I want to preface this as these are just my notes about my personal experience with a specific filter of travel. I 100% acknowledge that my experience is vastly different from other people’s and I have been truly fortunate, all things considered. My family is healthy, my friends are healthy, Matt + I both have income coming in. However, I wanted to share my personal experience, the things I have learned, the things I’ve missed and just process with my followers – who I assume are also travelers and dealing with that other side of travel. All this to say, I know I’m blessed, privileged + fortunate, I just also want to share + process with my people. The very first of March started my COVID-19 anxiety. As more and more cases, and sadly more and more deaths, were reported on the West Coast, I started to be very anxious about our upcoming flights to Hawaii which passed through both L.A. and Seattle. I’m naturally an anxious person, flying itself is one of my major fears, but you add a then-epidemic into the mix and I was very elevated, and honestly scared. The thought of cancelling our trip started to […]