In the morning, as soon as I open my eyes, I grab for my phone to look at my notifications. During the night, emails have come into my inbox informing me of my tasks for the day. I go through each one and quickly form some sort of schedule of which tasks I’m going to tackle first and how long I should spend on each one. Once I feel ready to get out of bed, I sit at my desk,…
Life, purpose, and a new future
I can always tell when I’m going into a slump. I’ll stop reading books, my emails will go ignored, maybe even my hair will go unwashed. Instead, I’ll spend a little more time playing games, too many hours watching mindless shows, and days thinking about writing instead of writing. Lately, I’ve been in a slump. And hence the lack of regular posts. I have so, so many things I want to share, but instead of the beautiful fluid sentences in…
Blogging questions on my mind
When we travel, it is not so much the sites and landmarks that get us excited, but rather the food. People are always saying to us, “You were in this city for so long… how come you didn’t go do this, this, or that?” And we would answer, “This is just how we like to travel. We like to eat.” As long as we hit up all the local food specialties and had a few good meals, we never feel like we missed…
New blog design + a giveaway for you!!
Happy Monday! You may have noticed that things look a bit different here on Slightly Astray. This blog got a little facelift last week all thanks to Kelly from The Lady Errant. I’ve been feeling bored with my design for a while now and there were many aspects of it that I didn’t like (such as no search function). But I’m also pretty hopeless with WordPress and coding so I just kind of pretended the ugly parts didn’t exist. Occasionally,…
Liebster Award, round two!
My week turned really good when I saw that I got nominated for a second Liebster award (see first here)! This one came from my friend Cynthia from adventurings, who writes about her expat adventures in small town Czech Republic. I really do enjoy these kind of chain blogger awards because they allow us to get to know the bloggers on a more fun level! Let’s get straight to Cynthia’s questions! 1. If I handed you a plane (or rail)…
Blogging, struggles, and resolutions
Things are getting personal again today. I keep this blog not only as a memoir of our travels, but also as a place for personal reflection and an outlet for the jumbled thoughts in my brain. I feel like I used to write a lot of deeply personal posts back when nobody read, and I see no reason to stop now. :) A while back, a certain someone close to me* told me that I’m not a good writer and that…
One year of blogging, and why I am NOT a travel blogger
For the first time since starting this blog, I feel a little hesitant to hit publish, for fear of offending anyone. But here goes: (Sit back and relax. Get ready for a long, long post!) As this humble little blog’s first birthday has just passed, I feel a little bit conflicted, sad, and proud. I feel confused about the direction this blog is going (this blog is having an identity crises!), sad that my stats are nowhere near where I…
Versatile Blogger Award!
I have an exciting post today! I was just wondering what I’m going to write about, when I got this news: I got nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award! I was nominated by Hannah from Eat Sleep Breathe Travel, who is one of my favorite bloggers! She mainly travels by herself (something that I really admire) and shares funny travel stories, city guides, and solo travel inspiration. She recently completed, and surpassed, her goal of 25 countries by 25 years…
Reflections in Transit
I write this as I sit in an airplane, on the journey back to Los Angeles from Uruguay that would take us across 5 countries in 36 hours. Read: a lonnnng and tiring day. Even though I should try to settle in for a much needed nap, all I can think about is: how am I going to meet my blogging goals this week? Believe it or not, when I first adopted my new full-time travel lifestyle, I was a…
Liebster Award Nomination
This blogging award nomination came as a complete surprise to me, since I consider myself to be very blogging and social-networking-challenged! I’m incredibly honored to be included! The word “liebster” has German origins and can be translated to a variety of English meanings, such as lovely, kind, pleasant and beloved. The origins of the Liebster Award are unknown, but it is a virtual award given to bloggers by other bloggers. In turn, the person who wins the award pays it…