So I’m 3 years into my retirement and my nomad journey and I’m still constantly trying to improve things – I wouldn’t be me if I wasn’t π . Living out of a 40L backpack is a constant learning process as I decide what I love and what I don’t even use that needs to be left behind.
Continue reading “My Favorite Nomad Hack Of 2023: A Conditioner Bar”
Shockingly, I’m still a runner π . I’ve gone from despising running more than anything to completing a couch to 5K program twice and now I have been running regularly for 2 years straight. Life is wild π .
If someone wants to know the most surprising thing about retirement – this is it. I never would have dreamed I could go from loathing something to loving it after discovering I’ve been doing it wrong my whole life, but here we are. So let’s see how I’ve improved and what I’ve learned about running in the last year.
Continue reading “Celebrating 2 Years Of Running: My Progress and Revelations”
And with that, it’s August and summer is winding down. Time makes no sense π . While I grapple with that, let’s see what I got up to during the month of July!
And here we are π . According to the calendar that I’m becoming increasingly reliant on since I don’t know what day or time it is π , it’s been a whole 5 years since I took this blog public! That’s longer than any job I’ve ever had π . Continue reading “Cheers To Half A Decade Of A Purple Life!”
And with that 2023 was half over…Wow. My mind still says 2022 sometimes so I’m all out of whack π . So let’s see what I got up to in June!
If you’ve been here for a while you know that retirement has turned me into a complete nature nerd. Instead of having my head down and my eyes on a screen all day while working, I now go outside all the time to investigate new bird songs, learn new plant names, and watch local fauna. I also often plan my nights around watching amazing astrological events. All that to say, I’m a very different person π . Continue reading “My Favorite Free Apps To Make The Most Of Nature”
Somehow May is over and once again my first question is: How?!? π Time continues to fly over here. This month I went back to my ‘home’ of Seattle after a lovely month exploring California and expanded my housesitting capabilities while seeing what it’s like to care for someone else’s home and hot tub π . So let’s see what I got up to!
A lot of things have surprised me since I landed in Sacramento at the beginning of April. One of which was that not many people talk about this amazing city. Another one was that it has 50 breweries. For a city that only has 500,000 people and that I can walk across in an hour, I find that very impressive π . Continue reading “The Best Breweries I Visited In Sacramento, CA”