Spice of life

As much as I crave stability, I now realize I crave variety. This quarantine has shown me what I have been searching for my entire life. Peter Pan with a paycheck. I don’t want to be a real grown up. I don’t want a normal life. I want adventure. And fun. And memories. And insane […]

Roll with it

There’s so little we can actually control in our lives. We can control our day to day decisions of what we do and who we talk to and how we want to spend our time and energy and emotional responses. But in the grand scheme of things, the world is really out of our control. […]

Two years down

It’s been two years since I earned my wings. Two years of take-offs and landings, short overnights, bad hotel beds, great hotel beds, early sign-ins, red-eye flights. Two years of packing a suitcase in the morning and not knowing where I’d sleep that night. Two years of new cities and old friends, street food and […]

Holding pattern

The older I get the more I realize how much I crave stability. In my relationships, finances, career. I wouldn’t go as far as to say I need to control everything – though some may argue that – but I like predictability and knowing, relatively, how things are going to work out. So when some […]

Golden State of Mind

When I saw scheduling assign me a San Francisco layover, you could say I was pretty excited. Not only had I never been to SFO, I was working with one of my favorite fellow flight attendants so I knew this was going to be a great trip. After going out Saturday night in San Fran, […]

My love letter to New York

“One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” – Tom Wolfe It’s hard to describe New York. It’s loud, but you can find the most peaceful spots in parks or tree-lined streets. The people can be crass and seem mean, but they look out […]

When to jump

Not too long ago, people started a career and stayed with the same job at the same company until they retired. It was about working and providing for your family and remaining loyal to your employers. And there’s nothing wrong with finding a job and being content with it. But is being content enough? I […]