Journal

A decade on the road, and what came after.

This began as a travel blog: eighty countries' worth of buses, borders, and sunrises. It's still all here, and I still give travel recommendations freely. These days I also write about strategy, leadership, and building a life across continents.

Travel · Europe

Back in Europe

After 8 years away I find myself back in Europe for an opportunity wholly unexpected… that I couldn't say no to.

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Essays · Life on the road

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?

I love the romance and unpredictability that the road offers. The whole life it beckons. Sure it's not always business lounges or…

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Essays

On Predictable Adulthood

At 17, I made a promise to myself that I would live each day to its fullest. Of course, at 17, it…

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Travel · New York

TriBeCa sunrise on the sunset of 27

I woke up this morning, wrapped around in my (lovely) hotel sheets, in a moderate panic. When the sun sets tonight, I…

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Travel · China

Going home to Changchun, China

When I awake, I instinctively look at the clock. The one that sits overhead is broken. 4:35. It's perpetually 4:35. I am…

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