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20 Ways You Can Take Action After a Black Life is Taken

by atomicblhue
July 7, 2016November 14, 2016

I know you’re tired. I know you’re hurt. I know you’re *at capacity* from the injustices that you’ve seen, experienced, could easily be you, or someone you know.

I know there’s a lot of information pouring from everywhere and you’re not sure why you keep seeing the same situation. Different face.

I know you’re processing and still have everyday responsibilities and how difficult it is to see straight right now.

Overwhelm is how power is given/abdicated, versus asserted. Your power is your magic.

Why I Travel with Sage

by atomicblhue
May 25, 2016November 14, 2016

When a backpack is your home, being able to settle wherever you are is important. Particularly if you’re traveling long term and change your location every couple of months.

You Want to Be Seen

by atomicblhue
May 20, 2016November 14, 2016

The other side to being afraid to live the life you truly want to live is your very valid pain. I think that’s why when confronted with your truest desires, your pain comes into play. You heavily identify with your pain, and it has, up to a point, defined you.

You Are Afraid of What You Really Want

by atomicblhue
May 20, 2016May 15, 2017

A lot of people live in fear of themselves. “What if others won’t accept me? What if I’m no good? What if no one pays attention to me? What if I have no idea what I’m really talking about? What if this dream is too big for me to figure out and I fail, . . . again? What about security? Saving face?”

My Travel Routine

by atomicblhue
May 19, 2016November 14, 2016

As much as I’m addicted to change. I need a little self administered structure to keep myself balanced and present for my travels.

I’m experimenting with harnessing my most productive times, with the things that take more concentration and effort. Then I balance in the parts of my day that are automatic and take no willpower or thought. So here goes my travel routine!

Travel As a Means to Redefine Blackness

by atomicblhue
May 18, 2016May 18, 2017

Black travel is symbolic to me. Not just new experiences, enjoying a different place, symbolic. Symbolic because travel can mean for black folks of any generation evolution.

Figuring out how to travel off of your budget expands your perspective to help you see the possibilities for your life. It’s the next phase of “tryna to make a dollar out of fifteen cents,” which is making the most out of what you have, into intentionally creating the experiences you want in your life. And knowing that you have the power to do so.

Why I Travel with a Menstrual Cup

by atomicblhue
May 17, 2016November 14, 2016

*Enter Adult Conversation*

I’m a tampon kind of lady. Well, I was until I read up on menstrual cups. Not sure how I came across them, but somewhere in my prep to be an international lady of leisure, I heard about them. When I’d gone to El Salvador and Jamaica back in 2010, I’d just packed a ton of multipack tampons. This time around, I don’t have that kind of space in my pack. So I went to my friend YouTube to see how women were responding to the cups and what brands were out and so forth.

Growing Your Meditation Practice While Traveling

by atomicblhue
May 16, 2016November 14, 2016

I had a semi regular meditation practice before leaving the United States. That was before I better understood how to create habits that are based on more than just will power.

No Routine, No Work

by atomicblhue
May 15, 2016November 14, 2016

Not only does my travel routine give me familiarity, it helps me to do my work. It took me some time to experiment to get the rhythm right, but if I fail to do the seemingly unrelated things to my actual work, then the work don’t come. That’s been my experience. If I don’t eat well, drink tons of water, move my body, still myself from my overactive mind, and so forth, it’s physically impossible for me to craft a word. It’s hard to focus and be clear about sharing the information that only I can share without structure.

Why I Travel with the Osprey Farpoint 40 Backpack

by atomicblhue
May 14, 2016November 14, 2016

To some, packing everything you own into a backpack can seem daunting. Because it is. Being flexible and mobile on my long-term journey has me constantly letting go of things inside and out, and getting my priorities together. The finite constraints of a 40 liter backpack will do that for you. Every time.