Life Unoptimized
Rachel WardHolding on to adventure, style, and ease in modern motherhood.
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Two Weeks, Two Kids, Two Carry-ons: My Italy Packing List
We’re checked in for our flights to Rome, our two carry-ons are packed, and the Lyft is scheduled for 4:45am tomorrow. As usual, I feel like I should have prepared more: learned some Italian phrases with the kids, checked out playful librar...
A Plan to Squeeze All the Sweet Juice out of Summer
Bare shoulders, sandy toes, blue skies, late sunsets, alfresco dining. Summer is probably my favorite season.
But I lived in San Francisco for 11 years, where I braced against the July and August wind and fog in a beanie and a puffer jack...
When a Longtime Backpacker Goes on a Luxury Cruise
Sunsets came fast, around 4pm. I slept in cold hostel dorms for about €20 a night and subsisted mostly on sandwiches and gelato. I wandered around quiet and eerie streets for days on end, getting lost (I wouldn’t get a smartphone for two ye...
5 Things Bringing Me Adventure or Simplicity: May Edition
Every so often, I send out a dispatch about five ways I’m finding more novelty and ease in the everyday. If you’re also questioning the mainstream motherhood script of consuming, rushing, and settling, this series is for you. I hope you fin...
I Let a Stylist Pack my Carry-on for a Last-Minute Europe Trip
Tomorrow I leave for a Mediterranean cruise with my husband, plus about 400 of his co-workers. His company hosts an annual trip for top sales performers and executives, and though he’s neither, his boss offered him her spot at the last minu...
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Thinking beyond the mainstream motherhood script of consuming, rushing, and settling. Former magazine editor into home exchange, dressing up, cargo biking, and getting the kids outside.
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