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What Travel in 2021 Will Look Like for Me

March 27, 2022January 7, 2021 by Kathleen O'Donnell

What will travel in 2021 look like for me? It will be focused on travel in Croatia for a while, and digital nomad life too!

Categories Reflections Tags Croatia, digital nomad 6 Comments

Turning 35, Alone and Abroad: What Comes Next

September 13, 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell

Birthdays during a pandemic are strange – especially when you’re overseas and alone. But it’s a good time to reflect on an unconventional life.

Categories Reflections, Digital Nomad Life Tags Croatia, digital nomad 1 Comment

Travel in the Time of Coronavirus

June 23, 2020 by Kathleen O'Donnell
the mountains of Albania seen from a plane window

Dreams of travel and the digital nomad life in 202 came to a halt because of coronavirus. Here’s what I’ve been up to since it hit – and where I’d like to be.

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What I Learned by Traveling the World Alone

March 31, 2022October 20, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler in Mostar Bosnia

A whole year as a solo female traveler – what I learned, what I loved, what I wrote about in my blog along the way.

Categories Reflections Tags backpacking, long term travel, solo female travel Leave a comment

How Travel Helped Me Love My Body

November 18, 2019October 14, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell

Solo travel had a huge impact on my body image – in a conscious and positive way. Check out my guest post on Be My Travel Muse.

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The Long Pause: Finishing a Year of Traveling Alone

May 11, 2022October 9, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Greece beach in Crete with clouds at sunset

An ending, a Boston summer, and yet another new beginning as I move to Athens, Greece and become a digital nomad.

Categories Reflections Tags digital nomad, Greece, solo female travel 7 Comments

Take a Walk: How to Sort Out Your Life On Foot on Hadrian’s Wall

April 26, 2022July 16, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler along Hadrian’s Wall in the north of England

I spent 7.5 days walking across Britain: 84 miles from coast to coast along the ancient Roman emperor Hadrian’s Wall, sorting out my life and future.

Categories Reflections, Europe, United Kingdom Tags ancient history, backpacking, England, solo female travel 2 Comments

Outfitting My Life: Dreaming of a Wardrobe of Joy Instead of Travel Outfits

March 28, 2022June 24, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler in the White Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Sometimes traveling alone as a woman in Europe involves a lot of window-shopping: picking out the outfits I’d wear in the glamorous lives I invent for myself in Greece, Venice, and Ireland.

Categories Reflections Tags backpacking, beauty, budget travel, solo female travel Leave a comment

A Loosening Rigidity: Staying Open While Traveling Solo

August 10, 2020April 27, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Solo female traveler at the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece

Traveling alone as a woman is tricky enough – especially when I’m the only one over 30 in the hostel. But it helps me stay open and flexible, if I’m brave enough to let it happen.

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Getting By With a Little Help: Solo Travel and the Kindness of Strangers

November 19, 2019April 5, 2019 by Kathleen O'Donnell
Yoga shala in Chiang Mai Thailand at Suan Sati

Solo female travel in Southeast Asia can be lonely, but the warmth and kindness of strangers makes it all worth it.

Categories Reflections Tags gratitude, health, philosophy 1 Comment
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