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Journeyers over Consecutive Seasons

A couple weeks ago I reunited with a large contingent of my Remote Year Ikigai friends as 25 of us celebrated the wedding of one of the couples from our crew (congrats to Todd and Rebeca!). Seventeen of us stayed together at the loveliest cottages in rural Washington. That Saturday morning, I woke up before the rest of my amigos. While everyone else slept in, I made…

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Please Don’t Make Me Answer This Question

What was your favorite place?I’ve been back from Remote Year for almost two months now, and this is by far the most popular question, which means it’s also the question I’m most bored of answering. It got to the point that when a friend of a friend asked that question, my response was, “Nope, you can’t ask that question. Try again.” #SorryNotSorry…

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Amateur Ambassador

This week has been an interesting one to be abroad. At a time when America seems to be reeling in the wake of the presidential election, I feel simultaneously removed from the events and hyper-aware of the impact of the election’s ripples across the globe. Today is Veteran’s Day back home, and social media is teeming with patriotic posts from my friends who are…

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