About Me

Welcome to
The Anxious Extrovert

A blog that should have began years ago.

From a young age, I was fascinated by the world around me.

I became obsessed with history, geography, and exploring earth firsthand. Perhaps it was foresight that I would grow up to be passionate about travel.

For the past seven years, I’ve been booking flights, over-planning, and not waiting around for anyone to come along.

I have been to over 40 countries worldwide and plan to continue expanding my horizons.

From watching Orangutans in the Bornean jungle to frolicking through fields of tulips in the Netherlands, I’ve done what most only dream of.

The view of Mt. Fuji from Owakudani in
Hakone, Japan

Parallel to these experiences is an anxious girl still trying to navigate the world.

As a child, I stressed about menial things. Before bed at night, I would make sure doors were locked and the fridge wasn’t running.

For a long time, I worried about everything.

The past, the present, the future, the universe’s inevitable heat death a trillion years from now.

Thankfully, it’s gotten easier.

As I’ve matured, I learn to curb my anxiety more and more each day.

Things that would have sent me into a downward spiral three years ago are now a tiny obstacle, easy to overcome.

At 28 years old, I’m finally learning to chill the hell out and go along with life’s constant ebbs and flows.

Alongside travel, I have always been intrigued by other people.

While I may be anxious, social anxiety has never been an issue for me.

In fact, I love being around people; somehow, it keeps my anxiety at bay.

A life goal of mine is to meet and connect with as many people as possible.

Local or foreign, it’s always been important to me to learn about the way world cultures live.

Learning Greek traditional dance on my first trip in 2011

This is why I travel.

And thanks to travel, I now have friends all over the world. I have stayed in contact with many, and I have even seen them on multiple occasions long after our travels together came to an end.