The Year Of Intentional Living (2017)

I am choosing to make 2017 my year of intentional living. I’d like to think this is a practice that is always present in my life, however, this year I will go about it a different way. Inspired by my friend Amelia I will be choosing one intention per month to practice and share with everyone via social media. Forcing myself to share and even go as far as changing my profile picture on Facebook to align with what I'm practicing that month not only holds me accountable, but will hopefully inspire someone else just like I was. This will be the biggest project I have ever set out to accomplish and if I can manage to pull this off it will change the way I live in every aspect. Some months I will focus on specific parts of the intension to really zero in and drill down to areas I never thought I could go.

A lot has built up to this project. Last year I traveled to 8 countries and 34 different cities, flew in an airplane 74 times, got out of a 3 year relationship, moved three times (2 times abroad), learned a second language, played music with countless people all over the world, and made new friendships that will last a lifetime and strengthened others. I learned more about myself in 2016 than any other year I've been alive. I plan to make 2017 the most important year of my life. I moved in with my friends Blake & Olivia in Baltimore, Maryland and this is where I begin my year of intentional living journey.

2016 in review:


Places I Visited:

Shanghai, China
Guangzhou, China
Suzhou, China
Shenzhen, China
Xiamen, China
Foshan, China
Xingtai, China
Shijiazhuang, China
Beijing, China
Nanjing, China
Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phú Quốc, Vietnam
Mũi Né, Vietnam
Taipei, Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Tainan, Taiwan
Seoul, South Korea
Paris, France
Toronto, Canada

U.S.
Baltimore, MD
Lexington, KY
Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN
Maxwelton, WV
Leesburg, VA
Fairfax, VA
New York, NY
Outer Banks, NC
Philadelphia, PA
Cherry Hill, NJ
Washington, DC
Los Angeles, CA

Albums that Impacted me in 2016:

Bon Iver - “22 A Million”
The Japanese House - “Pools To Bathe In” & “Clean”
Radiohead - “A Moon Shaped Pool”
Copeland - “Ixora”
Sufjan Stevens - “Carrie & Lowell”
Deakin - “Sleep Cycle”
Paul McCartney - “Ram”
My Bloody Valentine - “Loveless”