• Beginning. Middle. End?

    Here are snippits from my journal entries throughout my experience in Oz: Beginning [Fear] Dazed and Confused. Today I was paralyzed with emotions. Literally walking around the city like a deer in headlights. I’m so sad about leaving everyone and wondering why I am doing this? Why did I have the desire inside myself to leave everyone and everything for an unknown…

  • Struggle Street has a NO Loitering Policy

    Struggle street is prime real estate for world travelers.  I know 98% of what you are going through right now.  First and foremost: nothing (and I mean nothing short of the ‘forget machine’ in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) can evaporate all you have accomplished in the last year.  The perception you have right now about trying to readjust to an old life style?…

  • Ease into home

    As an intrepid traveler and avid adventure seeker I have experienced many goodbyes and hellos. What I didn’t expect about my latest journey of working abroad in Sydney, Australia, was that the toughest part would be, coming back.  How the heck could anything be scarier than moving to a foreign country with zero friends? Life is full of surprises. Anyways, don’t…