September Destination: Yosemite

For my 30th birthday, I wanted to travel to a place I've dreamt of my entire life. I grew up hearing about National Parks from my grandpa and knew Yosemite was one of the most majestic parks in our country. At this point, I had lived in California for SEVEN YEARS and had yet to make the 5 hour drive up to Yosemite. I was done staring at photos of my friend's camping trips and professional photographer's Instagram pages taken within the park. I WAS GOING...and bringing Brad with me!

August Destination: Seattle

For my 8th month of travel I chose to visit my good friend, Allyson, up in Seattle. She recently moved back home after living in Los Angeles for awhile. I missed her and always wanted to visit her hometown, so she set up a fabulous variety of things for me to see and do! I was only in town mid-week for 4 days and 3 nights. So, here is my long weekend Seattle Travel Guide recommendations.

July Destination: Camping at Two Habors, Catalina Island

I purposely dedicated my month of July travel destination to my boyfriend, Brad. I let him choose where he'd like to celebrate his birthday and counted it as my 7 month travel spot! Woohoo! I'm more than half way done with my New Years Resolutionnn! Wait. That means 2018 is like...half way over. WHAT!? This year is seriously flying by. It needs to stop. Now. Once by birthday comes and goes on September 10th the rest of the year ALWAYS flies by in the blink of an eye. Should I go ahead and wish you a Happy New Year now? Okay, I won't.

June Destination: Texas Hill Country

I'm now 6 months into my "Travel More" New Year's Resolution. It's honestly the best resolution I've ever chosen. Traveling brings me so much joy. It makes it much easier to stick to unlike those 'workout 5 times a week' or 'lose 10 pounds' goals. I believe that the key to happiness is to have something to look forward to. It gives you something to strive for at all times. My resolution motivates me and gives me so much to look forward to each and every month! I love being continuously excited for my next adventure!

May Destination: Cabo San Lucas

Five months strong for my New Year's Resolution! For my May destination I went abroad to Baja California! My teenage dreams came true vacationing in Cabo San Lucas just like the teenagers from one of my favorite reality shows, Laguna Beach. I watched their glamorous beachside lifestyles from my Indiana red brick home. I wished longingly to travel abroad for my Spring Break. So, here I am 10 years later finally making my dreams come true! So here are all the deets from our trip!

April Destination: Palm Springs

Here's to crossing another month off my "Travel More" New Year's Resolution. I recently discovered only 8% of people actually achieve their New Year's resolution! EIGHTY percent of them fail by February! Unreal. Reading that only made me more determined to stick to my goal of traveling outside of Los Angeles once a month. For the month of April I took a 3 day trip with my friend and co-worker, Alyssa to Palm Springs! I had only been there once to work and wedding and never left the venue, so I was excited to finally see what this town has to offer!

March Destination: Ojai, CA

My 2018 New Year's Resolution was to travel more! (At least get out of Los Angeles at least once every month). For the previous two months I traveled by plane, so I chose a budget-friendly day trip to Ojai, California for the month of March. My trip was inspired by the film, Easy A featuring one of my favorite actresses, Emma Stone. (She's my dream BFF).

February Destination: Mendocino County

I stuck with my "Travel More" New Years Resolution into the month of February. Woohoo! Two month streak. Conveniently, my boyfriend's dad, David, bought a oceanside house in Elk, California so Brad and I planned a visit! You may be thinking of Elk Grove. No, that's a suburb of Sacramento. This is a tiny hidden gem inside Mendocino County with a population of 250. If you blink, you'll miss it. So don't blink. Keep your eyes open. You don't want to miss the epic views, gorgeous redwoods, and quaint little towns.

January Destination: Portland

My 2018 New Years Resolution is to travel more. As I enter the last year of my 20's, I realize how little I've seen of the world. I've held back in order to save money or to accommodate other's schedules. This year, I decided to just go for it. I need to get outside of the Los Angeles/Orange County area each month. This city really gets to me, and I notice how much I yearn for nature, green foliage, and wide open space! I definitely took it for granted the first 22 years of my life living in Indiana.