Hiring a freelance writer to work with your company on website or blog content is one of the best moves you can make. While you focus on other elements of your business, your freelance teammate can produce a steady stream of content for readers. It’s
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Departing Oahu: An Airline Travel Angel
This past week, I moved out of my apartment in Hawaii when my lease ended. I’m minimalist by nature, and I only brought a single checked bag, carry-on suitcase, and personal item when moving to Oahu last year. While I’ve accumulated some
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150 Days of Rollerblading
In May 2021, I purchased a pair of green and pink rollerblades a few weeks after moving to the North Shore of Oahu. These are the rollerblades my fourth-grade self only could have dreamed of. My friends, Mallory and Shannon, had rollerblades
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Do You Have Wi-Fi? Working in Remote Locations
This is content that I penned during the summer of 2019 while launching my book. It was originally posted on Medium. As an American millennial, I’ve grown accustomed to nearly constant access to technology and Wi-Fi. Connectivity is the name of the
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Safari Log: Animals I’ve Seen on Safari
Roughly two years ago, in February and March 2020 (pre-COVID-19), I had my first safari experience in Africa. I went on safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa as well as on the Serengeti in Tanzania. You can read more about my experience on the
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Free Walking Tours: The Best City Activity
A week ago, I was in Palermo, and I revisited one of my favorite city travel hacks of all time: free walking tours. If you’ve never done a free walking tour, you’re in for a treat. I personally think this is one of the best ways to travel. Here are
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My Return to Italy
As I predicted in my Top 10 Countries I’ll Return to Post-COVID-19 blog, Italy was not only one of the top ten countries I traveled to but the very first I returned to as travel restrictions abated in this post-COVID-19 era. Dan and I originally
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My Favorite Local Guides
Before I traveled to Southeast Asia, I never hired local guides. My travel had been confined almost entirely to Europe (excluding Canada, Mexico, and Cuba), so all the cities I had been to were fairly navigable on my own. However, in Asia, there were quite
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Top 5 Tips for New Freelancers
I’ve been on Fiverr since September 2018, and while I still feel like I’m constantly learning, I get messages from new freelancers every single day. “How did you get started? How do I get my first order? What did you wish you would have
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Hiking Dead Man’s Catwalk on Oahu
As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs about hikes in Hawaii, I love short hikes. The less hiking I do — the better. And yes, I know that kind of defeats the point of hiking, but the hikes I enjoy the most are to beautiful destinations (not just for
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Winter in Austria: Salzburg, Schonbrunn, and the Sound of Music
During my study abroad semester, I had a week-long break in February that I split between Switzerland and Austria. For my first trip to Austria, I selected Salzburg and Vienna as my destinations. While I was originally supposed to travel with a friend to
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My Trip to Kauai
This past weekend, Dan and I traveled to my final accessible Hawaiian island for Valentine’s Day. As of February 2022, I’ve visited Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, Lanai, Molokai, and Kauai. These are the six accessible islands of the main eight. I’m hoping
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