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  • Career Break Chronicles: Taking a Career Break

    Note this post was originally posted in Substack back in September 2025. After nearly 6 years of daydreaming of taking some time off from the 9-5 grind, I officially quit my job in public health. I have been daydreaming of this career break before my “professional career” even began. During the fall of 2019, I

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  • What to Know Before Visiting Turkmenistan

    With similar vibes to North Korea, Turkmenistan is a former soviet country that controls both the information that the country’s residences receive, as well as what visitors see throughout the country. Unfortunately, a trip to Turkmenistan is not a spontaneous feat and actually requires some meticulous planning! There are also quite a few rules and

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  • Highway to Hell: A Night at the Darvaza Crater

    During my trip to Turkmenistan, I was most excited about visiting the Darvaza Crater, also lovingly known as the “Gates of Hell” or the “Door to Hell”. It’s actually what sparked me to take my trip to Turkmenistan sooner rather than later. In 2022, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov asked geologists to figure out how to extinguish

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