Musings of a Young Vagabond

I Don’t Want to Return to Normal

Lately, many words have emerged attempting to predict the future after COVID-19. Some sensationalist…

How Getting Punched in the Face Made Me a Stronger Professional

Me, Supposedly.

I went skinny dipping for the first time at 24 years old.

When a Borderline Loves a Narcissist: A Tale of Two Personalities

It’s quite inexplicable how a photograph, a name, an algorithm, a swipe became a fantasy, a dream-come-true, a nightmare.

Getting fired from my first full-time job is the best thing that could’ve happened

I have been an achiever my entire life. My motto was: “a failure to prepare is a preparation for failure.” I recently learned that no amount of preparation can make failure unavoidable, and…

Brock Turner isn’t a stranger.

I can assure you, with absolute certainty, that every single person reading this sentence knows or IS a woman who has been spoken to or touched in an unsolicited, unpleasant, and sexually-aggressive manner.

Working as a Maid in a Ukranian-Buddhist Guesthouse in China Changed My Life

The day before my flight out of Shanghai, I spent 4.5 hours cleaning every corner of a four-story guesthouse until my hands blistered, and it’s one of the most rewarding experiences of my life thus…

Hey City Girl, Whatcha Doing?

Within two hours of breakfast, I managed to smash a thumb and punch myself in the face with a tree.