travel – jamie goes outside

4 parks in 4 days

National parks are my jam. When I was little, my family would go to national parks but I never really liked nor appreciated them. Mostly I was bored and tired on our hikes and did not understand why my mom thought they were the most beautiful places in the world. Now I get it. NationalContinue reading “4 parks in 4 days”

an open letter to COVD-19

Dear COVD-19, May I call you “Rona”? You’ve changed my life so much, I feel like we should be able to give each other nicknames. So Rona, you’ve really taken my life and flipped it upside down. I am a planner. I always have my next few months planned out, I know what’s coming nextContinue reading “an open letter to COVD-19”

unclear

Recently, things in my life have seemed very unclear. I go about my day-to-day doing the things I need to and the things I think I’m supposed to, and yet I do not have a clear picture of my future. I know what I want it to look like, and I think I’m doing theContinue reading “unclear”

the next next fun thing

I booked my flight to San Francisco for Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. I needed a next next fun thing to look forward to after Christmas break in Australia. Winter semester is always so long and dreary and I need fun things to look forward to to break it up. So two weeks afterContinue reading “the next next fun thing”

not spontaneous

Last week I almost bought a plane ticket to San Francisco for the first weekend in December. My sister lives there and has the cutest 4-month old girl. Her couch is the comfiest couch (maybe bed) that I have ever slept on in my life, it really doesn’t make sense. But I didn’t buy aContinue reading “not spontaneous”

a love for the outdoors

I have to do an assignment for my major where we explore different job opportunities in our areas of interest within the field and write about it. The first area I chose was non-profit management, specifically youth development. Every job posting I found sounded amazing and got me really excited. The second area I choseContinue reading “a love for the outdoors”

a need for adventure

The more time that goes by, the more I am recognizing that I have a need for adventure. I have this note in my phone with a list of all of the National Parks in the United States. I was bored one morning and starting mapping the drives to these parks. I was surprised thatContinue reading “a need for adventure”

45 days

45 days until I am back in beautiful Australia. I have had a countdown going ever since I booked my flight in April. Growing up I had very little awareness of and interest in Australia. The only things I really knew about it were kangaroos, koalas, and Ayer’s Rock (Uluru). It wasn’t until my parentsContinue reading “45 days”

perfectly content

At the end of this summer I took a road trip with one friend and three strangers to Crater Lake, the Redwoods, and the Oregon Coast. We were constantly on the move, exploring, hiking, eating, laughing, enjoying. On our fourth night, we built a camp fire on the beach and roasted hot dogs. As IContinue reading “perfectly content”

my soul bridge

Here’s the thing about the Golden Gate Bridge: I’m pretty sure it’s my soul bridge. The first time I saw it with my eyes was in July of 2015; I was on a family vacation with my parents and two of my sisters. I had seen it in countless photographs, tv shows, and movies, yetContinue reading “my soul bridge”