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    Travel Tips for Under-Planners
    Anne McCormick
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Travel Tips for Under-Planners

    Under-planners tend to be extroverted and optimistic, functioning on the basic assumption that they’ll meet new friends who will point them
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    The Problem with Instagram Destinations
    Anne McCormick
    • Jan 24, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Problem with Instagram Destinations

    I knew on some level what was going to happen, but she was adamant. She wanted to see the waterfall. Before my friend arrived in Bali for...
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    The Guide to Gifting Experiences
    Anne McCormick
    • Dec 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Guide to Gifting Experiences

    The older I get, the more I’ve come to realize that the holiday season isn’t so much about unwrapping objects, but sending messages of love
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    Hey lady, is this stopping you from travelling solo?
    Anne McCormick
    • Aug 29, 2019
    • 6 min

    Hey lady, is this stopping you from travelling solo?

    Travelling solo is an amazing, freeing, confidence-building experience. But there are so many reasons to put it off.
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    5 Things You Should Consider Before Hosting a Retreat Abroad
    Anne McCormick
    • May 20, 2019
    • 5 min

    5 Things You Should Consider Before Hosting a Retreat Abroad

    Have you been dreaming about hosting a retreat abroad? Gathering together like minds into a space where they can escape the pressures and...
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    How to Get the Travel Experience You Want
    Anne McCormick
    • Apr 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    How to Get the Travel Experience You Want

    These days, there are so many options for travel experiences– from big cruises, to bus trips, to DIY app-based excursions, supported...
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    How to Take Back the Controls When You're in Autopilot
    Anne McCormick
    • Mar 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    How to Take Back the Controls When You're in Autopilot

    And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive,...
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    Fling Open Your Windows!
    Anne McCormick
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fling Open Your Windows!

    As a Canadian woman in the dead of winter, what do I look forward to? That first warm day in spring. The morning when you wake up and...
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    Is This Your Year to Travel Alone?
    Anne McCormick
    • Jan 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    Is This Your Year to Travel Alone?

    It is 2019, and I can’t believe (for the nth year in a row) how fast time slides by. The sun rises and sets so fast, seasons change,...
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    How to Beat Jet Lag
    Anne McCormick
    • Nov 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    How to Beat Jet Lag

    I just flew back to Bali this past weekend (!!!), and I am so excited to see old friends and show new friends around this beautiful...
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    A Group Travel Experience for Introverts
    Anne McCormick
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 2 min

    A Group Travel Experience for Introverts

    When it comes to seeing a new place, nothing sounds worse to me than being part of a giant group, shuttled from place to place, stopping...
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    Why are women less likely to travel alone?
    Anne McCormick
    • Oct 16, 2018
    • 3 min

    Why are women less likely to travel alone?

    After a life of working humdrum jobs and raising my son on my own, arriving in Bali the first time was scary for me.
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    Don’t bring these to Bali
    Anne McCormick
    • Sep 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Don’t bring these to Bali

    There’s nothing worse than arriving in a country and realizing you can’t wear the clothes you packed, your products don't work, or you...
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    What do you want to be remembered for?
    Anne McCormick
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 3 min

    What do you want to be remembered for?

    Is this too deep for a travel blog? I don’t think so. I first heard about the concept of “The Life Resume” from Jesse Itzler, and I’ve...
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    What Stories Do You Want to Tell?
    Anne McCormick
    • Jul 24, 2018
    • 2 min

    What Stories Do You Want to Tell?

    Before I travelled to Bali, I felt like I was running out of things to talk about. My life wasn’t terrible or anything, but it was the...
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    My Friends, Wayan, Wayan, and Wayan
    Anne McCormick
    • May 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    My Friends, Wayan, Wayan, and Wayan

    Upon arriving in Bali, you’ll soon notice something peculiar… as people introduce themselves, you hear the same first names over and...
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    A Day of Silence Descends on Bali
    Anne McCormick
    • Apr 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    A Day of Silence Descends on Bali

    Written on March 17, 2018 I sit as the afternoon draws to a close, surrounded by birdsong as all the local birds get ready to roost for...
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    How Bali Changed My Life
    Anne McCormick
    • Mar 14, 2018
    • 6 min

    How Bali Changed My Life

    In 2005, I was living in Calgary. I was not happy. I was depressed, I had been grossly overweight for most of my life, and I worked long...
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