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Continue reading →: Keep Calm and Scuba OnFinally, some adventure on the horizon! I’m heading to Florida tonight to visit Carey for the weekend. I haven’t seen him since my birthday debacle six weeks ago. I think this may be the longest we’ve ever gone without seeing each other? I’m not sure how I ended up in…
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Continue reading →: Come Sit on my Front PorchNOTE: This is post #35 and my 5th “Observation” post in a row. I’m ready for some adventure! I do have a couple trips coming up. Hang tight. I don’t like this either. When I set out to publish a blog about living a bigger life, I didn’t realize how…
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Continue reading →: Too Much StuffEver since I had the idea of going “locationless” when my current lease is up, I’ve been looking at material possessions differently. I currently live with my teenage son in a 2-bedroom apartment in a small city. We rented the apartment unfurnished and leaned heavily on IKEA to make it…
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Continue reading →: In Search of CommunityI attended my first AA meeting the other day. Not because I’m struggling with alcohol addiction, thankfully, but because I’m taking a class this semester called Social Work Practice with Substance Use Disorders, and one of our first assignments is to attend a meeting and report back on the experience.…
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Continue reading →: Perspective, Four Years LaterThe other day I thought about a movie I’d seen a while back about a woman who lived in her van. I remember the movie being really sad. She worked odd jobs, traveled from place to place, occasionally crossing paths with other people who were equally disconnected. She was lonely…
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Continue reading →: Worst Birthday, Ever.When I started this blog last summer, I promised myself that I would post at the end of every week and not stop until I’d reached 100 posts. I just checked, and I’m up to 26! On the one hand, it feels like 26% of my goal is not very…
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Continue reading →: My First Poutine, aka Canadian SaladCarey and I drove up to Montreal last weekend to celebrate our January birthdays, which are six days (and five years) apart. The drive was super easy, only about six hours with stops along the way. We got a nice early start, and reached the border mid-afternoon. Our very first…
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Continue reading →: Camping in my Own HomeIn order to determine if #VanLife is for me, I wanted to conduct a little experiment. What if, for a whole week, I did not use the microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, or coffee maker? No hot water, shower or toilet. Only two pots; a cast iron dutch oven for…
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