(image: Nishe) I recently came home from my first solo trip abroad. At first, I didn't think I gained anything from it but the mere courage I gained from simply going off on my own, but after coming home, I realized that I learned so much more. On my flight home I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and two things resona[...]
istanbul, turkey After traveling for about 12+ hours straight with a stopover in Munich, I finally made it to Istanbul, Turkey. It didn't hit me how completely and utterly terrified I am to be here all by myself until I left the sanctuary of the airport. They drive from the airport to my hotel was fine. The travel rep that picke[...]
I leave for my Greece + Turkey trip in four days! I still can't believe it's finally the time. I'm not really prepared. This summer has been my busiest summer ever and I really didn't have the luxury to constantly think about my trip like I normally am used to. I finally don't have to work after today, so now I can really start prepa[...]
I live in a tiny space. I still live at home and my room is just plain small. It's a very squared room and I often find it difficult to arrange my furniture in a way that would make my small space seem spacious. I don't have that many pieces of furniture, three big pieces at most, and even though everything I own is stored in my room[...]
I stumbled across this fabulous idea when I was looking for a way to organize all of my letters. They were just piling up in my desk draw to the point where they weren't fitting. I ended up having to take them all out of the draw and had them piling high on my window seal. I didn't know what to do with them. I didn't want to throw th[...]
I've been telling myself lately that I've "got a problem." A big one that involves pretty things. Generally, it's paper or stationery things and I suppose it stems from my recent snail mail obsession. I've sort of replaced my scrapbooking binges with buying stationery instead. In a way, I do save a lot more money because scrapbook suppli[...]
I have the travel bug on the brain again. I think it's because it's getting closer to September when I'm due to fly to Turkey then Greece for the month. It'll be the first time I'm traveling abroad by myself and I'm both excited and slightly nervous about it. But I just can't stop thinking about my impending trip! With my t[...]
So I've been playing around on another blog of mine these past few days. It's an old blog that I turned into a snail mail/pen pal blog to give it new content. It's called And Along The Way. (I'm not sure if I'm going to keep at it, but it's been interesting. I've been slowly transferring all of the content from that site to this[...]
My pen pal Mary once sent me a small greeting card which she turned into a little folder to hold the letter, mail tag, and other goodies. She made little pockets to fit on each side, then once she had everything in the folder, she sealed the card and it slipped so easily into the envelope. I thought it was such a great idea that[...]
Mail Tag is a game created by Bianca of goodnight little spoon. It is a clever little game you play via the post. A great conversation starter, sending a mail tag with your letter is a great way to get to know your pen pal right off the bat. Essentially, it's a small list of questions, random quick questions, that you a[...]
This always seems tricky to first timers. I know, I was there once. How do you just start writing letters to random strangers? How do you even find random strangers willing to participate in this seemingly random exchange? The task of just finding one person to write to seems daunting in the beginning. Where do you go? How do you start?[...]
If there was one bit of advice that my mother gave me when I was younger that has resonated within me for years it's that you only ever need just one good friend in your life. Just one. And I guess I have lived my life by that rule. Since I was a kid I was always alone. I wasn't a loner, but I didn't have many friends. Sure in elemen[...]
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