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Reflections on a Year Well Traveled

Posted on February 4, 2016November 4, 2025 by Amy

Today marks one year since my return to the U.S. after traveling for 54 weeks. As quickly as the year abroad flew by, it seems like this year at home post travel has flown even faster. I have utterly neglected my blog since my return, but I am hoping to invigorate it this year. I have so many experiences and so much more advice I want to share with you all.

I put together this video to remember my epic year shortly after my return. I shared it with some family and friends, but not many. I felt on this one year anniversary of being home – I would share it with everyone. I hope you find some inspiration in this video that you can channel for yourself. If you have dreams – whether they be travel related, or otherwise – it is time to make a plan. Then, execute! Your dreams are possible. I am proof of that. I hope you enjoy the video 🙂

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain
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