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What Adult Friendship Demands: On Reciprocity, Adult Priorities, and Choosing to Show Up
There’s been a lot of talk online lately about adult friendships: how hard they are to maintain, how busy everyone is, how “life just happens.” Just take a look at r/FriendshipAdvice or r/Adulting on Reddit. I’d say 80% of the posts in those communities are about maintaining adult friendships. The most common sentiments floating around…
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Chronicles of (Mis)adventures in Portugal: Slips, Lessons, and a Lot of Seafood
It’s that time of year again—not Christmas, but my annual birthday trip. After months of exploring Central and South America, I set my sights back on Europe—where my love for travel first took root. This year, I chose to travel in Portugal, a country that had been sitting patiently on my list for years. After…
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On Belonging and Starting Over
There are places in this world that feel like home for a moment, but never quite fully. Belonging is one of those things everyone assumes you eventually figure out — like taxes or how to fold a fitted sheet. But for some of us, belonging is slippery. It changes shape depending on where we stand.…
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Chronicles of (Mis)adventures in the UK: Finding Belonging in Old Places and New Versions of Myself
The UK will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my stepping stone into the wider world, the place that forced me to grow up and break free from the archaic conditioning I had carried all my life. It was also the first place that exposed me to the harsh realities of…
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History on Repeat: From Heneral Luna to the Drug War
Synopsis: Set during the Philippine-American war, Heneral Luna, or Antonio Luna, is a Filipino general who tries to lead his countrymen to freedom from colonial powers, both new and old. In spite of internal conflicts, Heneral Luna and his army forges ahead, only to meet untimely demise. **SPOILERS AHEAD** Heneral Luna (the movie, not the general per se),…
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Chronicles of (Mis)adventures in Peru: Altitude, Alpacas and Everything in Between
From Pura Vida to Pachamama If Costa Rica opened my heart to adventure, Peru opened my lungs—literally—by squeezing the air out of them. After making a promise in Costa Rica to live and not just exist, I decided to honor that promise by heading to Peru. Once again, I’d be hitting two birds with one…
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