Tag Archives: Solo Travel

There’s a conversation happening right now that you’re not part of. It’s taking place in a group chat between three software engineers, all of whom applied to your company last month. One of them made it to the final round. She was talented, experienced, and exactly the kind of person …

The alarm goes off at seven thirty. You reach for your phone, silence it, and lie still for a moment. Sunlight is pressing through the curtains, but it’s not the same sunlight that pressed through the curtains last month. Last month you were in Lisbon, and the light came in …

The airport is crowded. Announcements echo off the ceiling in languages you half understand. People move around you in purposeful streams, all of them apparently knowing exactly where they’re going. You’re standing near a departure board with a backpack on your shoulders, a boarding pass on your phone, and a …