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What to Do While You’re Waiting to Travel

31 August 2010

When I originally conceived the idea of this Round-the-World trip, the plan was to leave in December 2009. By the time that August had rolled around, I realized I wasn’t going to have anywhere close to the money I’d need to get things rolling, and I made the decision to postpone until September 2010. It [...]

Lists, Lists, Lists

22 August 2010

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I’m leaving the United States indefinitely exactly one month from today. I’ve given my notice at work and told everyone I know, so there’s no going back now. Everyone keeps asking me how excited I am and the truth is- right now not so excited. Not even nervous. Right now all I can feel is [...]

How to be a Smart Splurger

1 August 2010

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Spending Diet update! You can track how my own savings are progressing here. Time to come clean… For all the money advice I’ve been dictating to you guys, all the pep talks and enthusiasm I show, I’m actually a pretty poor role model. When it comes to discipline and resisting temptation… I could use some [...]

The London Book Project

15 July 2010

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If you haven’t been paying attention: I really love to read. I’m a total nerd of the English major variety. My room is overflowing with books that I can never seem to whittle down. I’m such a nerd I even named my cat after TS Eliot: Awhile back I wrote a guest post for Sharing [...]

Notes From the Home Front: Me versus My Calendar

13 July 2010

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I swear, my inspirational calendar is mocking me. I’m not even sure where it came from—maybe the printer my company uses gave them out. It’s big and glossy so I hung it up in my gray cubicle. All year it has sat up there, giving me smug messages: Focus: People with goals succeed because they [...]

How the Internet Can Save You Money

4 July 2010

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Spending Diet update! You can track how my own savings are progressing here. We live in a magical age. The internet makes so many things in life so much easier. Downloading music, online shopping, paying bills; all sorts of things that involve emptying your bank account. If the internet is so good at helping you [...]

Your Travel Medicine Questions Answered!

13 June 2010

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Getting sick abroad is not fun. Getting REALLY sick while traveling is the absolute worst (trust me, I’ve been there). Because I prefer to spend my time on the beach, not in the ER, I went in for a travel medicine consultation a couple weeks ago. I visited that Capitol Travel Medicine clinic in Arlington [...]

Adding to Your Pot of Gold

6 June 2010

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Spending Diet update! You can track how my own savings are progressing here. Most of the tips I’ve been offering you guys up to now have been about how to make the most of the money you are already making (most likely from a traditional 9-5). I do recognize that there is only so much [...]

An Important Addition to your Travel To-Do List: Exercise

3 June 2010

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Today’s guest post stresses a lesson I could stand to do better on myself: the importance of being physically fit while traveling. On Emei Shan last month, we reached roughly 1,200 meters’ altitude before I started to feel like I wanted to die. Which might sound like an achievement, except that we’d taken a cable [...]

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What to Do While You’re Waiting to Travel

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Notes From the Home Front: Me versus My Calendar

How the Internet Can Save You Money

Your Travel Medicine Questions Answered!

Adding to Your Pot of Gold

An Important Addition to your Travel To-Do List: Exercise

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