Twenty-SomethingTravel

Do the Thing that Scares You

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why so few people actually make their travel dreams reality. Anyone who is a frequent traveler knows the common refrain from others of “I wish I could do that!”  To which I always [...]

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When Getting Lost is a Good Thing

We have maps. We have GPSs. We have 5-year plans. We have everything laid out ahead of us to specifically prevent ourselves from losing our way. That’s just smart living; getting lost is scary. It’s frustrating. It’s an encounter with the unknown, the unforeseen and the unpredictable. It’s these exact same characteristics that make getting lost [...]

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What It’s a Wonderful Life Can Teach Us About Travel

One of the side effects of writing this blog is that I’m constantly in the traveler mindset. I notice a lot of things that I’ve never picked up on before. I must have seen It’s a Wonderful Life a thousand times, but it never resonated with me quite the way as it did this past [...]

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It’s All a Crap Shoot Really

I was talking to a close friend the other day about whether or not he should quit his job to travel. He has a good job for his young age and a solid career plan, but he still toys with the idea of giving it up.  “I just don’t want to be thirty and have [...]

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Desperate to Travel: What’s Your Advice?

Travel bloggers LOVE to give advice. How to travel, where to go, what to see do and eat.  I love that willingness to help one another out with tips and advice, so I’m hoping you guys can pitch in and help me out on this one. I got an email from a younger reader asking me [...]

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