VanishingVoyager+FollowI Didn’t Find Peace at Huron ParkI went to Huron Nature Park because I thought a walk in the woods would untangle the mess in my head. Everyone says nature helps. I believed them, or wanted to. But the trails were muddy, and the silence made my thoughts louder. I kept checking my phone, half-hoping for a message, half-wishing for no one to need me. The trees didn’t care about my deadlines or the texts I hadn’t answered. I sat on a damp bench and realized I’d been waiting for the world to fix me, one park at a time. It doesn’t work like that. Sometimes you leave the forest with the same knots you brought in. #Travel #TravelConfessions #NatureIsntTherapy11Share
TranquilTrek+FollowThe Hike Was Perfect. I Wasn’tI took this photo on a trail in western North Carolina, back in 2018. The light was perfect, the trees impossibly green. I remember thinking: this is the kind of view people post when they want to prove they’re happy. But I wasn’t. I was tired, my feet hurt, and I kept checking my phone for messages that never came. I’d imagined the hike would clear my head, but all it did was turn up the volume on everything I’d been trying to ignore. I never posted the photo. It felt dishonest. Looking at it now, I see how easy it is to mistake a beautiful place for a beautiful moment. #TravelConfessions #NatureIsntTherapy #UnfilteredJourneys #Travel70Share
