Personal Essay: How Love Altered Indefinite World Travel Plans

I quit my job to travel the world. Then, I met someone who derailed my plans.

I had plans to travel the world indefinitely, but they were derailed when I fell in love. Sierra Newell I planned to travel the world indefinitely, but fell in love shortly before heading to Australia. My partner and I dated long-distance for a while, then decided to try living together for a summer. I ended up moving to Germany to be with him, and realized I can still have an adventurous lifestyle. Just weeks after my 28th birthday, I arrived in Burgenland, a wine region south of Vienna, t...