Category: Adventures
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Music Festivals As the Testing Ground for A Bigger Class Divide: Inequality With a Backdrop of Beats, Bracelets, and Booze
Something I’ve been mulling over in my mind and with my group chat is how I have a suspicion that the latest developments in music festivals are priming the populace to be apathetic towards our terrible economy, increased poverty rates, a growing chasm between the rich and poor, and a sharp decline in quality of…
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2 Weeks in Cartagena: What I Learned About Myself
Two weeks in Cartagena taught me just how much my mental illness limits me. So boom, I did my almost annual international birthday trip and decided to really challenge myself this time. After multiple covid infections plus a concussion, I have been worried about cognitive decline and struggling with anything involving memorization and concentration. So…
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Pre-Travel Anxiety: How I’m Coping
I am 3 days away from my solo trip to Phuket, Thailand and my anxiety is at peak “WTF!” I’ve been having nightmares about realizing I forgot something at home as the airplane doors close and I’ve been getting, at max, 5 hours of severely interrupted sleep per night. My chest hurts, my back hurts,…
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How Travel Is Saving Me
As per usual, I’ve been struggling with my depression. That’s why you haven’t really seen many new posts here, not many convos on Twitter, and definitely not a lot of new Instagram posts. Last night, as I was struggling to sleep, I started to think about what keeps me going, what keeps me struggling through…
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#TextureOnTheRunway
This will be my first blog post of an event that I was invited to as an influencer. Go me! I was invited to Texture On the Runway by Naturally Curly to kick off New York Fashion Week. Let me tell you, this more than made up for, what I felt was an underwhelming experience…
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