Thoughts Archive

I’m taking a little break from blogging. I know what you’re probably thinking. This blog doesn’t get updated regularly and I often just disappear for a few months, so why do I feel the need to announce a break now? Well, for my own ...Read More

Recently Instagram has become my favorite social media platform. While I was skeptical when the app was first released (why would I use this instead of Twitter or Tumblr?), I’ve since become kind of obsessed. Yes, I am that person who takes ten photos of my ...Read More

A few months ago I booked a flight to Madrid to spend a weekend with three near complete strangers from the Internet. I’d met Ashley for a few hours at a Japanese restaurant a couple of years before, but I knew Jessica and Julika only ...Read More

I used to look down on people who chose to study abroad in places like London or Sydney. “What could you possibly learn when you study in an English speaking country?” I thought to myself. I saw living abroad as a way to immerse ...Read More

On December 19, 2009 I boarded a Rome to Chicago Alitalia flight after a failed four month attempt at being an au pair. I spent the next nine hours in a dizzying mess of tears, free wine, and Tiziano Ferro. I was being torn ...Read More

I wasn’t going to post about my resolutions for 2014. Partially because I feel like setting resolutions is setting yourself up for failure (because really, how many people actually follow through?) and partially because this is slightly more personal than I usually get on ...Read More