5 MUST SEE PLACES IN WA

Yeah, I didn’t think I’d ever be reading those six words on my own blog either. But here we are!

After so many messages asking about my favorite places to hike, drive to or areas to explore. I was like okay what the heck LET’S DO THIS.

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SOLO ROADTRIP HACKS

I remember everyone before I left for my roadtrip like

"You're really going by yourself?"

"I don't think that's safe at all.."

"You're going to get so lonely"

And hey here I am reflecting back on that trip 2 or 3 months later - INDEPENDENT AND ALIVE

Better than ever actually

I wasn't alone/lonely but independent.

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FIRST OF FILM

Moments almost forgotten- I think that's what I love most about film now.. It's not until weeks later when you get the film back you realize how special a moment was until you're looking back at it as a memory

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ME.. THE REAL ME

I don't know how to personally just share a photo and go. Because everything happening in that photo is more than just a photo, it's a memory; a feeling. Sometimes ones that I feel are so special they aren't worth sharing. Just so simply for the reason none of you guys could feel what I did in that moment. So when my words can make other people feel, it's just honestly such a surreal feeling. Because honestly, I don't know how to do anything but just be me. And by that I mean the real me. I'm not good at hiding my feelings or keeping my thoughts to myself. I'm a very open book. I speak my mind exactly as it comes, no matter if it does seem a little personal or too much.

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MY FIRST SOLO TRIP

We take photographs as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone

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LOOKING BACK AT MY ROADTRIP..

Looking back, I can't believe it's already been 3 weeks now. That anticipation and fear of being alone on the road made my trip come up so fast. And then that excitement and restlessness made the trip go by so fast when I was on it.

I'm just now starting to sit down and really look back to reflect on it. And wow.

All I could possibly say from it is that I wish so badly you could bottle up moments or feelings and lock them up, put them away and open them on a day when you're in need. In need of a little reminder of what it's like to be fully alive.

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I'M GOING ON A 10 DAY SOLO ROADTRIP

After having some things fall through for my Iceland trip and having to change dates and then also not being able to go to Canada due to my car accident. I decided that once things settled down I was going to take some time off, for myself. To not worry about anything else other than where I'm headed next.

So starting on the 28th of this month (August) I'll be setting out for 10 days on my first solo trip

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MY WORST MONTH EVER

I feel trapped some days, knowing I literally can not do anything in this situation when all I want is to be free. It's the worst thing, not being in control of a situation that is taking such a big toll on your life.

But I will say it's made me learn a lot and appreciate all that I get to do in life so much more now that I don't get to do it as easily.

Throughout July I went on some of the most beautiful adventures I've gone on, took some of my most favorite photos that I can't wait to share, grew a connection deeper with myself and nature, discovered the genuine people in my life. And most importantly I got through it. Something I didn't think I'd be able to do at the beginning.

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UTAH.. ONE FOR THE BOOKS

I feel like life the past couple weeks has been just one huge creation of my imagination.. Utah was something I don't think I could have even dreamed up. I booked my flight to California to visit Turner for that week a couple months ago, when I was in Yosemite last we threw the idea out there of going to Zion since it would be my first time. Not knowing we'd actually be headed there.

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Life

LIKE WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN.

I’ve felt like more childlike wonder these past 2 months than I did all of my last year total. You see, I always have a young spirit and I love spontaneity, adventure, always being on the go, you name it. But with that, also comes an old soul in me; the worrying and figuring out of the future. I sometimes forget the slow down period. The period of looking around and taking in everything that this moment offers. I forget to scream to the world just how happy I am when I feel like it, to laugh out loud to the point someone could mistake it for a dying seal, to cry when I feel something. Sometimes I just forget to really live. Like how we did when we were young.

A YEAR OF LESSONS

Here we are again. End of December looking back at everything that happened throughout this whole year, that bittersweet reflection of everything you’ve done throughout the past 365 days. That sort of painful sit down of looking back knowing it’s about to be nothing but memories in the past. Knowing all those moments were literally once in a lifetime. It’s so bittersweet.

WINTERTIME BLUES.

Some days are better than others.. I’m sure if you suffer with depression or anxiety like I do, you know that sometimes you’re on top of the world and it feels like you could scream to it just how happy you are and how great life is.. Sometimes the world feels like it’s crushing down on you instead. To a point you just want it to suffocate you, to take away the uninvited thoughts and feelings. Right now it feels a lot like being suffocated.