The last few months I’ve done a lot of thinking. A LOT of thinking. The beauty of being 28 years old and my only “responsibilities” being my 4 dogs gives me unending possibilities for the future. We could move to another country! We could move around every few months working seasonal jobs! We could buy …
Starting amount: $122,000Current amount: $0 A few evenings ago, I was doing a mobile deposit for a check, and when I logged onto my bank account, I saw my loan repayment amount deposited: +18,164. It only took 6 weeks from the time I sent my verified documents to when this money showed up in my …
I am 27 years old. In November of 2018 after my 6-month grace period for student loans, I owed $97,000 in federal loans ($122,000 total, with 25,000 in private loans). In November of 2019, I owed $87,000 in federal loans. For the sake of this blog post, I will focus on my federal loans only, …
Thank you for landing on my blog post! My website was originally created for me to record my adventures in my early twenties, to hold myself accountable for keeping those memories near and dear. I had some wonderful experiences the past 3-5 years that I would never want to change, and they all contributed to …
I sat down today and randomly thought about this blog. I tried to log on, and it turns out the domain has been expired for quite some time. So here I am thinking to myself “yea, it would be a good idea to start remembering the past 8 months”. I left off in August in …
My previous post left off in early May when I took two weeks off between my contract extension to drive around southern Alaska, and more importantly to have some time outside Nome for the first time in three months of winter. My partner Zeph met me in Anchorage up from New Mexico and we got …
I’m not sure how 4 months have already passed in Nome, but here we are already approaching summertime. I arrived here amidst winter, and it turned out to be one of the snowiest on record. We even got a total of 40 hours off work when the hospital was closed because the wind was blowing …
It took all of 2 minutes to pass through customs at the Canadian border, and after that I was on my sweet, sweet way! Over the next 3 weeks, I slowly cruised north through Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, and finally into Alaska. Each place had its own distinct beauty with different people, cultures, and …
It has been around a year since the initial seed was planted in my head to try and make it out to Alaska for work. Aside from work, completing that drive from the mainland States has been on my bucket list for quite some time. After all the preparation and planning, it is wild to …
I’ve been quite terrible about updating this page, but it’s because I’ve been having such a kickin’ time in New Mexico. Two days ago was the last day of my contract, and it was very bittersweet. I could not have asked for better co-workers, better mentorship as a new grad, or a better experience for …