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Sea, Salt, and a Perfectly Unplanned Day in Santa Barbara

Laken Bowles, 6 April, 20266 April, 2026

The best days don’t necessarily start with a plan.  My day began with a breakfast sandwich made by my neighbor and a spur-of-the-moment trip to Santa Barbara. We had been talking about it for weeks, but a recent heatwave made it feel urgent. After all, eighty degrees in Santa Barbara…

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I Tried a Chakra Reading in LA — Here’s What Surprised Me

Laken Bowles, 16 February, 202616 February, 2026

Healing my Millennial burnout, one woo-woo experiment at a time.  Yes, that’s me with a singing bowl on top of my head, bracing myself to be shaken like a dinner bell from an old cartoon. You’re probably wondering how I got here? So was I.  Like a lot of people,…

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Burnout, Starting Over — and Van Gogh’s Bedroom 

Laken Bowles, 14 August, 202514 August, 2025

What does Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles have to do with burnout, moving cross-country, and starting over? Apparently everything.

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Seeing the Backstreet Boys at The Sphere? Here’s what you need to know

Laken Bowles, 6 August, 20256 August, 2025

Millennials, trust me when I say we needed this.

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Uncharted Self: Why Travel, Why Now?

Laken Bowles, 26 September, 202426 September, 2024

 “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Anatole France  I was stuck in a rut I could not escape – my work from home life during the pandemic began to feel like I was living at work. I felt trapped in…

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