Blog makeovers end up meaning much more than we expect. As you work through the new layout, it gives you a chance to dig below the surface, and to reflect on why you started writing it in the first place.
To ask why is to go deeper, to seek the significant and look for connections. It takes time to draw meaning out of an experience, but it’s worth it – for ourselves and for the stories we’re wanting to tell.
I’m thrilled to announce that not only has Nellie Haung officially launched the first issue of WildJunket Magazine today, but that yours truly is contributing editor. Nothing like a childhood dream come true, ay?
As this blog switches names, what is really changing is the lens through which each post is read–that it’s not only about where you travel or how you get there, but the spirit behind it. That insatiable desire for new places and different air.
“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow…” — Lawrence Clark Powell Just before heading off to bed last night, I got a tweet letting me know my good friend Dylan—of The Travelling Editor fame—had nominated me and four others to choose seven posts that represent our best [and sometimes worst] blogging moments. Although … Read More
“A blog is merely a tool that lets you do anything from change the world to share your shopping list.” — Unknown I never thought I’d be a blogger. I can remember, ‘back in the day’ of Xanga and the like, when the thought of blogging seemed like nothing more than a glorified diary…only put out … Read More
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — G.K. Chesterton The last Thursday in November is inevitably the one day of the year where my homesickness soars to unprecedented levels. Being away for Christmas is hard, but there’s something about Thanksgiving that makes … Read More