2023 - Eight Years In, We Finally Went Back to Hong Kong and Didn't Fight
Year eight. Nearly 3,000 nights on someone else's sheets. We went back to Hong Kong for the first time since the protests. We didn't fight once.
2022 - Derek Healed. We Picked Up the Pace. The Doors Kept Opening.
Year seven. Derek got surgery and we finally slowed down. Then we picked back up. The doors that had been closed for two years started opening again.
2021 - We Survived on Covid Tests, Business Class, and Luck
Year six. Covid was supposed to ground us. Instead we learned to navigate it — with tests, masks, business class bubbles, and a fair amount of luck. Still moving.
2020 - Control Was Always an Illusion. Covid Just Made It Obvious.
Year five. A pandemic locked the world down and somehow it clarified everything — we'd been living without the illusion of control the whole time. Here's what that felt like from the road.
2019 - After Four Years, Our Biggest Stressor Is Being on Time
Four years in and we've mostly figured it out. The biggest remaining stressor? Getting anywhere on time. Turns out punctuality is harder when your office is a different country every few months.
2018 - Somewhere Along the Way, I Started Feeling at Home
Three years of living out of a suitcase and something unexpected happened: it started feeling normal. Not like vacation. Like home — just a home that changes zip codes.
2017 - The Gear Doesn't Matter. The Goodbyes Do.
Year two on the road. The gear obsession has faded. What stays with you isn't the packing list — it's the people you said goodbye to, and how many of those goodbyes turned out to be permanent.