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How I made $100k in my first year as a freelancer

Hint: I didn’t get there by calling myself a freelancer. (18 min. read - yep, settle in)

Career Advice, CreativityMegan Van GrollDecember 17, 2019career path, career design, career advice, entrepreneurship, self-employment

9 ways to scratch your travel itch without leaving home

A few practical ideas to tide you over until you can actually step foot onto a humming 747 bound for your dream destination. (13 min. read)

CreativityMegan Van GrollAugust 7, 2018wanderlust, travel tips

How to plan an off-the-beaten-path destination wedding

…without losing your damn mind. Lessons learned from my 35-guest wedding in Cartagena, Colombia (6 min. read)

CreativityMegan Van GrollJuly 8, 2018destination ideas, destination wedding, wedding, events, cartagena, colombia

How losing my job changed my outlook on travel and career

Sometimes the curveballs life throws at us are just the ticket to the life we’ve always wanted. (9 min. read)

Career Advice, CreativityMegan Van GrollJuly 7, 2018featured

In defense of seeing the world through a camera lens

There are times to just be present. But sometimes the camera can help us think and see more creatively in new places. (8 min. read)

Creativity, JournalMegan Van GrollDecember 29, 2016Travel Photography, travel photo, travel photography

4 ways to break through creative blocks

Whether you're a creative professional or not - we all get stuck in a rut. Here are some ideas on how to break out.

Journal, CreativityMegan Van GrollOctober 28, 2014

How to design your own career

The concept of a “perfect career” as we commonly think of it is bullshit. It contains the romantic, narrow, and dangerously incorrect notion that there’s only type of job, profession, or career that you will ever be happy in.