Welcome! 💌

I’m

, a writer from Nashville. In 2022, I sold all my things, moved out of my house, and started traveling the world full-time. Since then, I’ve lived abroad and on both coasts, in big cities and small towns, in the mountains and by the water, alone and with strangers—and I’m showing no signs of stopping or settling down anytime soon. Yeehaw! 🤠

h/t to @emilysadventures for inspiring the name of this newsletter by way of this amazing t-shirt, which I wear constantly

Some highlights of the journey so far:

Prototyping my life: On selling my things, moving out, and leaving Nashville

Living with strangers: On spending my spring in Portugal with 20+ housemates

Traveling light: On shedding all the baggage (literal and not) I was hauling around

My great American roadtrip: On solitude and a long drive out west

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Elsewhere on the internet

Connect and follow along on Instagram at @lanescotch.

Read more of my writing on my website.

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A newsletter about reinvention. Dispatches from traveling the world full-time, trying new things, rethinking old paradigms, and imagining a more expansive life.

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Writer from Nashville, currently traveling the world full-time. I write personal essays, creative nonfiction, and a monthly newsletter called Second Rodeo. 🤠💌