Written By Paula Pant
Today is the 20th anniversary of the day I learned I was adopted.
On the afternoon I learned the news, I sat in a beige office in a government building.
My dad sat to my right; my mom was perched to my left. An Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) bureaucrat sat on […]
Written By Paula Pant
Time for Answer the Reader’s Mail: “See the World” Edition!
Today’s question comes from Sophia, a 27-year-old financial planner in Minneapolis with a desire to travel the world. Sophia says:
“I’m a world traveler … My husband and I went to Thailand at the beginning of the […]
Written By Paula Pant
Today we have a question from the Reader Mailbag: Travel Edition.
Today’s question comes from Maggie. She asks:
“Please could you give more details on how you were able to afford to travel the world.
“What your planned budget was ahead of time, how you earned money ahead of time, how you saved money while […]
Written By Paula Pant
I just returned from 10 days in the Caribbean, where I was a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. This wedding felt surreal because the bride and I were together when she met her future husband.
They met three years ago. She and I were trekking in the Himalayas. My bum knee was slowing me down, so she […]
