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I'm a New York native who left my home to explore the world slowly and thoroughly. I’m just a little obsessed with photography, scuba diving, and reading guidebooks to countries I have no immediate plans to visit.

We’re all riding out the same storm, just in dif

We’re all riding out the same storm, just in different boats.

I used that metaphor in my 2020 wrap up blog post, describing it as a deeply personal tour of my own boat.

With a close network of dear friends spread around the globe, I have a little peek into other boats around the world, right now, too.

My friends in Israel are partying (literally) on (metaphorical) yachts, reveling in the freedom that comes with being the most vaccinated nation on earth. My friends in Thailand are trying to steady leaky rafts while the virus threatens to break out again after a year of relative calm seas. My friends in Canada and much of Europe are scanning the horizon, anxiously wondering when they too will have the opportunity to be vaccinated and resume some normalcy.

After my own burst of gratitude and euphoria at being vaccinated and seeing domestic and slowly, some international travel start to come back in the US, I am certainly pausing to look around with empathy at those still wondering when they will have access to this miracle of science and tides will turn for them.

However in recent months I started to see an interesting sentiment cropping up in those mysterious spaces known as Internet comment sections — the idea that the US has “hoarded” or somehow cheated the rest of the world out of vaccine access.

As someone who views the vaccine to a ticket back to working a job they love and living a life they love, I researched this with great interest.

According to an NPR interview I listened to this week about vaccine equity, the US has used 28% of the world's doses that have been administered so far — but we also have 28% of the world's cases.

To me, the US’s struggle with COVID so dramatically shows where our cultural strengths and weaknesses lie. Follow rules for the greater good? Mmm we are gonna struggle. Cohesive policy and messaging? Oof, that’s going to be a toughie. Innovation? Cutting through red tape? Writing our own rules? That, we can do!

Continued in the comments...

Remember when you dreamed about what you have now?

Let’s talk... ACCOUNTING! 🤍🧾 No, this isn

Let’s talk... ACCOUNTING! 🤍🧾

No, this isn’t an ad, it’s a cry for help 🤣 This week I’m drowning in my own poor bookkeeping and trying to build myself a life boat! Okay this metaphor is getting murky but let’s just say I’ve vowed this is the last year I’m going to cry doing my taxes.

TBH my normal system involves last minute panicking, throwing a pile of flaming self employed garbage at my accountant and hoping I don’t go to jail 😅

One year I pulled together my spreadsheets from the top of a pop up camper in a state park in Maui and then had to drive nearly an hour looking for a signal so I could hot spot from my phone and send them to my accountant, ha... good times 😇

Lately I’m having this “aha moment” of realizing I don’t have to live in total chaos, all the time? Very enlightening. I’ve been working hard at streamlining my accounts, getting new systems in place, and I’m even considering, gasp... hiring a bookkeeping service!

No one gives better advice than all y’all, so I’m throwing this out there to see what personal and small business accounting/book keeping/tax preparing solutions have worked for you!

I do have a fab tax accountant who graciously allows me to text her asking if manicures are a write off 24/7 so she’s a keeper, but I definitely realize that as my businesses grow I need more help than this!

Thanks, friends! And remember... you can be a badass girl boss who sucks at certain things. You’ve just gotta stick it out till you can fire yourself for a particular role. Never been more excited to get fired than this 😎

✨ WE DID IT! ✨ When my dear friend @brennabra

Drags drone around Mexico for twelve weeks, flies $Drags drone around Mexico for twelve weeks, flies it once ¯\_(ツ)_/¯$

Be a mermaid, make waves 🧜🏻‍♀️🌊 We

Be a mermaid, make waves 🧜🏻‍♀️🌊

Well, my day yesterday took an unexpected turn! I booked and planned and fantasized a bunch of TRAVEL! Here’s what I worked on...

• Having been fully vaccinated (two week countdown is on, baby) and absorbed the amazing news about the accelerated timeline for the vaccine in the US, and the CDC’s exciting updated recommendations giving vaccinated folks their blessing to travel, I spent my afternoon fantasizing about making some last minute Memorial Day magic happen... AKA a reduced capacity domestic @wanderwomenretreats! Let’s see what shakes out... and if I’m brave enough to launch something so quick, ha!

• I did some info gathering for the amazing girls trip I’m taking back to Tulum in June. I can’t wait to be back in a Mexico! I mean, how could I, looking back on dreamy days like this one I spent in Tulum with @tulummermaid and @hotflashesandboardingpasses! I’ve spent ages in Tulum but still amazed at how many new experiences I’m going to have on this trip.

• I booked flights for July between some of my favorite US Islands — Martha’s Vineyard and the Florida Keys!

• I did some major bachelorette weekend research for @hotmessyoga in October in New Orleans (it’s going to be so good I screamed out loud with excitement at one point!)

Basically: TRAVEL PLANNING MODE UNLOCKED 🔑✨ We’re back, baby!

Stay tuned for more details on this potential trip! ☺️ Did you make Memorial Day plans yet? Any guesses where or what it would be?

Retreats update! 🤍 (Which, wow — so many of m

Fab news Friday! I originally had this whole capt

Fab news Friday!

I originally had this whole caption about TGIF (Thank God Imma Fish 🧜🏻‍♀️, obviously 😅) but... today’s news is so exciting I had to pivot.

Friends, the CDC has made it official: vaccinated Americans have their blessing to travel domestically and abroad, and do not require negative covid tests or quarantine to do so! (Other than when specified by local law, obviously.)

That loud noise you heard today was the entire travel industry putting their faces in their (thoroughly washed) hands and screaming with joy!

Now, there’s a caveat: as of now, you do still require a negative PCR or antigen test to board a flight to the US, however, as that legislation was based on now-outdated CDC guidance, I expect that to be updated soon. Oh and pack your cute masks because those are still part of CDC guidance regardless of vaccination status, friends.

There’s also been a big spotlight on the fact that the vaccine is extremely effective at reducing not just symptoms of but transmission of the virus — hence why so many countries are reducing or eliminating quarantine for vaccinated travelers.

The CDC has been so extremely cautious with their guidance, and the US news so overwhelmingly negative in their virus coverage (there have been actual studies about this lately!) throughout this pandemic, it’s almost a shock to see positive and hopeful headlines. It really feels like the dawn of a new day.

So, that’s the reason to celebrate today for everyone. The reason to cheers tonight for ME? I got a vaccine appointment this morning! Let’s DO THIS!

Okay so I’m curious! Have you gotten vaccinated yet? Will you? Does this CDC guidance change your perspective or opinion on travel right now? Can’t wait to hear from all of you!

PS: This photo was from such a beautiful day in a new-to-me cenote with my dear friend @tulummermaid, before a well deserved lunch of tacos on the beach. Can’t wait for the world to get back to making memories like these.

Cheers to... when it all falls apart 🥂🙃☀️

I took a week off Instagram and I wish I could say I return to you a new, zen-like being. To be honest, I had a pretty mentally overwhelming week. At one point I acknowledged I was almost physically vibrating with stress.

A quick summary of the situations rising to the top of triage: We officially had to delay our three Israel @wanderwomenretreats again, bringing them to two years from the date we meant to be, which broke my heart. Within the same week, four out of the eleven retreats we currently have launched or in active development had foundational cracks that I have had to basically start rebuilding from the bottom up to fix, which short circuited my mind.

I haven’t written on my blog in over a month, largely due to a professional issue I have yet to write about. I injured my shoulder and I’m stubbornly refusing to properly rest it, as usual. Oh, and I’m casually apartment hunting in New York City by day and staring at the ceiling wondering if I should go back to Mexico by night.

So yeah, things are swell 😛 But honestly, while in the past week I’ve burst into full sobs on a FiDi sidewalk, physically felt pain in my chest stressing on a Midtown subway and spent sleepless nights wondering what the hell I’m doing with my life in Bed Stuy, I’m also just... hanging in there. Working through some shit. Getting things done for the future. Knowing that it’s alright to not be totally alright. Embracing that this is a time of change and transition. Leaning into the certainty that things can and will get better, and even when it’s all falling apart... there’s plenty to cheers to.

So, here’s three! 🙏🏻 I’m now officially eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in New York 🙏🏻 2 out of the 4 bachelorette trips I’m planning this year are taking shape and they are literally going to be the most fun ever 🙏🏻 I tried a delish new salad place for lunch and ate outside in the sun — and got pomegranate seeds to put in my din 🙏🏻

In short: 🎢! Tell me what made your crazy day/week/month/year a little brighter, too! (Or, if that doesn’t resonate... tell me your secrets to achieving a more zen-like being. Please 😅)

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