The Dancing Backpacker

If you’re from Texas, you know the narrative around Austin. It’s where the hippies, weirdos, artists, and unconventional people live....

New Braunfels is known as one of the top summer spots in Texas. This is probably due to the abundance of opportunities to float in bodies...

Why do people stay in abusive relationships? That is the question I wanted to answer with this project. There’s a lot of reasons, and...

If you're like me, you're always on the lookout for the best places to escape into a good book. While I was living in Auckland, I found...

There’s a quote floating around on social media that I’ve seen one too many times. So I’m going to rant about it, because with so much...

The life of a flight attendant sounds glamourous, doesn’t it? Flying around the world, getting amazing discounts on travel, never having...

"I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do. Instead...

You’re not supposed to want to change someone. You’re supposed to accept your friends, your family, and your significant other as they...

Some people argue that writer’s block isn’t real. They believe that it’s just a convenient excuse used by lazy writers who don’t want to...

For all the adrenaline-filled, surreal, and extraordinary moments there are when you travel, there are an equal amount of mediocre,...

In chapter one I wrote that, “…the most important part of any adventure story is the worst for the protagonist. An adventure is not an...

It’s been a busy month… After lots of searching, I found a second job at a pretzel place and have been spending my time learning the...

Remember how I was talking about weird transitional phases back in Chapter 6? Yeah, I’m experiencing another one of those and it’s...

Brought to you by scenic water views and near-death experiences... #NewZealand #Thirdmonth #Video

“So you like Panic! At the Disco?” asked the tall man strapping my legs together as I sat on a platform on Kawarau Bridge- known as the...

So much of travel writing is basically romanticizing something that is inherently uncomfortable. No matter how hard you try to make it...

Well that was fast...here's some footage from my second month in New Zealand! #SecondMonth #Video #NewZealand

The thing about real life is that the transitions between the “chapters” aren’t always smooth. Sometimes you get consumable chunks of...

“Only part of us is sane: only part of us loves pleasure and the longer day of happiness, wants to live to our nineties and die in peace,...

There’s one thing traveling solo in New Zealand lacks- consistent dance classes. After my time at the Flower Barn, I was headed back to...