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Unschooling Ourselves - People, not Products.
For many years now I have been looking deeper within myself and my social conditioning, yet somehow the public education system kind of...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 17, 20228 min read
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Attachment, Identity and Travel
This evening, it really sunk in that I have "left" my traveler days behind me. I am no longer the solo backpacker, the lone wolf, the...

Danielle Marquis
Nov 25, 20214 min read
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Seeking 'Home'
Home. What does that mean to you? Where you are from? Where you live now? The people in your life? Earth? Yourself? As a wanderer, it's...

Danielle Marquis
Jul 22, 20205 min read
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Reflections in times of uncertainty - COVID-19 in India
*practical COVID-19 India updates below* Life seems to always be preparing you to face your next challenge, and whether you accept it or...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 26, 20206 min read
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Am I stuck in Arambol, India?
Interesting times we are currently living. I don’t know if we fell into a dystopian parallel universe or what happened, but for the...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 20, 20205 min read
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Vipassana: 10 days of Silent Meditation
Last year I promised myself that I'd spend my birthday somewhere new. Little did I know that this new place was going to be inside a...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 7, 20209 min read
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Being stuck in the infinite or the finite: Kierkegaard
How do we decide what to do with our lives? Some people say they’ve known their whole life, but for others it’s not that obvious. I can...

Danielle Marquis
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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Three Reasons to be Frugal AF
1. Obvious one– Money This one doesn’t need much explanation. When you are frugal AF, you save money. And the better you are at being...

Danielle Marquis
Apr 27, 20193 min read
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Welcome - I am not crazy I swear
Throughout the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve been progressively coming to realizations. About myself, about the world around me and about what...

Danielle Marquis
Jun 23, 20172 min read
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And in the blink of an eye...
In less than 3 days I am back in Ottawa. I remember telling myself in January before leaving Canada that it would pass in a blink of an...

Danielle Marquis
Jun 9, 20153 min read
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My Goodbye to HK
I am currently in a 12 hour long night train, going from Bangkok to Koh Samui, wrapped in a blanket and a towel, and pretty sure a huge...

Danielle Marquis
May 3, 20153 min read
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Beijing & Last two weeks in HK
I realized that I skipped writing about Beijing and also didn’t write about my last couple weeks in Hong Kong. I really wanted to write...

Danielle Marquis
May 1, 20153 min read
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China Part 2: Zhangjiajie
Oh Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie Zhangjiajie… I still don’t know if I know how to say the word Zhangjiajie properly. Because I don’t have much...

Danielle Marquis
Apr 23, 20154 min read
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China part 1: Yangshuo and Guilin
Okay so I feel like this will be a long post. I can’t help it there is too much to say. So we first had to head to Shenzhen, which is a...

Danielle Marquis
Apr 22, 20157 min read
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China
Today I got back from China and all I can say is… Wowowow, deliciatta! No but seriously all I can say is, WTF China is amazing. Or...

Danielle Marquis
Apr 10, 20153 min read
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Mid-Exchange Crisis
Today it is March 20th. March 20th? WHAT? No. No, no, no, no, no, no! NO!!!!!! Time is flying by WAY too fast. This is ridiculous. I...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 20, 20153 min read
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Taipei for a weekend
I was lucky enough to spend last weekend in Taipei, Taiwan during the lantern festival. For those of you who don’t know, it’s one of the...

Danielle Marquis
Mar 10, 20155 min read
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Malaysia Part IV: Cameron Highlands + K.L.
On our way to Cameron Highlands, we first had to take a boat for 3 hours from Taman Negara to the bus station, then we had to take a bus...

Danielle Marquis
Feb 28, 20152 min read
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Malaysia Part III: Taman Negara
Taman Negara is the oldest rain forest in the world. This rain forest has tigers, elephants, black panthers, all kinds of creepy insects...

Danielle Marquis
Feb 26, 20153 min read
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Malaysia Part II: Kuala Lumpur
After Langkawi, we headed to Kuala Lumpur! Kuala Lumpur was also so much fun. I was so lucky to have stayed for my first night in an...

Danielle Marquis
Feb 26, 20153 min read
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