Destination

Thoughts

5 stories from real visits

An open suitcase packed with folded clothes, a water bottle and a wooden comb, laid out beside leather boots, sunglasses, a watch and a phone on a brown blanket

Thoughts

My Favorite Travel Essentials

The best travel essentials that will simply make your travels and flights better!

A woman in a red patterned kimono walking past a bamboo fence along a sunlit Kyoto street

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Wherever You Go, There You Are (WYGYA)

Wherever you go, there you are. What the phrase means for travel, and why changing your surroundings does not change who arrives.

A flat lay on white painted wood with a striped linen towel, halved lemons, sprigs of thyme and small bowls of lavender and salt

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Morning Rituals: Creating Meaning in Your Day

How you spend the first thirty minutes sets the tone for the day. The small morning rituals that survive travel, jet lag and hotel rooms.

Plastic free bathroom items laid out on marble, including bamboo toothbrushes, wooden brushes, a safety razor and reusable cotton rounds

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Sustainable Home Care: Choosing a Greener Lifestyle

Swapping single-use for refillable at home and on the road. The products that actually last, and the travel habits worth changing first.

A quiet bedroom corner with a black leather butterfly chair, a round mirror on a leather strap and a window looking out to a green hillside

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What Does Home Mean to You? Redefining what home is.

Home might be four walls, or a person, a meal, a song. A slow traveler's take on what actually makes a place start to feel like home.