For the last nine months, I’ve been quietly writing a travel memoir. Writing a book has been something I’ve aspired to do since the third grade, but it wasn’t until this past November that I decided to bite the bullet and actually do more than just talk about “the book I was going to write… Read More The Best Travel Memoirs to Read While Writing a Travel Memoir
I’ve been looking through my photos of my time spent living in Central America lately and have been missing my expat life something fierce. And since my last collection of expat quotes was so popular (Google search results love it, apparently), I’ve decided to put together another list of some of my fave quotes about… Read More 12 More Quotes about Being an Expat and Living Abroad
I started reading Mary Morris’s book Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone while in Argentina last week and thought I’d share an excerpt that I felt spoke to the idea of travel addiction. On page 22 – 23, Morris describes the fascination travelers have with maps. “How do you know if you… Read More How do you know if you are a “Traveler”?
Once a blog, book and art exhibit, artist Vahram Muratyan’s Paris vs New York pictures are now a set of 100 postcards. When I first heard about this from @brainpicker on twitter, I thought: “Cute, but what are you supposed to do with 100 flashcards?” Then I had the idea to create a wall collage. You can… Read More Decorating Ideas for Travel Addicts: Paris vs New York Postcard Collage
I love this tattoo. I stumbled upon this blog post by Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) while googling “writers block”. I’m in the middle of writing a memoir (I’m on lucky page number 158) and I’m feeling a little overwhelmed and discouraged. Writing a book is not only a lot of work but… Read More Elizabeth Gilbert’s Advise for Writers
I’ve been reading The Happiness Project: Or, why I spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin and came across a paragraph that got me thinking about the correlation between happiness and travel: “My research had revealed that challenge… Read More How Travel Makes People Happier
I just finished reading Elna Baker‘s memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. In it she recounts the struggles she faced as a 26-year-old Mormon virgin looking for true love in New York City. She’s a funny writer and her insight into the Mormon faith was interesting and informative. Now 30, Elna is no longer… Read More Travel, Soul Mates and a Book about Mormons
Blogger Tina Su longed to escape the dull routine of daily life and thus, like so many of others who read about ‘mini-retirements’ in The 4-Hour Workweek, she put her job on hold and went on an extended tour through India. A few weeks into her trip however, she realized that the image she’d had… Read More Why Long-Term Travel Ain’t All That Great
I’m flying to Hawaii tomorrow. I could be staying there anywhere from a week to the rest of my life. Which course my life takes is entirely contingent on whether or not I find a job within the next six days. If I do, then I’ll stay in Honolulu and if I don’t, I’ll either… Read More When the Possibilities are Endless
Photo by Helminadia Ranford I never thought of my ability to live abroad as a skill, but according to Elizabeth Gilbert, it’s something that some people are better suited for than others. The following is an exert from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Committed. Committed is the follow-up book to her memoir Eat Pray Love (which has been described… Read More Which do You Prefer: Traveling or Living Abroad?