"travel isn't always pretty. it isn't always comfortable. sometimes it hurts, even breaks your heart. but that's okay. the journey changes you; it should change you. it leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. you take something with you. hopefully, you leave something good behind."
May 13, 2025
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don't let travel be something or a hobby that is for other people. being in a place where the culture is different, there are different social rules, norms helps you find yourself in a way it is not possible in living where the societal understanding is the same as what you are used to. It is so clarifying when you are reacting and liking to new things. so grounding. everyone loves grounding. its worth not buying a few things to save up to go somewhere as far as you can. travelling is not as expensive as u think if u r willing to go somewhere kinda random.
(ps this trick does not work if you just go to tourist places, bc u will just interact with tourists, and not actually get to experience what its like to eat breakfast like a _____ person.)
May 17, 2024
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Often during vacations we want it to be a getaway from our current lives and responsibilities, thats a tourist. But being a traveler means you want to wholly experience the life in the place you're going to. Eating what they eat and how they eat it, making friends with the locals, and indulging in their culture. Tourists leave to return, but travelers leave to live.
Apr 19, 2024
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go on a journey by yourself! it feels good. home will be waiting for you when you are ready.
Oct 3, 2024
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May 14, 2025
this past week, my last week of college ever, my roommates and i were given baby squirrels to nurse back to health. we did, and now they are at a wildlife rehab center. :) couldn't make this shit up if i tried.
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