Around The World In 60 Days (literally)

It’s been almost exactly one year since I last posted on my blog. Since March of 2025, a lot has changed in nearly every aspect of my life.

I’m back to working full time. I’m still building my business — and doing both at once is extremely challenging. At the same time, I’ve expanded my career into different fields, like finance and venture capital. I’ve been very intentional about how and where I spend my time.

That’s why I spent most of last year planning my departure — preparing to leave the country for a period of time. I left the US and visited five different countries in eight weeks.

I spent time in Australia, Bali, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.

Each country taught me something insanely unique. Each one had a different purpose in my travel. I came back with my heart full.

Everyone says that — but for me, it meant full of memories, full of firsts, and also full of sorrow and grief. I saw the absolute beauty of the world and the people in it — their kindness — as well as their struggle. So much of how I observed and processed everything was through the lens of an immigrant woman who had come to America.

In Australia, so many of my observations centered around migration — whether the “proper” path had been chosen. In Bali, I found myself comparing the island to the one I came from, noticing the similarities of Hindus living on islands, and the drastic differences that exist when tourism drives an economy — how so much of what’s available to me isn’t necessarily available to the people from the country themselves. In Singapore, the history made me curious. It made me question nearly everything we were seeing. Sri Lanka brought up another kind of religious connection — thoughts and emotions around brown-ness and the drastic differences within South Asian diasporas. The Maldives left a very similar impression.

Oftentimes when people ask me about my trip, I’m unable to fully articulate all of this. So much of it is subjective. So much of it is through a very specific lens that may not resonate with everyone.

I’ve dreamed of traveling the world since I was nine years old. I’ve worked intentionally to make travel a priority — an integral part of my life. About two years ago, I started asking myself how many of my thoughts are truly mine — and how many were shaped by the place I grew up. That’s when I told myself I wanted to leave the country for a period of time to explore that question.

This trip was an exploration of my mind, my values, and my self-growth. At times, it was extremely difficult to stay grounded and remember that was the practice. My nervous system felt that — deeply — at numerous points throughout the trip.

I’m still processing everything I learned. This is the documentation of that process.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned so far is to continue being myself — and to share my truth.

This is the active practice of that lesson.