Often times for Christmas we head north to the small German island of Usedom where D's family lives. Usedom sits on the Baltic Sea and offers beautiful beach views, enjoyed particularly when strolling from glühwein stand to glühwein stand. Strolling through Heringsdorf, the seaside town where we stay, is like walking through Pleasantville, with pristine buildings with the cleanest cobblestone you've ever seen,...
I'm a big advocate of self-learning and an avid user of online resources like Skillshare and Lynda.com. Whether you want to learn how to use software like Photoshop or Illustrator, learn specific skills like surface pattern design, creating textures for screen print, or even how to write a business proposal or manage your first clients, Skillshare and Lynda.com have you covered! So I...
It super on trend right now to have a "side hustle" and solicit the cliché follow your dreams advice. Maybe it's because all the millennials are now working and refusing to settle for mundane, unfulfilling careers, or maybe its due to the rise of supportive social networks and groups of people telling each other to go for it. I'm an average person and went...
Something about the mountains is wonderfully breathtaking. There's nothing like spending a few wonderful days in the Austrian Alps to help you truly appreciate this fact. Although it's nearly impossible to capture the actual magic of these massive mountains, I've attempted to give the best views from a recent trip to Sölden some justice. The only ones dressed in jeans/skirts, we took the ski lift to...
In the words of Amy Poehler, "You do it because the doing of it is the thing. The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing." When I first read this I was surprised to realize that I had spent more energy talking and worrying and thinking about what I wanted to do instead of actually doing it. I...
This blog was thought up while stuck at the Vienna airport during a 5 hour layover. Travelettes.net founder, Katja Hentschel, was nice enough to bring me along on a trip to Sölden for research. (And honestly, who says no to a free stay at a swanky hotel, with 5-course dinners and full body massages?) Katja's not only my current employer but has also become a mentor...
