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How to Solve 3 Long Term Travel Fears

December 12, 2019

How to Solve Three Common Fears About Long Term Travel Have you considered long term travel: either travelling for a few months, or even years, but stopped yourself before really…

Cead Mile Failte

July 4, 2019

My Travels, Work abroad

When I arrived in Dublin, it was all blue skies, wide streets, accents, and that “stiletto in the ghetto” as locals like to call it (aka- the Spire). The feel…

Gap Year Ideas to Boost Your Career

May 22, 2019

Trip Planning, Work abroad

Travel can support, influence and complement your career, even if you’re NOT strictly working abroad. Here are 4 gap year ideas to boost your career! In Episode 7, I had…

Travelling Mindsets

Why I Love Solo Travel

January 7, 2020

My Travels, Travelling Mindsets, Trip Planning

Why I Love Solo TravelIn a recent podcast episode, I asked a traveller who is visiting every country in the world what she considers to be the 4 Steps to…

Travelling Minds Top 10 Episodes in 2019!

December 28, 2019

Travelling Mindsets, Trip Planning

Top 10 Episodes in 2019! It’s been the year for podcasting! When I started this project, my goal was to make it to 11 episodes. I can hardly believe there are…

My Self Help Obsession: Designing Your Life

December 18, 2019

Book Reviews, Travelling Mindsets

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans might be found in the ‘career/self-help’ sections at a book store, but it is much more than that. The book was…

Well Travelled: Try a Digital Vacation at Home!

November 13, 2019

Intentional technology, Travelling Mindsets

Technology on Long Trips On Travelling Minds, technology and travel comes up pretty often. Danya and I talked about how much changed since she first left home 11 years previous: it’s…

Book Reviews

The Art of Possibility

March 10, 2021

Libby

Book Reviews

The practice of giving an A transports your relationship from the world of measurement into the universe of possibility… This A is not an expectation to live up to, but…

The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr

January 29, 2021

Libby

Book Reviews

The Art of Memoir: Mary Karr Think One While writing Babybytes, I was both preoccupied and self-conscious about how to be as truthful as possible. The way I tell my…

Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder

January 11, 2021

Libby

Book Reviews

Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder This past summer, I had one goal: to write daily. As I wrote daily, short felt manageable in the long term. The first few writings…

My Self Help Obsession: Designing Your Life

December 18, 2019

Libby

Book Reviews, Travelling Mindsets

Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans might be found in the ‘career/self-help’ sections at a book store, but it is much more than that. The book was…

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

December 7, 2019

Libby

Book Reviews

Book Review: Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport Have you ever found your mind wandering to the internet- even when you left your smart phone at home? Then start with this…

My Travels

I started this blog in 2011, after moving to Benin, West Africa as a practicum student. I also updated monthly (ish) when travelling as a nomad for a year in 2016-17. Here are the musings from my travels!

what do writing and new motherhood have in common?

September 8, 2021

My Travels

A whole lot of first drafts (and first tries). First feed, first diaper, first whatever… some days will come easy, and some days will be awkward. But once you get…

Why I Love Solo Travel

January 7, 2020

My Travels, Travelling Mindsets, Trip Planning

Why I Love Solo TravelIn a recent podcast episode, I asked a traveller who is visiting every country in the world what she considers to be the 4 Steps to…

The View: Nunavut 2016

November 10, 2019

My Travels

In 2016, I went to Canada's Arctic to work for the Census as an enumerator. We went in February: known for being cold in southern Canada, let alone the Arctic.…

Love travel? Let’s Get Creative! [31 Day Challenge]

August 28, 2019

My Travels, Travelling Mindsets

Why do people love travel? I’ve now had over two dozen conversations with real people about travel. Why they go, how they do it. The newness, the change of environment,…

#20: What is Purpose Driven Travel?

August 2, 2019

My Travels, Podcast Episode

What if you returned home from a trip having achieved a very specific goal? Purpose Driven Travel is choosing a focus for the duration of a trip, but there…