The 30-Day Glow Up Challenge You Needed for 2022 (Easy!)

Girl sitting in front of sunset in Sedona Desert

Start the New Year Off Right with a Glow Up All we can do is strive to be a little bit better than we were yesterday, right? This is a challenge for everybody. So, ok yes this is clearly geared a little bit more towards girls, but guys – all these can apply to you […]

What It’s Like to Live in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale Beach Dunescape at Sunrise

Is Fort Lauderdale a good place to live? Yes – Fort Lauderdale is a great place to live. If you hate the bitter winters of the north, love sunshine, a world class beach with swimmable ocean waters, and a lush tropical landscape, then Fort Lauderdale is a great place to consider.   Is Fort Lauderdale […]

My Daily Routine as a Digital Nomad

There are Expectations…and then there is Reality. Before I quit my job last June, I fantasized about the immense freedom I would have. I would be jobless. Jobless and happy! However I wanted to make my 1-year mini retirement a fruitful one. Under my own rules, I wanted to learn how to make good habits and […]

What I’ll Read During my Mid-Twenties Gap Year

A long, evolving list with 1 sentence synopses. I wanted to keep this story short and sweet as a literal list. But to introduce the list, I wanted to preface by saying this list may grow over time as I edit it. I will italicize books that I finish. Bolded are the books I want to target next […]

I Just Completed my First Week as a “Digital Nomad”

Expectations, Reality and the Unexpected Challenges. So this year, my boyfriend and I got to the point where we completely hated our 9–5 (turned 9–7…turned 9–10…you get it) jobs. I couldn’t WAIT to quit my job to live every day by my own rules. I am usually a get-shit-done type of person. So I thought […]

How to Pack Your Whole Life in Your Car

In June of 2021 my boyfriend and I quit our jobs as landscape designers at a large company in Florida. We made the decision during the pandemic, when we changed our potential plans several times. It started off as a pipe dream to live for a whole year in a faraway Greek island. Eventually it […]

Selling All Your Belongings: A 2021 Guide

It’s not your Grandmother’s yard sale anymore. As much as I hate to admit it, a whole lot of my life is “stuff.” So it was an endearing, yet difficult, prospect to figure out how to get rid of enough stuff so that we can live out of one sedan and live out of some […]