August + September 2017: Travel Summary
I’m rolling August and September together for this monthly summary because, um, I barely stepped outside in August and didn’t have anything interesting to write about. I kicked off August with a commitment to insomnia. Back at the start of the year, I set myself a goal to wake at 4 a.m. every morning for an entire month. I thought it would be a fun experiment that would teach me a lot about how I work. Everyone from Richard Branson to Tim Cook to Michelle Obama gushes about the benefits of early rising, and I wanted to see if I could hack it, too. If I’m being honest, the early hours of the morning have always been some of my favourites, as I just can’t get enough of the cool, clean air and peaceful silence that comes from a city at rest. I started off strong and found that 4 a.m. wake-ups were doing incredible things for my productivity. I’m the queen of procrastination, but dragging myself out of bed to go downstairs and scroll through Twitter in...