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You’ve likely already read all about Getaway Girl and me (but if not, click here). While this is an adventure and zero waste travel blog, it is ultimately a responsible travel blog. If you feel your product or service helps make the travel industry and travelers more zero waste and sustainable, I’d love to hear from you!

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Previous Work

Guest Posts/Freelance Writing

  • Chasing the Donkey: Best Events in Belarus to Attend in 2020
  • Authenteco Travel: A sustainable tour agency, where I copywrite and copyedit the custom magazines given to clients. Please email me if you’d like a reference or to read the work

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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € (Save this post for summer)โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 1. Bring your own cup to be refilled with beer or whatever your drink of choice isโ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 2. Bring a reusable water bottle...because youโ€™ll need lots of water to stay hydrated! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 3. Bring rain gear. Instead of buying one of those rain ponchos (that donโ€™t really work anyway), be prepared! Bring a rain jacket and umbrella along! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 4. Bring plastic-free snacks and sandwiches. You can hide them in your bag if the stadium doesnโ€™t allow outside food....Shhh ๐Ÿคซ Itโ€™s our secret โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 5. Bring a handkerchief, reusable bag, stainless steel bowl, or some other food storage in case you do buy food! Ask the vendor to fill it up in your container instead. Itโ€™s usually not a problem since the cashier usually also fills your food order and the food rotates so quickly that there isnโ€™t pre-loaded food anyway. If you have difficulties, try again during a less-busy time or another food stall. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 6. Use public transportation. Pretty self explanatory! My dad and I always drove to the closest metro stop and then took public transportation the rest of the way. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 7. Reuse previous fan gear. Those ball caps and jerseys are cool and all, but do you really need a new one every single time? Rewear your previous fan gear to save money and the planet! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 8. Skip the freebies and souvenirs. If you really want a souvenir, consider a framed picture of you at the game, baseball signed in-person (kids usually stand near the dugout to get players to sign their baseballs), or a flyer. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € What other ideas do you have for a zero waste baseball game? Drop them below! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € #summermemories #zerowastesummer #zerowastebaseball #sustainablebaseball #sustainabletravel #zerowasteliving #cardinalsgame #oriolesgame #camdenyards
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€?โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € For reference, I went to a private clinic for an EKG so that I can run a 10K. The race coordinators required this of all runners...but then didnโ€™t ask for it at packet pick-up ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ But I experienced visiting the doctor in Belarus, so win-win I guess? โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 1. I scheduled my appointment two days ahead of time. I wouldโ€™ve had to wait at least two weeks in the States to see my doctor. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 2. I could see any doctor, even as a new patient. In the States, I wouldโ€™ve had to have scheduled a new patient appointment....and waited a month for the appointment. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 3. The receptionist needed to know why I was in the office. To check-in, I had to announce publicly that I needed an EKG. In the States, the reason why youโ€™re seeing the doctor is confidential information, therefore you nor the receptionist are supposed to state your procedures or illness in the lobby. When checking in at the doctor, you simply give your name to check-in.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 4. No one escorts you to your room in Belarus. The receptionist told me to go to room 302 or 304. In the States, a nurse always walks you to your room. They donโ€™t want anyone creeping around and trying to steal health information! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 5. There are doctorโ€™s rooms, not patientโ€™s rooms. Each doctor had their own office that also had a patient bed and all the equipment they needed for most basic procedures...including an EKG. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 6. Patients have to knock on the door to see their doctor. The door was locked, so I waited in the hallway for over 20 minutes thinking a doctor or nurse would let me into the room! Finally I knocked and realized the doctor was in there all along. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € 7. There werenโ€™t any nurses or PAs. I guess because Belarus has enough doctors, there isnโ€™t a medical demand for nurses or PAs. Iโ€™m sure nurses exist in hospitals or for more specialized procedures, but for basic things at the clinic a doctor is the only medical professional I saw!
๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐žI๐ฅ๐Ÿ.โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € I recently went to the doctor in Belarus, where I currently live. Itโ€™s the most challenging thing Iโ€™ve done linguistically since arriving in Belarus. Something as simple as getting to the patientโ€™s room was overwhelming linguistically and culturally. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € I had started to feel comfortable in many scenarios with my Russian language, but visiting the doctor threw me out of my routine and made me check my ego. Thereโ€™s still lots to learn and Iโ€™m so ready to take on this challenge. โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € It also propelled me to set a tangible goal for Russian learningโ€”reach C1. Before, I was simply learning Russian to learn Russian. Now I know precisely what I have to do to get to where I want to be. Itโ€™s going to take a loooot of work, but Iโ€™m excited to keep learning and growing! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € (As reference, Iโ€™m currently between A2 or B1, so this goal will likely take a few years to attain...but here we go!) โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € Anyway, this is a reminder to all you language-learners that thereโ€™s still situations you probably wonโ€™t be comfortable speaking in your foreign language. Feel proud of what youโ€™ve accomplished...but never stop learning! โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ €โ € #tefl #doctorvisitsabroad #expatinbelarus #learningrussian #polyglot #learninglanguages #lifeinbelarus
REAL TALK!!! Yโ€™all have asked for more videos and stories from my daily life in Belarus. Iโ€™m pretty good at sharing while traveling, but when Iโ€™m in my โ€œhomeโ€ city (which is a lot because...work), Iโ€™m not as good at it because I figure the daily grind isnโ€™t super interesting for you. Is it? Should I share stories of me teaching, exercising, learning Russian, cooking, grocery shopping, etc.? Is this interesting for you? What sort of things from my daily life in Belarus do you want to see? Ask ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ and I shall deliver!!! P.S. This is an old photo of me in the States dressed to visit a service at a Mosque for my class about the religion of Islam. This was the same scarf I wore while touring Orthodox Churches in Russia in 2017! Women are expected to cover their heads in Orthodox Christianity while inside the Church...did you know this? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค” I often seeing foreign women visiting churches in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, etc. WITHOUT covering their hair...touristy churches usually have a bin near the doors for women to grab a headscarf while entering. Itโ€™s respectful to cover up while visiting. Sustainable travel is more than zero waste and environmental footprints...itโ€™s also about respecting local cultures ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—œ โ€œ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝโ€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†... โ€ข Forgot my electric toothbrush at home, so had to buy a plastic one โ€ข Collected some plastic bags โ€ข Wasnโ€™t completely vegan for #veganuary โ€ข Ended up with a single-use straw at a bar โ€ข Given sooooo many receipts โ€ข Didnโ€™t turn off my computer ever night โ€ข Wasted produce by not giving it away before I left while fully knowing it wouldnโ€™t last during my trip โ€ข Threw away the jeans that ripped instead of fixing or recycling them Nope, Iโ€™m not a perfect zero-waster. Hint: NO ONE IS!!! Zero waste isnโ€™t about perfection, but taking as many conscious steps towards improving your impact on the planet as you can. That means youโ€™re gonna mess up. So whatโ€™d I do after each of those mess-ups? โ€ข Iโ€™ll reuse the plastic toothbrush for cleaning โ€ข Use the plastic bags as trash bags โ€ข Kept doing my best to eat a more plant-based diet, for my health and the health of the planet โ€ข Ordered tap beer and vodka instead of cocktails the rest of my time since I had forgotten my reusable straw โ€ข Accepted I couldnโ€™t change the fact that this part of the world relies on receipts. I refused many of them, stating itโ€™s for the environment, hopefully to start educating workers on the toxicity of receipts โ€ข Will plan ahead next time I travel for a while to give away food or make it into a stew or something that stores or freezes well โ€ข I tried looking for jean recycling centers, but they donโ€™t exist in this part of the world. Introduced the idea of jeans recycling to locals. Bought secondhand jeans to replace the pair ๐’€๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’›๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’† ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š. ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š. ๐’€๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•; ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’†๐’‘ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’•. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’†, ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’, ๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“.
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ * save this post for later * Iโ€™ve received a few DMs asking how the heck I afford to travel and donate 1% of my income to charity and still eat 3x daily? Well, swipe to see my 2020 budget plan thatโ€™ll afford me to travel and donate 1% of my income this year. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Œ๐’†๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†. Iโ€™m in no way a financial expert, but Iโ€™m blessed to have been surrounded by friends and family who have shared advice from their financial successes and failures. One lesson that ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ was that your finances reflect your priorities in life. By reshaping my finances to focus on travel and charitable donation, Iโ€™ve enabled myself to do these things I love instead of only ever wishing and dreaming for it to happen. Disclaimer: Your budget will likely look different than mine because our financial situations are most likely different! Sharing my budget should be used as inspiration and education so that you can do what works for you. Any budget questions? Drop em below! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ
This image accurately describes how I feel right now, as Australia burns, Puerto Rico faces an earthquake, and more unusual and severe weather patterns that can only mean one thing: CLIMATE CRISIS ๐Ÿ”ฅ Many amazing people on this platform have shared important information. Here are a few: @sarahs_day (call for donations) @cat_macrae (how to help) @hazaarthebazaar (how tf this happened) ๐Ÿ”ฅ I wonโ€™t repeat the great info theyโ€™ve already shared. Instead, Iโ€™m telling you Iโ€™ve failed. It recently clicked with me that my financial investments are supporting tycoons who donโ€™t give a sh*t (@amazon) about the planet and oil companies ๐Ÿ”ฅ What am I doing about it? Disinvesting of course! Iโ€™m going to put my money somewhere thatโ€™ll spark good in the world. Iโ€™m not sure where that is yet (lemme know if you have suggestions). Additionally, Iโ€™m donated 1% of my 2019 annual income last year to the Australian Influencers fundraiser, which will divvy up the fundraising between reputable nonprofits fighting the fires and helping the animals and people affected by the fires (@sarahs_day ๐Ÿ”ฅ As someone who previously worked in fundraising, I can confirm the amount doesnโ€™t matter. Donate $1, $5, $10, or even $100 or $1 mill (thanks @chrishemsworth). Your money is important, yes. However, your voice is more important. The more people who donate, even if โ€œnot a lotโ€, the more we create a community of people standing up and speaking out against the business tycoons and governments who donโ€™t #giveashit about the planet. EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS. ๐Ÿ”ฅ Not everyone is in a position to donate, go zero waste, stop flying, eat vegan and 100 other things that will help the planet. No one is perfect, but we have to try our best. Then we have to try a little harder... ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ”ฅ Comment below what youโ€™re going to do today to save the planet. It can be big or small! Everything matters.
Guys ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ Iโ€™m finally trying out my first travel vlog. I recorded two days ago. This is absolutely terrifyingly nerve-wracking. Thoughts in my head right now: โ€ข Do I really sound like that? โ€ข Iโ€™ve counted at least 100 different facial expressions... โ€ข Why did I think this was a good angle? โ€ข This is boring... โ€ข How the heck am I supposed to edit all this? โ€ข I have no idea what Iโ€™m doing... But Iโ€™m doing it. It might take me super long...but Iโ€™m making videos. Letโ€™s see if I enjoy the process overall once itโ€™s done, when this will get published, and if Iโ€™ll keep making videos ๐ŸŽฅ Iโ€™ve personally transitioned my travel content consumption from mostly blogs to mostly videos in the last year, so it only makes sense that I make this transition with my business too. But itโ€™s hecka scary! All your support last month for me to make videos really inspired me to finally say โ€œaction!โ€ How long do you think itโ€™ll take me to edit this video? Iโ€™m a perfectionist...so this whole โ€œprogress over perfectionโ€ thing is a bit hard for me... Comment below what you like and dislike about travel vlogs in general ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. Here are 10 ways Iโ€™ve been privileged in the last 10 years... โ€ข Raised by two parents who sparked an intense curiosity in me to learn, which certainly helped me be approved to study in an intensive program in high school โ€ข I was surrounded by books growing up, which is statistically an indicator to a childโ€™s future success โ€ข My parents could afford a plane ticket for me to fly to Germany so I could study abroad โ€ข I was raised speaking English as my main language, enabling me to easily travel to most parts of the world โ€ข I have an American passport, which allows me to enter most countries free or fairly cheap โ€ข My currency is stronger than many other countriesโ€™, making it cheaper for me to travel to those countries โ€ข Iโ€™m living in a time with a sharing economy, making it cheaper for me to travel โ€ข I could afford a university that had excellent resources and support from professors. Without them, I wouldnโ€™t have known about the Fulbright program that currently allows me to live and work abroad โ€ข I was taught early about finances and know how to (and already have) start a retirement fund, emergency savings, invest, and budget. They key is to starting early and I could only start early because I knew early โ€ข I could access education and resources to teach me two languages (German and Russian) that have made me more competitive in application processes for school, work, and travel opportunities ๐‘ด๐’š ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’Š๐’…๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’”. I worked my butt off and have had a very imperfect life, filled with lots of ups&downs&relationships problems with the people in my life. My privilege does mean I had a different starting point. Privilege is a BLESSING and I am GRATEFUL for all my privileges. What I do with this recognition is important. Privilege can be a good thing if itโ€™s used to be empathetic and support others. So letโ€™s talk about privilege. How are you privileged? And how are you helping others with this privilege? Hi, Iโ€™m Kendal ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ Iโ€™m privileged and Iโ€™m trying my best to use this privilege to help people โ˜€๏ธ