Kelsey Yurek

From May to November 2019, I traveled full-time. After graduating from Georgetown University, I packed up everything I owned, put it in a storage unit, and fly from DC to San Francisco to Auckland. It was the start of a grand travel adventure, and

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When I first decided to study abroad in London, I knew that I’d want to walk away with a wider understanding of the United Kingdom as a county. It’s cultural, geography, and history. As such, I stacked my academic courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This

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A year ago this week, my Great Aunt Pat passed away. She was 93 years old. I wrote this reflection in March 2020 while on the Serengeti. *** My first adult interaction with Aunt Pat was when I was 16 years old in 2013. I had just finished my sophomore

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Until I traveled, I never truly understood what was meant when people said your “mind wandered.” Now, my mind is often physically elsewhere, and this phenomenon leaves the question, “Where is my mind today?” open for debate.There are some days I find my

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I’ll be the first to admit that the pandemic has gotten into my head. And I’m not just talking about changing the way I grocery shop or being nervous about going to the movies. There’s something about living through history that has altered

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For six months in 2019, my friends and family (no matter how loving) rarely knew where I was. They were constantly asking, “Where in the world is Kelsey?” This was my most avid year of travel yet as I worked and traveled full-time following my

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I love lists. As a guiding force in my life, lists are at the very top. Whenever I arrive in a new place, I make a bucket list of everything I want to do in the area. I made a D.C. bucket list as a freshman in college. I made a London bucket list as a

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