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Osaka metro train departing at a station in Japan

Two Bags Please

The day my Japanese succeeded in the wrong lane

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Mount Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia with clouds and sky

Moving With Purpose

I left Vietnam with the hardest goodbye, and landed in Bali with an open heart

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View of a mountain and valley through a window in Bali, Indonesia

Lessons From One Year of Travel

Reflections from a year of travel with lessons in clarity, love, freedom, and grounding

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Misty camera on an iPhone 12 Pro Max

Broken Phones and Broken Bones

A mountain ride in Da Lat turns into another lesson in letting go

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Misty window with raindrops and a house in the background

Lost in Limbo — Stillness as the Step Forward

Feeling stuck between places, I remembered that movement is a choice

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Matthew Fisher on a motorbike in Hoi An, Vietnam

The Cost of Feeling Alive

Adventure gave me surface, reflection is giving me depth

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Sheep grazing in a field in front of Le Mont Saint-Michel

The Magic Hidden in Plain Sight

At Mont Saint-Michel, I found that wonder doesn't disappear in routine - it's revealed by it

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Blue sky, green hills, and rocky viewpoint on Koh Tao Thailand

The Island the Rewrote my Mission

A reluctant month on Koh Tao became a lesson in letting purpose find me

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The Brandenburg Gate and dark sky in Berlin, Germany

The City that Reflected Me Back

I sold everything to return to Berlin, only to realize the change I was chasing was an inner one

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Riding a bus in Vietnam without shoes

Shoeless, but Not Unrooted

A lost pair of shoes revealed a quiet truth: lightness is chosen, not carried

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Moped driving by from inside a Hanoi bus station stop

When Honking Became Music

In Hanoi's traffic chaos, I stopped resisting the honk and started hearing the rhythm beneath it

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Rainy scene outside Noi Bai Terminal 2 in Vietnam

The Trip That Fell Apart to Fall Into Place

Losing my phone and missing my flight wasn't the setback I thought - it was the start of seeing clearly

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Famous road on the Ha Giang Loop in Vietnam

The Journey Begins: Getting Unlost

A project born from wrong turns and right lessons

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