I was never really the type to want to leisurely read whenever given any additional free time. It wasn’t until I had a book sitting on my bookcase with a cover that was completely daunting me and free time that I wanted to spend productively, rather than taking in blue light from a screen (though I often read books from a kindle app), that I turned to reading for fun. And quite honestly, I feel like my world has expanded vastly since diving into this adventure.

Why do we go to these places? Take away the urge to go to a popular location to take a picture with the intentions of posting it on social media- why do we go to these places? Does a place needa “pic” or it doesn’t exist? For someone who really, genuinely wants to be present in a naturally beautiful place for the pure love of it, it shouldn’t matter how many times it has been featured.