An inspired adventure blog

An inspired adventure blog

For the doers, the dreamers, the trekkers

Last week I shared a story about how I accidentally ended up moving to Washington State, and about the importance of following your dreams.  Fulfillment is no joke - without it, we humans tend to struggle.  Personally, I know that finding fulfillment in my life is absolute a critical piece of everything that I do.  Unless I feel like I'm somehow contributing to the greater good or helping to serve others in some small way, I find myself feeling lost....

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. ” — Charles Schulz Happy Valentine's Day!  I'm actually writing this the day before, so technically it isn't Valentine's Day yet.  I'm actually not a huge Valentine's fan - I'm sure that comes as a shock to most of you - ha!  But seriously, I think it is sort of a silly holiday, BUT if you like Valentine's Day, I say go for it - every person is different!  A few years back, Aaron...

“Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again ” — Yotam Ottolenghi It's time for another incredibly easy "freezer bag" backpacking recipe.  This recipe (if you can even call it that), is so easy that you will wonder why you ever spent $15 on a pre-freeze dried backpacking meal.  The important part of this meal is purchasing the noodles that are designed to be prepared in the microwave - if you buy the noodles that are meant to be boiled, they...

Sometimes I think that I must be completely nuts.  Maybe I am.  Honestly, I don't care.  When I was in college, there was an entire group of students that referred to me as, "weird girl".  When I found out about this, I asked them why - and they said it was because they couldn't, "figure me out".  They said that I liked to sit and read by myself in the dining hall and that I seemed mysterious.  I always found that comforting in a way...