on working motherhood

This blog did start more as a lifestyle blog – and while I spend less time crafting beautiful writing and focus more on pithy updates for my followers (aka, 10 of my family and friends), I figured I should include this post I had written on Linkedin about my transition back into the workforce. Mostly…

We’re Married!

All photos by Hyde Photography The second half of this year was slow on travel because…we were getting ready for our wedding! On August 18, 2018 we had our legal ceremony in Central Park, officiated by our friend KP & witnessed by a maid of honor and best man. It was a simple ceremony, done…

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yikes, even though life is seemingly so much slower these days, it’s still been a month since my last post – and it’s a very belated post at that! I’ve been traveling a lot for work/other reasons, and with the holidays passing (Thanksgiving) and coming up (winter holidays) it’s easy to get swept up in…

Breakneck Ridge

rock-climbing in the wild This is probably one of the most popular hikes in the NYC area because of the proximity to Manhattan and the ability to get here via public transportation ($28 round trip). As our birthday celebration, NT and I decided to do a day-long hike and chose this one, even though we…

Musings on Financial Freedom

The whole point of creating this blog was to not only document my traveling (which, let’s be real, isn’t nearly as exciting as many people who seem to traverse the world almost every other week), but to document my life of living to the fullest while being as financially responsible as possible. Everyone has a…

An Autumnal Reflection

There will be a time when I transition to thinking in the calendar year and not the school year calendar, but for now, August has always been the time of new beginnings. Mid-August would always be that time after internships were over and the school year was about to begin, and after a day or…

Money Diaries: Week of August 14

Well, I’d say that the first week of freedom was a success! I am happy to report that every single day I had some sort of social or fun activity planned, and was able to save a decent amount of money even when having some one-off expenses (looking at you, female grooming tax). Here’s another…

Meal Prep

How to spend $100 a month on groceries in NYC. I just calculated: For the month of July, I spent $36.47 on July 4th and $63.72 on July 19th for groceries. I am not saying that I’ve spent only $100 on FOOD for this whole month (although, if I had less of a social life…