Samantha was shocked to realize that she may be an introvert. Image from blog.k12.com. A couple of months ago, Go Girl held a meetup in the Boston area centered around…
5 Practical (and Unexpected) Lessons I Learned from Online Dating
The Internet world will astound you. Image from womenshealthmag.com via iStockPhoto/Thinkstock. Online dating websites are not the best places to meet friends. This might seem obvious, but when moving to…
Returning Home: Reverse Culture Shock
Returning from Peace Corps service left Samantha split between two cultures: American and Moldovan. Image from cabincrewdreamer.blogspot.com. I totally underestimated what it would feel like to move back to a…
Boston: 10 Things I’ll Do In My New Home
Boston is Samantha’s to explore! Image from generationcitizen.org. I’m loving living in the Boston area again, so instead of thinking about all of the things I wanted to do but…
Florida to Massachusetts, Take Two: What Was I Thinking?
Samantha muses on road trip deja vu. Image from Wikimedia Commons. I don’t know why I thought that driving twice from Florida to Massachusetts would be easy, fun, or comfortable….
Florida to Massachusetts, Take One
Samantha’s road trip brought her up the East Coast to her new home of Massachusetts. Image from panoramio.com. Thirty hours on the road and 16 states later, I have hauled…
Body for Rent: Coming to Rest In My Own Form
Do you have an accurate image of your body? Sometimes it’s hard to love if you don’t know what it really looks like. Image from Healthy Is the New Skinny…
Investigating the Personal Hierarchy of Adventure
To stay or to go? Image from flickr.com. There comes a point when finding a “real” job is no longer the safe thing, but the scary thing. And for me,…
Sammy in Sydney: Week 2 Musings on Kangaroos, Espresso, and Beautiful Views
Samantha took in the breathtaking view of Sydney’s harbor from Taronga Zoo. After a surprising and enjoyable first week in Sydney, here are my top thoughts from Week Number Two:…
Sammy in Sydney: Top 10 Thoughts After 1 Week
Follow Samantha through the decorated streets of Sydney! The Newtown area is particularly special. After spending my first week in Sydney, here are my top ten thoughts: 1. Sydney is…
Top 5 In-Flight Frustrations
We can’t all have perfect flights. This photo from http://conversation.which.co.uk. Go Girls love to travel and explore. We know how to pack light and adjust to the ups and downs…
“You’re so literal!” – Using Bilingualism to Understand Communication
One little word can change the meaning of everything. Image from boston.com. “I’m still coming to understand just how literal you are,” my mom once told me over a long-distance…
Girl Rising – Beauty, Hope, and Perseverance
If you have the chance to see Girl Rising, you must! A beautifully shot film about the value of educating girls, it doesn’t have a wide distribution. In fact, most…
Medical Motives for Staying Put
“You’re just naturally cystic,” she said casually. “So, when you start getting mammograms, we won’t be surprised.” It was the “we” that struck me more than the “cystic.” I knew…
Neither Winter Nor Spring
This post originally appeared in my Peace Corps blog roughly four years ago. Once again I find myself in the limbo that is March indecisiveness. Though I am no longer…