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Track Your Travel Bucket List with these Products I Love

February 12, 2026

I love a good list of any kind and what’s even better is a travel themed list. My husband and I want to see the entire world, and while that clearly not possible, checking off all the states in the US, all the National Parks, and all the iconic spots in the world is do-able, and a fun way to track your travel. This is made even more fun when I get to add a sticker to a water bottle or a photo to an album. I get to check-off a place and keep a memory from it. That’s why I’ve rounded up some of my favorite products to track your travels. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means

How to Use Photo Journals to Organize Your Year

January 9, 2026

I have a confession to make: I love planning and organizing. I actually don’t mind putting away holiday decor. It’s satisfying to put it all away and start a clean slate for the next season. I also love making lists and I use spiral journals for these lists. In college, I would have multiple notebooks with to do lists and multiple calendars. Now, they may sound confusing, it was to my roommate, but I had a process and it worked well. I’m here to share that process with you. Photo Journals So why photo journals? Why not just regular spiral notebooks? Well because the photos remind me of what I’m working toward. If travel doesn’t speak to you, How to

The Ultimate Gift Guide to Stickers You’ll Need this Holiday Season

November 6, 2025

Stickers are all the rage these days and I’m here for it. I think they are a great way to show your personality, an inexpensive display of art, and just fun to collect. However, I hear over and over again from people who say they can’t decide where to put them or have no use for them and I’m here to tell you that you most definitely do. Use this guide to help you gift stickers for any holiday. You’ll find ideas on where to put them and how they can make any gift more meaningful. Sticker Gift Guide Where to Put Stickers Before we get to gifting stickers let’s talk about all the places you can put stickers. There’s

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How to Find the Perfect Sunrise and Sunset Locations in Pensacola Florida for Photos You’ll Love

July 22, 2025

Whenever I travel I have to find the perfect places to find to watch the sunrise and sunset, and Pensacola Florida was no different. My personal favorite is the sunrise. It’s always much less crowded and there is just something special about watching the world come back alive in the mornings. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s 3 companies I tend to use over and over and recommend to everyone: Finding the Perfect Sunrise and Sunset Locations in Pensacola Florida I definitely never want to miss the chance to

How to Choose the Best Joshua Tree National Park Itinerary

July 8, 2025

Joshua Tree National Park has multiple entrances. It’s not a huge National Park and it could be done in a day with minimal hiking but I recommend two days. However, because of the multiple entrances the order in which you decide to see all the fun stuff should be based on where you’re staying. That’s why I’m sharing two different itineraries with tips on choosing the best one and each one includes all the places I recommend seeing. So whether you are staying at the North or South entrance, you can see it all. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra

How to Find The Best Swimming in the Texas Hill Country

July 1, 2025

This is a very controversial statement but I love summers in the Texas Hill Country. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s very hot and August is awful, I don’t include August in my statement. However, if done right, May, June and July are really fun. However, I do believe you need to spend it swimming in the Texas Hill Country, or stay inside. See, the thing is, I’m a water bug. So I’m happy in the river, at the beach, or in a pool. That’s why I’ve rounded up all the fun places you can swim to beat the Texas heat in the hill country. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales

25 Beautiful Bucket List Beaches to Set Foot On

May 29, 2025

I’m a big fan of being outside. From the mountains to the beaches, I love the natural world around us. In honor of summer quickly approaching, I decided to round-up bucket list beaches. I haven’t been to a lot of beaches but I did live in Australia for 3 years and hit some of the best beaches in the world there. As you can imagine, there are a lot of beaches in the world so I decided I’d have to give myself a limit. I decided to keep it to 25 beaches around the world that I’d love to set foot on. In order to keep it simplified, I’m breaking it down by continent and including how you can see

Travel Experiences You Need to Add to Your Bucket List

May 15, 2025

One of my favorite trips we have ever taken was to Southeast Asia. We hit Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia. A close second to this is Morocco, Tahiti, and Fiji. I’m sharing my round of bucket list experiences you need to have in these places. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s 3 companies I tend to use over and over and recommend to everyone: Southeast Asia Travel Bucket List First up is a place we were able to travel to while living in Australia, Southeast Asia. We headed to Singapore,

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The Best Australia & New Zealand Experiences You’ll Love

May 8, 2025

If you know me for more than an hour, you’ll probably find out I lived in Australia and I love the country a whole lot. A close second is New Zealand and if they had better beaches, I would have wanted to live there too. From that time there we traveled around a lot and there’s a few experiences that stick with me to this day. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means I get a portion of the sales if you make a booking through my link at no extra cost to you! Top Travel Resources After decades of traveling, there’s 3 companies I tend to use over and over and recommend to everyone: Australia & New Zealand

European Travel Experiences You Will Love

April 28, 2025

Do you love to travel? Are you constantly adding places to your travel bucket list? I get it. I’ve been there. In fact, I’m still there. These are my favorite travel experiences you should definitely add to your travel bucket list. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the best travel experiences I’ve ever had. Then, with all the things being cancelled and everyone staying in, I began to wonder if my cancelled trips really mattered. However, that then raised a bigger question of does travel matter? And I’m here to tell you it does. It’s critical to my well-being personally but I also truly believe it’s critical to a well-balanced world. This post may contain affiliate links. Which means

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