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Live Simply, Live Well
2011//The Sign I push open the double glass doors and am instantly engulfed in a familiar scent of metal coat hangers, dusty vinyls, stale cigarette smoke, and pungent laundry deodorizer. I nod at the cashier and make my way toward the ‘Sale’ sign in the back of the store as Katy Perry’s latest hit, Last Friday Night, buzzes through the speakers overhead. As a broke college student who has just finished her first week of classes, I do not intend to purchase anything, I am only here for the familiarity. I am hopeful diving elbow deep in someone else’s junk will make me feel a little less homesick and a…
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How to Make a Truck a Home
The morning after we had said goodbye to everyone we know, sold most of our stuff, and packed the rest into our truck, Kyle looked at me and said, “This is literally the least mundane thing we have ever done.” And boy oh boy, is that the truth! This move has been the most uncomfortable, gut-wrenching, nerve-wracking, and scariest thing we have ever done. These heightened emotions, coupled with the excitement that we feel to be on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, has catapulted our lives into a place that feels anything but mundane. In this season of giddiness, before we return to that place of normalcy, I think it is important to…
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Into the Great Unknown
“So, let me get this straight. You are both quitting your jobs without anything else lined up, and moving half way across the world?!” This is what a friend said to me a couple months ago when I told them of Kyle and I’s (well-thought-out) plan to move to Alaska. And when they put it so bluntly, I thought, “Yep, it’s confirmed. We have totally and completely lost it. We are absolutely out of our minds. Why would we leave everything we have created for ourselves and make such a rash decision?!” But then I remember why we are doing it. And I have to quiet the loud, doubtful thoughts…
