About a month ago, I was enjoying a woodsy walk with my mom, when she made a comment that has stuck with me ever since. [Parents seem to have this way of being natural fountains of wise words.] We were strolling through my hometown’s local trail, better known as “the valley,” a place that has [...]
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Last week, over lunch with a friend, I was chatting about the pull I constantly feel towards international living. It’s strange, as I would happily spend a stint nearly anywhere in the world, yet when I consider my own country, there is only one place I can imagine settling, and it’s exactly where I am: [...] Just as I enjoy leading a relatively active lifestyle, I also appreciate a bit of activity on vacation. This has never meant spending my mornings in a hotel gym or cranking out pushups on my hotel room floor. It does, however, mean picking up my feet and breathing in some fresh air. In the past, [...] I have always loved walking. Even before I learned to associate it with exercise, miles covered, or calories burned, I truly enjoyed the practice.
In college, I lived about forty blocks from the set of buildings designated as my campus. While I was typically running too far behind schedule to take a stroll to class, [...] |
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