Hi friends! Once again, I reneged on my earlier promise to publish one blog post every week. Sometimes life happens. Sometimes it takes a little bit longer for me to process a situation & deliver the scoop. Here I am in Nome, Alaska-- finally! I’ve been talking about Alaska for many months &, as I mentioned in previous posts, the process for getting here took a lot longer than I anticipated. However, once I arrived, I … [Read more...] about Musings from Nome
Benefits of being a contract pharmacist
Our parent’s generation, the Baby Boomers, taught their kids to seek job security, stability, & attractive retirement packages. “These are the things that matter,” they told us. They were a product of parent’s who had survived The Great Depression. Their parents might not have “had it all” growing up, so, for the Boomers, having it all-- a big house, fancy cars, & a stable, 40 hour/week job with a comfortable retirement-- was very … [Read more...] about Benefits of being a contract pharmacist
My 2 month “Savasana”
Earlier in the year, I promised you that I was going to produce 1 blog post per week. I was very consistent with that for many weeks. However, I recently took a few weeks off from blogging, the main reason being that I was completely out of ideas for what to write about. After returning from Australia, I spent one month working diligently to finish the process for acquiring my pharmacist license in Alaska. I finished the application in early … [Read more...] about My 2 month “Savasana”
Benefits of being an introvert for the “glamorous” solo traveler
Growing up, I always felt a little bit different from my peers. I was very shy around people that I wasn’t yet comfortable with but at home, they often called me a “chatterbox” because I could be just as chatty & outgoing as any kid when I was around my close friends and family. Other kids labeled me “snobby” because I didn’t go out of my way to make friends-- I was happy & comfortable with the friends that I had & didn’t want or … [Read more...] about Benefits of being an introvert for the “glamorous” solo traveler
Living The Glamorous Life Part 2: How I Overcome Fear As a Solo Traveler
In last week’s blog update, I discussed a strategy that I use for assessing & minimizing risks. As I mentioned then, there is a fine line between mitigating risk & failing to act out of fear. In this week’s post, I am going to define fear & discuss how I overcome it in order to move forward in life & in travels. It’s true that there are inherent risks with traveling solo & I have been in my share few fear-inducing … [Read more...] about Living The Glamorous Life Part 2: How I Overcome Fear As a Solo Traveler
Living The Glamorous Life Part 1: Assessing Risk As A Solo Traveler
Ending up in the Australia Emergency Room due to a potentially life threatening diving injury, decompression illness, a.k.a. “the bends,” was an extremely eye opening travel experience. Up until this event, I believed that I was safe. I was a confident diver & had just completed my 60th dive. Decompression illness only happens to divers who aren't diving safely & don't know what they're doing! So I thought. I was very lucky & I … [Read more...] about Living The Glamorous Life Part 1: Assessing Risk As A Solo Traveler
How I Manifest Glamorous Opportunities
People always ask how I am able to live this “glamorous,” traveling life. The basic tenet of “The Law of Attraction” states that everything in our life is a direct manifestation of the thoughts we think. In other words, what we focus our attention on is what we will attract to our lives. Using this idea, I have learned to intentionally manifest travel & work opportunities in order to live a glamorous life of travel & … [Read more...] about How I Manifest Glamorous Opportunities
What’s Next for The Traveling Pharmacist
Last month in Australia, I sent an e-mail updating my readers on my status and whereabouts-- the first update in a long while. I’ve been working on a few different projects and have not been as committed to blogging as I would like to be. However, I’m happy to announce that this is about to change If you’re wondering what I’ve been up to since the last blog update & what’s to come, keep reading. In my last e-mail, I mentioned that, … [Read more...] about What’s Next for The Traveling Pharmacist
How to Glamorously Reject The Real World
Living a life outside of the box is fun. Some might call it glamorous, even! Many of my professional friends ask for advice on how to live a more fun life with more travel & a better work to play ratio. Quitting your day job to globe trot around the world on a budget sounds extreme & frightening to some people. Some people enjoy working within a system & following a daily routine. That’s okay--the world needs those people! The … [Read more...] about How to Glamorously Reject The Real World
What I’ve learned after backpacking around the world (& why I travel)
I am competent & capable I can navigate myself through airports & crowded, unfamiliar cities where I don't speak the language… without access to Google Maps I can bravely eat that disgusting looking mush… & I might even enjoy it I can get out of sticky situations as easily as I can get into them I can make friends easily I must be a likeable person There are no problems that are too big … [Read more...] about What I’ve learned after backpacking around the world (& why I travel)
