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Author of Extracurricular Pursuits, stories that intertwine my travel adventures with my quest for a happy, fulfilled life ✍🏼🌎

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Emily Ann Hill
4 months
Major eclipse fomo, but when I looked up when/where the next one is my jaw dropped. See you August 12, 2026 in sunny Valencia ☀️😎
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
If you live abroad/travel often, Rule #1 is to *never* expect that family/friends will visit you. Can't count how many times I've had this conversation 🙃
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Emily Ann Hill
5 months
Genuine question that might come off as a spicy take: Why is spending $30k on a four-hour wedding deemed societally acceptable, while spending a fraction of that to travel abroad for four months deemed irresponsible?
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
This was my entire closet and worldly possessions for one full year on the road, ask me anything ✈️🎒
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
Received my first ever payment for my writing today! It ain't much, but it's honest work 🥹📝
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I can’t believe I used to get up at 6am, put on horrendous work pants, scrape ice off my windshield, and drive 35 minutes to go sit in a beige cubicle for eight hours. Today my “office” has a view of Lake Como:
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
This morning I went to the doctor for an annual checkup, and asked a quick question about minor health concern. “If we talk about this, it’s no longer considered an annual checkup and your insurance won’t cover it.” 🇺🇸🫡
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
The advice I wish I could give to my younger self: Don’t sit around passively waiting for life to change. Quit the job you hate. Pursue the things you are passionate about. Book the damn flight. Surround yourself with ambitious people. You’ll figure the rest out.
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
I try really hard to embrace cultural differences and handle any minor inconvenience that comes with traveling in stride — but the open shower concept is just something that I will never understand 🙈
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Normalize Americans taking a month off between jobs to travel internationally.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
This topic has been floating around a lot recently: Choosing to make less money in exchange for having more free time/happiness. Where do you draw the line in the sand?
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
It's funny — the more places I travel to, the longer my bucket list gets.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I can fly to Australia for $203.60 in March 😱 1️⃣ LAX → Honolulu Southwest Airlines: ~12k points + $5.60 fee 2️⃣ Honolulu → Sydney Jetstar: $168 + $30 for bag SHOULD I BOOK IT?! 🇦🇺🦘 omfg
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I think everyone (and I mean everyone) should travel for at least 2-3 months at some point during their adult life. You may need to save up. You may need to take a break from work. You may have to make arrangements for dependents. But the life experience ROI will be worth it.
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Emily Ann Hill
7 months
Cities I've visited that people (ahem... Americans) warned me were dangerous: Naples, Athens, Barcelona, Istanbul, Mexico City, Medellín Cities from the above list that I've felt unsafe in:_____ The world isn't that scary, guys. Get out and go see it this year.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
The reason many Americans don't travel internationally is the perceived danger of foreign countries. Someone just warned me to "be careful in Italy" because they are "snatching girls off the streets in Naples." Fox News is a hell of a drug.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Solo trips are cool because you can wander around cute lil towns just as your little heart desires and then when you find an adorable sidewalk cafe you don’t have to share your cheese board with anyone and there’s also nobody to judge you for asking for a refill of the bread.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
Yesterday the power (and WiFi) went out so we stopped working and went to a tiki bar. But then the power came back on and we stayed at the tiki bar 😂🍹🍍
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I have no idea where I’ll be living in 3 years from now. Like not even which continent. I don’t even know what hemisphere I’ll be in six months from today. But here's the kicker: Why is that such a bad thing? Embracing the chaos that is life lately.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Them: Welcome home! How was your trip? Me: So great! Istanbul was incredib... Them: — wait omg, have you seen the pictures from Jessica’s wedding yet? I hated her dress. Me: 👁 👄 👁 Also me: *immediately books another flight*
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
In your opinion, what makes a city "livable"? Mine are: · Walkability · Nice weather · Access to nature · Sense of community · Not prohibitively expensive
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
Soaking up my last few days in Spain — I really don't want to leave 😔 But grateful for the two wonderful months here and that I've found a new spot that feels like home. For sure will be back.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
This trip has solidified it for me: I prefer slow travel. I'm talking 3+ months in one place. I love having a go-to morning coffee spot, a daily running route, a cute little corner market, enough time to make friends, and the chance to naturally discover a city's hidden gems.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
How it started/how it's going 🤩 Absolutely love the Split Stay feature @bchesky
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2 years
Introducing Split Stays, a new feature that shows you more options when searching for longer stays
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Pick a city. Book a flight. Repeat.
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Emily Ann Hill
4 months
@nickgraynews Zipair is awesome, just as nice as any of the big name US carriers. I flew from Tokyo to SFO for under $300 in October, highly recommend.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
There's a girl in my co-living space who is 23, graduated college in May, and has been working remotely and traveling since. And I quote: "Why would I go work in an office, that shit is for miserable people." It's wild how different work culture/"adulting" already is for Gen Z.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
There's just a different kind of bond among travel friends. No one flinches at unorthodox life plans, nor cares how you landed here. You immediately have 100 things in common and share similar outlooks on life. It's great.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Here til further notice 🏄🏼‍♀️🌴
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
Someone who has been traveling full time for 6 years just gave me advice: “You need to leave places while you still love them and they still have that intangible magic. If you stay too long, it’s like the fourth shitty sequel to a movie that nobody wanted.” Agree or disagree?
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
I still can’t believe I booked a flight from Japan to California for $280 lol
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
City walking tours are the best. I always try to do them within the first 48 hours of arriving to a new city. It gives me the lay of the land and immediately calms that "go-go-go" feeling of needing to see and do everything right away.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I just met an older solo female traveler staying at my place who is in town for a Surf Camp for 50+ year old women and all of my life goals have now been reset 🏄🏼‍♀️
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Seeing my name on a book at Barnes & Noble 🤯🤯🤯
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
“You’re leaving the country again?!” they ask as if avoiding winter makes ME the crazy one.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I genuinely don’t think I’ll ever get sick of traveling. I won't do this full-time schtick forever, but I'm convinced I'll still be hopping on trains to random cities when I'm 90.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My entire closet and worldly possessions ready for 10 months (-ish) on the road, ask me anything ✈️🎒 (yes, the yoga mat is necessary)
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Emily Ann Hill
5 months
Here is a photo of me "solo traveling" for anyone who might be overthinking it
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
I have a friend whose manager won't let them travel while working remotely because they think it'll be a distraction. 🌶️ My hot take: Working while traveling is still a lot less of a distraction than if they had a toddler at home.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I never want to hear another American say soccer is boring again
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I want to keep traveling to new places and eventually see the entire world ✈️🌍 …buuuuut spending a few weeks in Italy every summer (just for the food) might become a thing that I do 🍝🇮🇹
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
An airport with a train one floor down from baggage claim, that takes you directly to the city center in 20 minutes. What a concept.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Five minutes into being in a new city OMG I’M OBSESSED IN LOVE YEP THIS CITY HAS EVERYTHING I’M MOVING HERE every single time. why am I like this.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Trains are ✨by far✨ the superior method of travel and I will not be taking any questions on this matter. 🇧🇪Brussels → 🇳🇱Amsterdam (in under 2 hours!)
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My non-travel friends asking "why the heck are you traveling to [city]?!" has become an excellent benchmark of how much I'll probably love [city].
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Morning hike to the top of the Kotor Fortress 🤩🏰
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Working from a café this morning that’s owned by an Argentinian. Check out the WiFi password 😂
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I can’t help it that I fall in love with every country I visit 😍🇲🇪
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Tonight I'll be attempting to pack for 10 months on the road (maybe more?) — carry-on only. Can it be done? 🆘🆘🆘
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
How do you afford to travel so much?!?!
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
I'm pretty sure I'm not a cruise person (never done one) and I'd def get seasick on an ocean cruise BUT ☝🏼 I still have this irrational desire to go on a repositioning cruise. Some of the deals are insane. 20 nights from Italy to Miami for $449?? What am I missing????
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Four years ago, when I told friends/family that I wanted to travel while working remotely, I was met with looks of extreme confusion and a million questions. Today, people are starting to get it. There's still a ways to go, but the world is changing and it's fun to watch.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My toxic trait is spending hours researching and planning trips that I’ll never actually go on.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Never not daydreaming about my constantly-changing top bucket list countries — which at the current moment are: · Vietnam 🇻🇳 · New Zealand 🇳🇿 · Morocco 🇲🇦 What are your top three?
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Emily Ann Hill
3 years
Tonight my friend hosted a little dinner party, but first made us sit through a 20-slide presentation trying to convince us to go to Egypt in October. Nomad friends are fun.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Starting to plan a 4-month trip to Southeast Asia beginning in March. It’s mostly a blank slate right now, but eyeing Malaysia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand. What are your SEA underrated/hidden gems?
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Living out of a suitcase forces you to be a minimalist. I cringe thinking about the “Target runs” I used to do to kill time on lunch breaks, always filling a shopping cart with unnecessary crap. Never again. Experiences > material things.
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Emily Ann Hill
6 years
@USAGym This is called “we’re going to pin this on Aly because we received way worse backlash from the MLT hire than we expected”
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My boyfriend’s 76-year old Argentinian grandmother promised to get her first tattoo if Argentina won, and turns out she’s a woman of her word 😂🇦🇷
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Against most of my better judgement, today begins 3 months of hopping around Europe (and one stop in Africa!) Excited to check off a few bucket list countries, go in blind to a few random cities and revisit a favorite spot from last year. First stop: Rome ✈️🇮🇹
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Having a 24 hour layover in a city you’ve never been to is a feature, not a bug.
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Emily Ann Hill
4 months
New morning coffee spot 🌋☕️🤩
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My third straight Christmas in Mexico. New traditions are fun, even if a bit unorthodox 🎅🏼🌴 P.S: Keep those US/Canada weather reports coming 😉
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
Once you realize that there is nothing stopping you from booking a flight to pretty much anywhere in the world besides a few hundred dollars, maybe some visa paperwork and most importantly, a dose of courage, you simply won’t be able to put those worms back in the can.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I love this: The option to pay for an extended late check-out. I wish more hotels/accoms would offer this, especially when they don't have someone else checking in same day. 8pm train? No problem, you can pay to stay until 7. No more waiting around in post-check-out purgatory.
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
I’ve lived in 6 different Spanish speaking countries for at least a month each. Which means I’ve learned five different words for straw 🥤 four for popcorn 🍿 and three for sunglasses 🕶️ I do not recommend this strategy 🫨😂
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Living in a new city every month has made me realize the MASSIVE impact that my immediate surroundings has on my mood, energy, motivation and happiness. If you're stuck in a rut, move. Move apartments, move cities, move continents, whatever. Just move.
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Emily Ann Hill
10 months
Today marks 3 years since I boarded a one-way flight and began traveling full-time 🤯 An unforgettable and life-changing few years. Forever grateful for this wacky lifestyle and for all of the fantastic people I’ve met. My advice: When in doubt, just book the damn flight.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
Not including your traditional 22-year old backpacker hostel dorm types, I'm always pleasantly surprised at the age group of people I meet out on the road. I'm 33, and I'm often on the younger end of the spectrum.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Should I get rid of this Mexican peso in my wallet or should I continue carrying it around mistaking it for a euro approximately six times a day?
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
First Day of School! 🤓🎒🇳🇮 I found an amazing Spanish school here that does lessons every morning with this beachfront view — how could I not sign up?!
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
My daily schedule for the next 6 weeks: · Wake up by 7am ☀️ · Run 2 miles in the park 🌳 · Coffee + an hour of writing ☕️ · Work on my ecomm empire 🏰 · Ride my bike to the beach + volleyball 🏐 · Tapas (and maybe a tinto de verano) 🍷 · Repeat 🔁 Zero complaints 🇪🇸✌🏼😎
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Emily Ann Hill
11 months
@nmasc_ @duolingo I’m ready to apply when the job posting for Spain hits. My qualifications: • 1,413 day streak ✔️ • Named Emily ✔️
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Someone just referred to their non-travel friends back at home as “muggles” and I can’t stop laughing.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Sure, the stereotypical digital nomad pictures of a laptop at a beach are cringe, but have you ever worked in one of these? Happy Monday to everyone who is seeking more enjoyment out of life ☀️
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Traveling is like having a refresh button for your brain.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My friend is about to roll up to the Corfu airport in a horse-drawn carriage and I can’t stop laughing
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
There's a massive overlap between the people I've met while traveling and the people I know who do super interesting things for a living.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Two weeks ago, Mexico banned smoking in public places, including outdoors/on the beach. Old habits will definitely die hard on this one, but it's a big step in the right direction. Orillas sin colillas 👏🏼👏🏼
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
My favorite thing about living in a new country every 1-2 months: Nothing gets old, even grocery shopping is an adventure.
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Emily Ann Hill
5 years
It's the first year of the new and improved #NCAAGym postseason format in actual ✨bracket format✨ featuring play-in meets, YES THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID PLAY-IN MEETS (!!!) and the NCAA puts out a half-assed, half-complete bracket with a warped logo🤦‍♀️ Don't worry, I fixed it.
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Emily Ann Hill
4 months
There’s approximately 30 adorable cafes in Antigua and I’m here for approximately 30 days. Coincidence or fate? Day 1: Fernando’s Kaffee (strong start in this beautiful courtyard) ☕️🍃
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
Nomading makes me feel like I’ve unlocked some sort of time-warp cheat code to be able to squeeze a thousand different lives into a single year.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
First thing I saw this morning, what a welcome to Nicaragua! 🦜🌈 Five minutes later I stepped in dog shit but hey, life is about balance 🙃
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Emily Ann Hill
7 months
My biggest realization as I enter year four of full-time travel: Community is everything. It’s now a non-negotiable that I live in a walkable neighborhood, close to friends. This being almost non-existent in the U.S. is a big reason so many are so miserable. And it's so simple.
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Emily Ann Hill
6 months
The question "what do you do for a living?" yields boring cookie-cutter responses in the form of job titles. The question "how did you end up here?" yields much more interesting replies that tell a whole story.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
There are some people in this world who simply want more out of life. Whether that’s traveling, starting a business, picking up a new hobby...whatever. Find them, surround yourself with them, and start doing cool shit.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
They say if you want to get to know somebody, take a trip with them. That goes for romantic relationships, friendships and — *BIG REALIZATION* — also just for yourself. That's why I think everyone should solo travel at least once in their lives.
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Emily Ann Hill
3 years
I ate 17 street tacos in 48 hours in CDMX and I regret nothing.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
I'm traveling with someone on their second ever trip outside the US (first was to a resort in the Bahamas). Hearing their random comments/observations is a great reminder (albiet, often hilariously cringe) that traveling makes us so much more open-minded and tolerant.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
People watching while sipping Bosnian coffee is not something I knew I needed but wow do I have a new morning routine ☕️
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
In my circle of nomad friends, the magic number is about 2-3 years of full-time travel before burnout sets in and the desire for (at least partial) roots somewhere creeps back in. I’m at the 2.5 year mark myself, so I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on what’s next.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
People often talk about how hard it can be to make friends as an adult. My suggestion? Travel. Without a doubt, the best accidental benefit of spending the last few years on the road has been the dozens (!!!) of new, interesting, ambitious and open-minded friends I've made.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
@the_transit_guy but but but where will I park when I drive my Apocalypse Hellfire to brunch???
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
A non-travel friend from home (aka a muggle) just told me "traveling has turned you into a hippie" and honestly, I couldn't think of a better compliment.
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Emily Ann Hill
1 year
I spent last week in the Austrian Alps with 19 (old and new) friends at Nomad Summer Camp ⛺️🛶🇦🇹 A week full of hiking, games, adventures, schnitzel and nonstop laughs. Austria is stunning, but this was proof yet again that the people are the best part of this wacky lifestyle.
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1 year
For the first time in 2 years, I spent the morning doing a bunch of errands by car. Not to be dramatic but I can’t live in the US anymore. Strip mall parking lots are horrific and most other drivers are assholes and/or texting. Car-centric towns are truly a terrible way to live.
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Emily Ann Hill
10 months
Visiting Oaxaca makes me wonder why anyone would ever ever ever visit Cancun
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
I enjoyed the past two months in New York, but it’s just not my city (I already knew this). The problem is, my answer to “when are you moving back home?” is “when there’s a city in the U.S. that’s walkable enough for me to live without a car” and guys it’s just not looking good.
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Emily Ann Hill
2 years
It’s interesting to me that even once we’ve doubled or tripled our salary from that first full-time job at age 22, most people would never consider a 10% or 20% reduction in working hours. Why does nobody want to buy back their time?
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