Welcome! I'm Kyla. Ocassional Blogger. Web Developer. Mom. Traveler.
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You have found my blog. A place where I post random things about traveling, making stuff, being a mom and whatever I feel inspired to write about. My favorite blogs to read are those that are written by people who are genuinely passionate about what they write about. Also, I like things that are written for people by people. Not posts with AI-powered content generation tools and spammy posts written for Google’s bots. So that’s the sort of blog I try to write.
Recent Posts
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Crawl
Crawl is my word for 2022. This is the first time I’ve picked a word for the year. I’ve seen it as a trend in
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How good financial habits have provided me the freedom to take extended time off
I wrote earlier this week about why I am taking some time off work. I wanted to follow that up with what I have done
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Why I (sorta) quit working
At the beginning of May this year I (mostly) quit my job(s). My idea was to take time off from work, although I’m still doing
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Best Books: The Forester’s Log
I frequently browse the books at the Little Free Library closest to my house in hopes that I’ll find something good. Romance and crime novels
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I finally have a new RV!
I don’t really like having my picture taken. Most of the time when I see pictures of me it just feels a little… weird. If
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Why I want to start sharing about finances
I’ve never written about finances on my blog before. I’m changing that now for a few big reasons. I believe being intentional with money is