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    I'm Kelly- a busy teacher exploring the world on a shoestring budget.

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We all struggle with something. Heck, we all strug We all struggle with something. Heck, we all struggle with a lot of things.⠀ 🔹⠀ Some people's struggles are easier to see. Like my struggle with my weight. Other struggles are harder to see, like anxiety and depression. But you're not alone, everyone has something.⠀ 🔹⠀ One struggle that I've had for awhile is nicotine. I smoked cigarettes all through college, and finally quit in 2012. Then, I started vaping in 2018. I vaped until 2020, and quit during quarantine. I am so proud of myself. (This is a photo of me in Istanbul in 2018 smoking hookah! Nothing recent!)⠀ 🔹⠀ I have days where I definitely would love a cigarette or a vape hit. But I know that my health is way more important. If you're struggling to quit, I quit both times by Reading Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking. It's an awesome book that actually removes the desire to smoke.⠀ 🔹⠀ Feel free to comment below with a personal struggle OR give me a mantra that you use to help you through a struggle that you have! One of my mantras is "You are enough."⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #easywaytoquitsmoking #easyway #hookah #istanbulhookah #istanbulhookahlounge #everyonehasastruggle #mantramonday #snaptravelmagic
How are you moving these days?⠀ 🔹 ⠀ I hope How are you moving these days?⠀ 🔹 ⠀ I hope I'm not alone when I say that I'm moving a lot less during quarantine. I still try and take walks, and am doing yoga about 3-4 times a week, but my activity level is still down.⠀ 🔹 ⠀ Before quarantine I was killing it at kickboxing and yoga. Now I'm killing it at chilling on the couch.⠀ 🔹 ⠀ But, I read a post the other day that really inspired me. It talked about how our quarantine bodies were selfless. They stayed at home to protect others, they managed working (or not working) from home, managed a family and/or partner and fur babies. Our bodies are magnificent.⠀ 🔹⠀ I'm thanking my body for everything it's done for me over the past two months and the past 30 years. What has your body accomplished during quarantine? Let me know below!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ @phuketfit_th #phuketfit #thailandweightlossretreat #thailandweightlosscamp #kickboxingbabe #quarantinebody #quarantinebodies #plussizeathlete #girlswhotravel #girlslovetravel #fatgirlstraveling #kickboxinggirl #thailandretreat #snaptravelmagic
I've been working on establishing a better morning I've been working on establishing a better morning routine. Morning routines are so important because they impact the rest of your day. For the past several weeks I've tried to either journal, meditate, do yoga, walk, or create something when I first wake up in the morning. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ By doing something productive in the morning, I find that I feel more energized for the rest of the day, I also feel better about myself. Even if I do nothing the rest of the day, I feel accomplished. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ Morning routines while traveling are also pretty special. I always try to get a hotel with a free breakfast. In this photo, I'm eating a continental breakfast, on the rooftop of my hostel in Prague. I'm planning out what the rest of my day will look like. ⠀ 🔹⠀ What's your morning routine, either home or abroad?⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #morningroutine #continentalbreakfast #praguerooftop #rooftopbreakfast #snaptravelmagic #startthedayright #riseandshine
I've been blogging for 7 years. I started a little I've been blogging for 7 years. I started a little travel blog in 2013, writing one post a month about my travels and hoped that the blog would take off. I would become famous, I would get paid to write and travel the world and take pictures. But that never happened. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ Year after year I told myself I would start investing more time into my blog, into photography and writing and marketing, that I would give this a real chance. But I always got overwhelmed, with life, with an oversaturated market, I told myself it was impossible. ⠀ 🔹⠀ In 2020 I put on my vision board my logo for my old travel blog. This was the year I was going to try. Because even if I tried and failed, I would be satisfied, I wouldn't always wonder, 'what if?'⠀ 🔹⠀ I started reading self-help books; books to motivate you to grow in your career, I did a mini book club with a friend. And then, I signed up for a travel blogging course, to grow my travel blog. ⠀ 🔹⠀ Wow, I've learned more the past 5 weeks in this course than I learned the past 7 years. I wish I had started this sooner. I will never let that happen again. If I want something, I will go for it, throw myself into it 100%. I would rather fail than always wonder.⠀ 🔹⠀ Is there anything that you want that you haven't pursued? Something you told yourself you wanted to do or learn? A place you wanted to visit but never got around to it? PM me for some love and support. I still don't know if I will fail, but let me tell you, just trying and working and doing something that I love is SO worth it ❤️⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #travelblogger #makeyourdreamscometrue #failingforward #findyourpassion #pursueyourpassion #whatifyoufly
I love where I live. I moved to Florida in 2013, a I love where I live. I moved to Florida in 2013, and to the Tampa Bay area in 2015, I bought a house in St. Petersburg in 2017. This city rocks. Literally. One cool happening in St. Pete are the "St. Pete Rocks Rocks." I found this rock in The Sunken Gardens. When you find a rock, you're supposed to hide it somewhere else. I'm not telling you where I hid this one. 🔹 One of the best things about St. Petersburg is the sense of community, the support for each other's businesses, art, health, and happiness. Right now St. Pete is slowly coming out of quarantine. Restaurants can have outdoor seating at 50% capacity, my yoga studio is opening back up Monday, and some local shops are opening. 🔹 I plan on getting out (with a mask on of course) and supporting some of my favorite local businesses and artists in my amazing community. 🔹 After quarantine will you support local businesses in your area if you are able? Heart the post if you say YES! . . . . . . . . #stpetefl #stpetersburgfl #stpeterocks #keepstpetelocal #supportlocal #stpetelocals #supporteachother #bekind #quarantine2020 #stpeteblogger
Hi, I'm Kelly, and this is Kurt, my boyfriend. He Hi, I'm Kelly, and this is Kurt, my boyfriend. He is also my quarantine buddy. Well him, and our two dogs, James, and Elsa. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ We're handling quarantine pretty well. The dogs love getting 3 walks a day, Kurt and I have done wonders to the backyard, and we've gotten to pursue some of our hobbies that have been on the back burner for awhile. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ A big part of me longs to be out in the world, having adventures with Kurt. Visiting a new country, trying a new food, experiencing something new. I miss our old routine of traveling for our spring break, and then all summer. This photo of us exploring Palcoyo in Peru makes me smile and sigh at the same time. I wonder when we'll travel again. ⠀ 🔹 ⠀ But, in the meantime, I'm thankful for him and for our home. Who are you quarantining with? Comment below and leave an emoji to tell me how it's going 🌸 ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #quarantinebuddy #whencanwetravelagain #travellust #travellingcouple #palcoyo #palcoyomountain #travelmemories #snaptravelmagic #peruadventure #travelcouplelife
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