#18

Six months on the road teaches you a lot about planning, but here’s the surprising part: it also teaches you how to find joy in doing the every day.

Sure, there are endless to-dos: where we’ll stay, what shoes will work, how to use up everything in the freezer before we leave. But I’m realizing each of those tasks can either feel like a weight - or an invitation to play.

#17

So much to do and plan!

It’s been a slow process starting to prepare for the next on-the-road experience. Partly because life at home has been full — in the best of ways — and partly because I’ve learned to trust the timing and flow of what life offers in the moment.

Time feels like it’s speeding up, so I’ve been practicing pacing myself, breathing, and being present right here.

#16

There’s a moment I’ll never forget.

I was sitting on my balcony staring at the trees and feeling this strange mix of gratitude and restlessness. My life looked “good” — I had a great career, a home, a relationship I cared about. But inside, something was quietly tugging at me: there’s more.

It wasn’t about throwing everything away. It wasn’t about starting from scratch.
It was about stepping into a truer, more expansive version of myself — one that I could feel was waiting for me.

#15

I’ve learned so much from this first go-around with slow travel. We were flying by the seat of our pants, creating as we went, with no blueprint for how we would do this. There was so much to learn, to navigate, to plan — and so much I could only learn by actually living it.