intentionaltrips

Five years of going back — to every place I'd been, to gather the pieces of myself I left there.

This is the story, told in the order it happened. Between 2021 and now I returned to every place I had ever been and wrote it down as I went — the journals as they were written, the photographs, the recordings. Travel and psychedelics were the method; what came back was a different person. Start at the beginning, or wherever a place pulls you. (Sample synopsis — your words go here.)

The whole story is also shared, in full, on Instagram —
@intentionaltrips.thestory

start here — the first day

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Santa Teresa · costa rica

09:04 · DFW→SJO. About to take off on my first international trip in fifty-eight weeks. All of the old airport feelings arrive at once, and none of them are the ones I expected.

the story, in order

The timeline

Chapters run oldest to newest, by story date rather than publish date.
Only chapters appear here; the days live inside them.

Mar 2021 May 2021

Costa Rica

3 ENTRIES 5 PHOTO SETS 6 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Jul 2026 Jul 2026

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Costa Rica

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2 ENTRIES 5 PHOTO SETS 8 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Jul 2026 Jul 2026

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Costa Rica

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3 ENTRIES 5 PHOTO SETS 7 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Jul 2026 Jul 2026

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Costa Rica

Sample text. This is where the journal entry appears. Every paragraph here is placeholder — none of your actual writing […]

5 ENTRIES 7 PHOTO SETS 9 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Jul 2026 Jul 2026

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Costa Rica

Sample text. This is where the journal entry appears. Every paragraph here is placeholder — none of your actual writing […]

2 ENTRIES 7 PHOTO SETS 9 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Jul 2026 Jul 2026

Sample entry title

Costa Rica

Sample text. This is where the journal entry appears. Every paragraph here is placeholder — none of your actual writing […]

2 ENTRIES 6 PHOTO SETS 7 EPISODES HOLDS AN ENTRY FROM ANOTHER CHAPTER

Build note

Chapters are a taxonomy, not a folder. The marked chapters above share the same entry — it appears on the timeline in both places, at both dates, from a single record.

Santa Teresa · costa rica

Letters from the road

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