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Asia, Mood and Mindset, Self-Care, Thailand, Travel

Life Lessons from a Monk.

I went to a psychic for the first time when I was sixteen. At the end of the session she gave me her Mary Kay Cosmetics card and I couldn’t believe I had fallen for such a stupid idea. However, that didn’t stop me from going to another and another and to this day I still like going to talk to psychics. There is a lot of controversy surrounding the idea of psychics. Are they real? Are they frauds? I believe some of them know what they’re talking about and I believe others are total scams. My dad thinks it's all a load of B.S and a waste of money. I think it's[...]

Thailand, Travel

Goodbye Bangkok, Goodbye Thailand

"Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." -Jack Kerouac I have a newfound love for Bangkok. Okay, so maybe I wouldn't call it love but I definitely feel more friendly about Bangkok than I did before. I first felt this feeling when I stepped off the plane from Hanoi. By the time I was in the taxi, speeding down the highway, it felt like all of my stress and worry had disappeared. That quickly. And I realized that this was how I felt every time that I arrived in Bangkok. Whether it's becaus[...]