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The word ‘whimsy’ has been floating around a lot lately. Another one of those random concepts that, seemingly overnight, takes the internet by storm and suddenly holds a hell of a lot more weight and meaning than it did a year ago. We’ve been doing this with language for as long as we can remember, […]

Personal Essays, Reflections

June 3, 2026

Living a life of whimsy.

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There is a version of me somewhere in South America still. 

She’s on a bus with no signal and a window full of Andean sky, thinking she’s just traveling. She doesn’t know yet what’s coming.

Eight months is long enough to forget who you were when you arrived.

And I know this because I’ve tried to remember.

Personal Growth, Reflections, Travel

April 23, 2026

What 8 months in South America taught me.

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