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The Miles Will Shape You (If You Let Them)
A bonfire in my aunt's backyard, my little cousin beside me, and no way to explain what we were about to do. So I didn't try.
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- The Miles Will Shape You (If You Let Them)
- The Shadow at Santa Rosa Beach
- Why It Took Us Eight Years to Hit Publish
- Why Copying Trends Slows Long-Term Growth
- More Good. (Meet Mary.)
- Who Told You It Was Too Late to Travel?
- A Plastic Stool in Hanoi
- The River That Gave and Took
- Travel in Your 30s, 40s & Beyond
- What Travel Taught Us About Human Kindness
- Human Connection Across Cultures
- Designing a Life That Moves
- Freedom Has Seasons
- How Travel Shapes Who You Are
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The Shadow at Santa Rosa BeachA landlocked Colorado kid, a lifelong fear of sharks, and the afternoon a shadow in clear water turned out to be exactly what I was afraid of.
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Why It Took Us Eight Years to Hit PublishEight years of van life and we kept saying we would write it down. This is why we waited, and why we finally opened the door.
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Why Copying Trends Slows Long-Term GrowthChasing trends is not a strategy. It's a treadmill. And the longer you stay on it, the harder it becomes to get off.
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More Good. (Meet Mary.)The best thing this life keeps handing us is people. Not the ones you plan for, but the ones who just appear.
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Who Told You It Was Too Late to Travel?The question nobody's asking: is it irresponsible not to? On the camper that never happened, the cost of staying, and the irresponsibility of the unlived life.
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A Plastic Stool in HanoiBehind the counter, in the kitchen, present: what a bánh mì shop in Hanoi taught me about being closer to life.
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The River That Gave and TookNorthern Laos. The slow boat, Vieng, his village, and the moment that humbled everything.
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Travel in Your 30s, 40s & BeyondTravel in your thirties and forties isn't a consolation prize. It's its own thing entirely, and in many ways better.
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What Travel Taught Us About Human KindnessChiang Mai, day one. A food cart, a bowl of soup, and a lesson that stayed with us for seven months.
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Human Connection Across CulturesOver time, the places blur. What stays are the people. From St. John to the American road to a birthday in Nusa Lembongan.
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Designing a Life That MovesMovement that lasts is designed, not accidental. The financial and structural reality of building a life that can keep moving.
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Freedom Has SeasonsEight years of van life didn't give us one version of freedom. It gave us several, and each one was right for its season.
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How Travel Shapes Who You AreTravel doesn't announce that it's changing you. It just begins. After all these miles, it hasn't made us different people, just more fully ourselves.