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I'm an online entreprenuer and I've been on the road with my hubby since 2013. I've previously worked as a branding & web designer. Here you'll find more about my experiences with freelancing, online business, and life in general. ✌️

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  • I am SUPER excited to announce I've launched my very first digital product today, a handwritten font! I've spent countless hours creating, editing, remaking, and refining this font and it's finally finished!! Grab it now for $6 bucks during my launch sale. 😊✨#linkinprofile

I've started designing digital products (like fonts, logo templates, branding kits, and more) as a way to supplement the income from my design studio. Font making is something I've been wanting to do for years and I'm so glad I finally did it!

#fontmaking #handlettering #lettering #logodesign #branding #handlettered #moderncalligraphy #calligraphy #prettyfont #spunkylettering
  • Another shot from our fun anniversary date-day back in September! I frickin love that vegan food has gotten mainstream enough that there are pubss that have really nice vegan options. This platter was legit!
  • As cool as our life may look, I feel like we have been through the ringer in many ways over the past few years. There are lots of amazing things about our lifestyle, don't get me wrong. But there have definitely been lots of challenges. Trying to figure out what the heck we're doing, how to be a responsible and "good" expat, how to balance work and life, feeling loneliness (for many reasons), how not go crazy being around your spouse 24/7, etc.

Yesterday was one of those days where things just hit me all at once and it was really hard. Its such an interesting thing though because I feel like sometimes the hardest times can also be the best. Over the past 24 hours, by just being honest with people I trust about how I felt and letting go, I actually saw so much happen and change. I know that doesn't always happen, but sometimes it does and I think it's so cool.

Some of the cool things that happened/my takeaways:
- A friend shared yesterday an interesting thought that really stuck with me - That it's such a privilege to be dealing with these sorts of problems. 
I had never thought about it like that, but he is so right and it gave me so much perspective. Although things can be tough, I'm nowhere near living on the street or pinching pennies to pay rent. I've been close to that before, and I'm so thankful I'm not in that situation more. 
Things could be better, but they could also be SO much worse. - Another friend mentioned a close friend of ours who laughs at hard things or things that aren't true. The idea behind it being that laughing takes power away from that thing in your mind/in your life. It may seem funny when you think about laughing at your problems, but I've definitely experienced this to be very powerful! If something is hard, our natural inclination is to feel bad, to avoid it, to over think it, etc. But instead if you approach it with laughter, you're choosing to not let that thing have that negative power over you. It's trusting that things will work out - If it's not good, it's not the end.

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  • Social media is such a funny thing - I check it almost everyday to see what my friends are up to, but I rarely share. So be warned, I'm going to share a bunch of photos now! Why not haha. The past few months, honestly - this whole year, had been a bit crazy. Moved to a new house, figuring out what life as an expat while still travelling a ton looks like, dealing with a failing business and switching gears to freelancing again... Whew! In many ways it's felt great to not be as active sharing thing online. But I also miss it. I really hope in the new year and I switch gears even more to freelancing/design biz, that I'll have more time to share things!
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This lovely photo is basically what most of the photos on my phone are lol. I've rarely remembered to take photos this year, but I seem to never forget to take a photo of a beach sunset! From the beach in Koh Lanta a few weeks ago 💕
  • Another quick shot from Qatar ✨

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  • A quick snap from our layover in Qatar last week. Such an interesting place! I would love to go back some time. 
#qatar #middleeast #travel #travelbug #travelmore #digitalnomad #expat
  • One of my favorite coffee shops, probably in the whole world. 😍☕ The coolest interior, awesome coffee, vegan food (including AMAZING vegan pastries!!!), tons of tables, comfy chairs... Just awesome. We practically live here when we're in Budapest!

#coffeeshops #coffeehouse #specialtycoffee #butfirstcoffee #cafelife #cafelifestyle
  • Yoooo what up Qatar! We out here walking around drinking hot coffee when it's over 40 degrees out! 🙈😲 #crazies lol

A quick stop over on our way to Europe for a few weeks! We'll be in Budapest, Malta, and the UK visiting friends. 
Also... I can barely see in this photo (if you can't tell by my squinty eyes!) I've been dealing with some sort of allergic reaction with my eyes that unfortunately happens fairly regularly. It got so bad earlier this year that I went to the ER because I could barely open my eyes. It's actually been going on off and on for the whole year so far. So unfortunate - I didn't get it properly checked out while we were in Chiang Mai because it seemed like I found the answer and it went away! And then of course if flares up right as we leave. 🙄

So far, it looks pretty probable that im allergic to lavender, though it's also possibly dry eye syndrome. 
I don't know for sure, but it's highly likely it's lavender as it was in multiple beauty products and shampoos I've used that seem to make my eyes really bad. (Also a derivative of lavender called "linalool" seems probable, as studies have been done of people becoming allergic to it after exposure to it over time. Also, it's in everything, of course lol) 
Anyone else contracted something like this randomly? (My eyes usually get super red, feel really dry, and burn like crazy!) And anyone know how to "cure" an allergy to lavender? Any of you naturopath friends have tips to get rid of allergies like this? 
Prayers appreciated!! Hoping I can truly kick whatever this is, especially because lavender is in everythingggg and it makes it hard to travel if I'm truly sensitive to it. 😔
#travellife #digitalnomad #nomadproblems #reallife #bucketlist #newcountry #digitalnomadgirls #digitalnomadlife #coffeeaddict #coffeelover #hotweather #qatar #healthquestions #allergies
  • Another fun pic from Namton's Anniversary party! So fun! 💕🙌

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