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I’m 33 this month 🫶🏽 Here’s some candid advice I w I’m 33 this month 🫶🏽 Here’s some candid advice I wish someone had told me in my 20s ⬇️

1. Do not rush into career permanency ❌ In fact, don’t rush into anything. Yes, it may seem like everyone is getting jobs or heading off to grad school. But do not say “yes” simply because you feel you have to. It’s okay to experiment. Take risks!! Now take more!!!! No decision is final. And a breadth of experiences and skills makes you more hirable these days, not less.

2. Travel ✈️ Please travel. Be curious, and open, and go. The world is so wide open and so much fun in your 20s. Backpack your way through South America, hostel-hop across Europe, get a working holiday job in Australia. You aren’t wasting your time, I promise.

3. Eat whatever you want and drink the margarita and don’t think twice.... and (⚠️) understand that making healthy choices 50-60% of the time and finding fun, challenging, consistent ways to move your body is not as hard or uncool as it seems (future you will thank you).

4. The thing you need to let go of might feel like the end of the world at the moment 🙏🏽 the relationship, the job, the college friendship, the comfortable bubble you’ve built. but this isn’t an ending, it’s the beginning. let it scare you, and do it anyway, to create space for new opportunities, new people, new environments to find you.

5. Invest that money! 💰 Even if it’s just a little. $83 a month is $1000 a year. And it’s okay if you don’t understand how this all works yet. Talk to someone about it. Money talk doesn’t have to be taboo.

If you think your 20s are the peak, just you wait 🤍 And if you think you’re running out of time or have no idea what to do with your life yet, I promise – you don’t need to have it all figured out (we’re all still figuring it out).

Save this or send it to someone who needs it. What would you add if you’re in your 30s, or what are you still holding onto if you’re in your 20s? 🫶🏾 #virgoseason #lifelessons
I’m 33 this month 🫶🏽 Here’s some candid advice I w I’m 33 this month 🫶🏽 Here’s some candid advice I wish someone had told me in my 20s ⬇️

1. Do not rush into career permanency ❌ In fact, don’t rush into anything. Yes, it may seem like everyone is getting jobs or heading off to grad school. But do not say “yes” simply because you feel you have to. It’s okay to experiment. Take risks!! Now take more!!!! No decision is final. And a breadth of experiences and skills makes you more hirable these days, not less.

2. Travel ✈️ Please travel. Be curious, and open, and go. The world is so wide open and so much fun in your 20s. Backpack your way through South America, hostel-hop across Europe, get a working holiday job in Australia. You aren’t wasting your time, I promise.

3. Eat whatever you want and drink the margarita and don’t think twice.... and (⚠️) understand that making healthy choices 50-60% of the time and finding fun, challenging, consistent ways to move your body is not as hard or uncool as it seems (future you will thank you).

4. The thing you need to let go of might feel like the end of the world at the moment 🙏🏽 the relationship, the job, the college friendship, the comfortable bubble you’ve built. but this isn’t an ending, it’s the beginning. let it scare you, and do it anyway, to create space for new opportunities, new people, new environments to find you.

5. Invest that money! 💰 Even if it’s just a little. $83 a month is $1000 a year. And it’s okay if you don’t understand how this all works yet. Talk to someone about it. Money talk doesn’t have to be taboo.

If you think your 20s are the peak, just you wait 🤍 And if you think you’re running out of time or have no idea what to do with your life yet, I promise – you don’t need to have it all figured out (we’re all still figuring it out).

Save this or send it to someone who needs it. What would you add if you’re in your 30s, or what are you still holding onto if you’re in your 20s? 🫶🏾 #virgoseason #lifelessons
Here are 5 unexpected places that blew me away in Here are 5 unexpected places that blew me away in Queensland, the first leg of the final stretch of our full-country road trip! 👉🏽

Lap of Australia | Australia Road Trip | Queensland | Australia Travel | Career Break | Great Barrier Reef | Outback Queensland

What they say about Australia is true: it’s absolutely MASSIVE. And there’s so... much... s p a c e in between. Visiting some of these places is really only possible by car. But I gotta say, this is THE way to see Australia.

It’s been nearly a month since finishing our full lap of the country and I have no idea how to process any of it but I’ll share a few brief memories from each of these places, and why they surprised me, in the next few slide captions 👉🏽

This was the very first stop on the last stretch of our full-circle road trip, and as you can see, we got here sooooooo late we could hardly see anything 😅 but the Glass House Mountains are stunning (look them up!) and there are several trails and viewpoints to admire them.

👉🏽 You’ll pass the Glass House Mountains heading to/from the Sunshine Coast from Brisbane!

Lots of people visit North Queensland as their jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef, but the southern stretch of the reef is easy to access and just as epic. Lady Elliot is a green zone (the highest level of marine protection in Australia), and I couldn’t believe how many turtles, schools of fish, eels, and reef sharks I saw just snorkeling a few feet from shore. My favorite memory from here was snorkeling in the pouring rain in the lagoon and getting it (nearly) all to myself!

👉🏽 Lady Elliot is a quick 40-minute flight from Bundaberg.

Bundaberg was just a family visit originally, but I ended up really enjoying it! It’s a coastal city but also agricultural, so you can visit (and camp at) farms, taste fresh macadamia nuts, and even visit the famous Bundaberg Rum Distillery.

👉🏽 Bundaberg is a quick flight from Sydney, or a 4-hour drive/train ride from Brisbane.

Rockhampton was supposed to be just a stopover on our road trip, but visiting Mount Archer and walking the Nurim Circuit Boardwalk was such a good surprise. The views from up here are incredible and well worth th
Quietly burning out, but feel like you can’t talk Quietly burning out, but feel like you can’t talk to anyone about it? You’re not alone, here’s why.

Recently I decided I need to stop overthinking my content and my captions and show up in a more real, more casual way. Easier said than done as a recovering perfectionist 😅 But, here’s some real talk about one of the #1 topics I’ve been asked about in the past year: 

Burnout ❌

How is it possible to look successful on paper, tick all the boxes, and still feel like you haven’t “made it”? 

Send this to your work bestie who might need a reminder that she’s not alone. #RealTalk #Burnout #MillennialCareerCrisis #CareerCrisis
Hop in, we’re going to the Great Barrier Reef ✈️ Hop in, we’re going to the Great Barrier Reef ✈️

The Great Barrier Reef is one of two major reef systems in Australia, and the most famous reef in the world, It stretches over 1,400 miles from the Torres Strait to Bundaberg, and is formed by a series of individual reefs, fringing reefs, islands, and cays. It’s so massive, so vast, it’s even visible from space.

It’s also visible on a day trip, and I’m going to tell you how.

📍 Lady Elliot Island, Queensland

On the first week of our Australia road trip, we drove up to Bundaberg, which is the southernmost access point for the Great Barrier Reef. From here, a short ~40 minute flight gets you to a coral cay called @ladyelliotislandecoresort, a protected marine zone and an eco resort that’s all about the diving!

The Great Barrier Reef is absolutely stunning and worth seeing, but it is also incredibly fragile. Reef-safe sunscreen, keeping a respectful distance from marine life, and not touching coral (no matter how shallow the water can be) can help minimize your impact 🙏🏽

It was a dream of mine to visit the Great Barrier Reef while living in Australia, and I couldn’t believe we got to do this in just one day!!! 

Save this post for your Australia trip! 🇦🇺🤿 Is seeing the Great Barrier Reef on your wish list?

Lady Elliot Island | Great Barrier Reef | Queensland | Queensland Day Trips | Australia Road Trip | Career Break | Lap of Australia | Snorkeling Trip Australia
“So, tell me about yourself” but make it NOT about “So, tell me about yourself” but make it NOT about work 👉🏽

Challenge accepted ☑️

Something I’ve been trying to do more of lately is ask people about themselves without asking about titles, employers, or how they make their money (at least, not at the start). It’s been fascinating for me as someone currently on a journey of exploring my own layers of identity and purpose.

So... tell me about yourself? ☺️ (no swiping ahead 👀)

drop your finished mad libs in the comments below, send this to your work bestie, or throw your answers in a Story + tag me! #UncorporateMadLibs
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