What is alignment? And why I make it my #1 priority
This post is Part 1 in the series, "How to Create Your Aligned Adventure". Make sure to catch the next 4 parts in the series, coming weekly! My life is truly amazing - I travel all over the world, I have a successful business, I’m healthier than ever, and I have a...
Wild Blue Dream is now Aligned Adventure!
I am so excited to announce to you guys that Wild Blue Dream is now Aligned Adventure! This is something I've been bursting to share with you, as it's been over a year in the making. It became clear to me in the early 2018 that Wild Blue Dream wasn't just a side...
5 Years Ago I was Miserable… Here’s What I’d Do Differently Now
In a couple of days I am coming up on a significant anniversary in my life. On July 21st, 2014, I put in my two weeks’ notice at my last full-time, salaried job. It’s hard to believe that five years have passed already; in some ways it feels like just yesterday, and...
How We Make Money Living in a Van
We’ve recently kicked off a 6-week trip in our van, the longest one we’ve taken yet. Between being part-time van lifers and all of the other travel we manage to do, I know a lot of folks wonder…how the heck can we afford that? Neither of us are trust funders. We...
Van Life: Where We Camp
This post is a continuation of last week's post - Our Camper Van: The Grand Tour. Make sure to check it out if you haven't already! When we're traveling, folks love to ask us questions about van living. While we don't live in our van full time, we spent about two...
Our Camper Van: The Grand Tour
It's no secret that I am a little obsessed with our camper van! We started dreaming about our future van back in 2015, and took the leap and purchased ours a couple years later. After I received a scary health diagnosis in early 2017, we reevaluated our lives and our...
The Gateway Drug to My Dream Lifestyle
Back in late 2009, I had just bought and renovated my first condo. Brian, my then-boyfriend, now-husband, had just moved in with me. Although I was 3.5 years into my first “grown up” job as a web designer, it felt like I had taken adulting to a new level. I had a...
The Power of Creating a Vision for Your Life
About six weeks ago, I was visiting my parents in Maryland. They still live in the house I grew up in, and for the most part my childhood bedroom looks like it did when I was still living there. The walls are pale pink, my stuffed animals still sit on the shelves, and...
Why You Should Make “Someday” Today
In the summer of 2015, Brian and I drove up the coast of California for an amazing 2 1/2 weeks on the road. After bee-lining our way from Colorado to Ventura Beach, we meandered up Highway 1 in my Subaru Outback, camping all along the way. We hiked, we mountain...
There’s a Whole Lot More Than Just Trying to Survive
We all have favorite musicians and songs, tunes that stick with us for years or even decades. There are songs that feel timeless to us, that seem to be relevant to every single chapter of our lives - songs that speak to our souls and feel like part of our own personal...