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🤑💰 unshackling myself from golden handcuffs
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how I feel about where I am
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the stories we tell ourselves about work
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so you're a writer now?
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🏝️ travel

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one man, too many beds
I've slept in too many beds this year. When I bought my one-way ticket to Barcelona last November, I unknowingly signed a contract to become a bed…
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beyond the Bali cliché
If I told you I went to a tropical paradise, only to spend three days writhing in bed with painful stomach cramps, you’d assume I’d never wish to…
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lost in translation: my supermarket saga in Barcelona
Lost, confused, and overwhelmed in a Barcelona grocery store—sometimes adventures happen in the most mundane places. Come relive my ten minutes of…
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I don't know where home is
Today, I’m sharing a feature piece from my magazine Untethered—that is available now in print, or digital. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever…
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what I ate in 24 hours in Bangkok
Baste in Bangkok
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✍🏽 poetic

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sinking in shallow waters
You stand ten toes deep in waters near hip height. A surge of discomfort registers in your body. Slow sensations shimmy up your spine. The water is…
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this is how we must dance
Human, when will you ever learn? You can’t bend me to your will or your schedule. I don’t have a calendar. When you get all worked up because our…
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🎧 isn't it absurd?
isn’t it absurd, that you deny strangers entry into your home, but you let my words, sit and simmer in your most sacred space, your mind? how is it so…
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🎧 when the clock forgets to tick
Hi friends, I’m trying something new today—I recorded a mini voice essay. Click the play button above and listen to ninety seconds of a piece titled…
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saltwater salvation
Nature siphoned her antidepressant right into my veins. Millimeters of mercy immersed themselves in my body—dissolving knots of tension, infusing…
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