloggers), I've learned, can be a pretty judge-y bunch sometimes. Think about it. When you meet a new traveler on the...

In the age of Facebook and Twitter and the ubiquitous selfie, when we all feel the need to make our lives look more exciting by...

It was my last semester of graduate school, and I was sitting in on what was supposed to be a motivational seminar about working...

As far as travel years go, I think 2013 was perhaps my best so far. Even though I spent the first half of 2013...

Okay, so I know that I occasionally publish posts on my blog about how awesome it is to travel solo. And it's true that...

I used to like to joke that I came from the Tundra. For undergraduate school, I attended a small, private university in northwest Ohio...

Today, March 8, is International Women's Day. It is, quite literally, a day to celebrate being a women. I've already received a few Facebook...

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