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Memoir Projects

Cristen sits in a natural hot spring in Olympic National Park. She is hidden behind a rock except for her smiling face.

Another Day in the Van

To some, I lost my mind long before reaching Death Valley:  say, when deciding to either sell, store, or give away everything, leave my career, and travel around the country for half a year in a van.  To others, I was "living the dream" and they watched with wonder.  To me?  I just wanted to remember who I was again and find out why I was put on this planet in the first place.  I wanted to reconnect with the "real world."  The answers I got were beautiful, altering, and anything but absolute.

Stock photo of an overwhelmed person sitting at a desk with their face down on a stack of work, a clock sits to the side.

The College Girl's Guide to Happily Figuring It the F@#$ Out

"The College Girl's Guide to Happily Figuring It the F@#$ Out" is a compilation of stories, suggestions, facts, and myths that women who've been-there-done-that wish someone would have told them BEFORE their first day on campus.  Humorous, serious, and full of personal accounts, this guide both entertains and educates on topics ranging from classes to sex and travel to the future.

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