Abroad in Your Inbox Vol. 36
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UM…HOW IS IT ALREADY THANKSGIVING?!
IDK if anyone feels this way, but the holidays REALLY crept up on me this year… I think it’s just NOW hitting me that Thanksgiving is this week…I feel like I have been so focused on work, travel & launching these Gals Abroad Getaway trips that I’ve been immune to literally ALL the signs that it’s THAT TIME OF YEAR (not even the holiday Starbucks cups have phased me lol).
All of this to say that I think I’m gonna be phoning it in this holiday season…Even as I say that the enneagram 3 in me is like “yeah right…” BUT I’m really gonna try not to run myself ragged with obligations, events, photoshoots, and just all around doing THE MOST. Does anyone else always seem to overcommit this time of year?!
And here’s the craziest thing I think I’m going to do **gasp** I’m going to take the whole time between Christmas and New Years OFF, followed by ***maybe*** a nice month-long social media detox in January. Doesn’t that sound lovely?!
I know there are fellow entrepreneurs, biz owners, and self-proclaimed workaholics who read this newsletter and I hope that we can all collectively release a bit of death grip on control and give ourselves permission to FULLY take a break this year {I’m certainly going to try to…}. So, here’s to a happy, healthy & boundary-filled holiday season.
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THE LATEST
TRAVEL
Traveling for Thanksgiving? Expect Congested Roads and Crowded Airports
How This Island Destination Became the Most Vaccinated Place in the U.S.
CURRENTLY OBSESSING OVER
THE ENNEAGRAM TEST - earlier this week my gal pal Kelly Golightly (follow her) and I decided to retake our enneagram tests because well…who doesn’t love a personality test haha. We did this one which unfortunately isn’t free BUT it gives you SUPER in-depth results which I felt were creepy spot on. Also, there’s a code (ONLINE10) that takes $10 off so the test is $9. If you’ve never taken the test DO IT. It’s super interesting to learn a little bit more about how you tick.
ALL OF THE ALICE & WONDER HOLIDAY GOODIES - if you’ve been here for a min you know how much I LOVE my local Chicago boutique Alice & Wonder and their holiday merch is always ON POINT. They just dropped some epic sweatshirts + all their regular holiday goodies (mugs, ornaments, cards, little gifts) and they’re all so reasonably priced & shipping is always super fast. I’ve already got this hat & this epic NSYNC holiday T-shirt in my cart.
HOLIDAY SZN THINGS
The holiday shopping season is upon us (whether we like it or not…). Last year I was SO happy to see just how many people made a HUGE effort to support and shop small as much as possible. This Saturday is Small Biz Saturday, so I figured I’d re-share the video I created last year featuring my favorite Chicago small businesses to give you some ideas on where you might want to consider shopping this holiday season.
And if you don’t live in Chicago - many of these shops are online & I have an even bigger list that you can check out here that features even more of my favorite small businesses not just in Chicago.
HAPPY ENDING (AKA SOMETHING I FOUND FUNNY THIS WEEK)
This video calling out people’s airport LEWKS is spot on and has me LOLING hard.
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xx Allecat
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