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6 months ago, I had a silly dream about driving across the country. I never thought it would happen, especially not alone. I just didn’t think I had the guts. In the past 2 weeks, I have driven over 3,000 miles through 12 states and visited 13 towns. I am now just outside of the North entrance of Yellowstone National Park, where I will start my new job tomorrow morning. Not only did I make it to my destination safely, I had the time of my life. Here are the top 6 things I’ve learned through the amazing experiences I’ve had on this life-changing trip. 1) Most […]

I have always wanted to go to Kansas. It’s such a great tourist destination. There’s so much to see and it’s incredibly lively and beautiful. Said no one ever. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I once wanted to go to Kansas. In moving out of my place in Sarasota, I found an old diary from when I was about 8 years old. As if little has changed about me, I loved writing, especially writing about travel. The journal entry read, “If I were to go to twelve places in all twelve months, I would go to…” and I listed twelve misspelled […]

Having lived in Florida for most of my life, mountains are really exciting. The drive from Savannah to Asheville was mostly long and boring. My eyes were a little heavy from about 300 miles of just road and trees. But right before I drove into North Carolina, I started seeing them in the distance, and yelled “ohmygodmountains!” to whoever might be listening. I headed to downtown Asheville, where a drum circle was picking up and calling me. I sat and listened for a little while. Someone just came up to me and asked if I was okay. I was rummaging through my […]

I have never done anything like this. I’ve never driven for more than 4 hours at a time. I’ve never crossed a state line in my car by myself. I never really thought I could. I’ve never been so free. And this is only the beginning. Yesterday, I arrived in Savannah, Georgia, and I finally feel like my trip has really begun. (Read about my “Quarter-Life Breakthrough” to catch up on why I chose to make the road my home). I was in Orlando the past two days and it sort of felt like I was visiting for the weekend like I’ve done […]

On my 25th birthday, I asked myself if I was happy. If I was fulfilled, accomplishing what I’d hoped. If I was satisfied with the life I had. It didn’t take long to realize that the answer was no. I was certain that the apocalypse was about to happen, or that my world would cave in on my quarter-life crisis. It all started after I graduated from college with a B.A. in Music and moved back to my hometown of Sarasota, Florida. I kept wondering, “what am I going to do with my life?!” I felt really lost. I didn’t […]