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United StatesMarika Devan2021-03-29T15:48:33-07:00

๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ! ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ! ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง @guitaristlindy ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐˜ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐. โฃ โฃ I will be fully vaccinated and all clear by April 20th, so on the 21st we are packing her car and we are off! โฃ โฃ After a year of not traveling, getting any content and essentially not working, I have never been more ready and pumped for a trip. We are going to be hitting 7 or 8 states and my cousin is giving me full control of the planning.โฃ โฃ Most people I travel with donโ€™t like trip planning and figuring out logistics, but for me, planning and researching is part of the fun! โฃ โฃ I have been finding so many cool and quirky places that I cannot wait to explore and share with you guys. โฃ โฃ This is going to be the first time I have done a cross country road trip and hopefully not the last! โฃ โฃ Have you ever road tripped? Any tips? โฃ โฃ #roadtrippers #roadtrip #ontheroad #roadtrippin #cherryblossoms #seattle #thisiswashington #usa #americanroadtrips #crosscountryroadtrip #roadtripusa #roadtrip2021 #roadtripacrossamerica #traveldiaries #travelmore #northamerica #travelusa #travelamerica #passionpassport #travelwithme #travelnorthamerica #travelporn #travelnoire #travelbucketlist #suitcasetravel #roadtripamerica #springisintheair #spring #springiscoming
๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐› ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ!?โฃ โฃ You may not know this, but getting dual citizenship in some countries is not that hard. I got Finnish citizenship when I was 16 and I only got it because my grandparents are from there. โฃ โฃ I remember the Finnish Embassy asking me: โ€œDo you want to be a citizen of Finland?โ€ I of course said yes and they approved me! I know that I was young and my parents definitely did way more behind the scenes work than I realized at the time, but it was 100% worth it.โฃ โฃ Having an EU citizenship has opened so many doors. I lived in London and have been able to travel freely around Europe and stay as long as I want. I breeze right through immigration. I thank my lucky stars that I have Finnish citizenship every time I go traveling. โฃ โฃ If dual citizenship sounds like something you would be interested in, here are some tips to see if your eligible. โฃ โฃ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: where are your parents, grandparents and great grandparents from? Try and go back as far as you can. For instance, Ireland allows those with Irish parents or grandparents to claim citizenship and many countries are like that as well. โฃ โฃ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž: โ€œ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ [๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž] ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโ€ this may seem really simple but I thought I would still put it. Sometimes itโ€™s hard to know what to Google!โฃ โฃ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ: sometimes itโ€™s easy to get citizenship some place if you have been living abroad for a couple of years. For instance, in France you can get citizenship if you have been living there for five years and can prove you understand the French language and are immersed in the culture. โฃ โฃ Sometimes itโ€™s easier to get residency to a country and then apply for citizenship down the line. โฃ โฃ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง? ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?โฃ โฃ #dualcitizenship #twopassports #passporttravel #glt #girlslovetravel ##womenwhotravel #citizenoftheworld #finnish #american #passports #americancitizen #finnishcitizen #travelblogger #tbtravel #finnishgirl #finnishwoman
๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ? โฃ โฃ Yep! This girl is! I can't even describe in words how excited I am. This year has been tough on so many people, so I hope everyone will get vaccinated regardless of your beliefs. In order to stop the spread of this virus, we need to work together! โฃ โฃ Here are a few facts I have learned about the vaccine that will hopefully convince you to get it.โฃ โฃ ๐•๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ. There is absolutely no scientific proof to support that claim because it's not true. You are born with Autism.โฃ โฃ ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ "๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž" ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒ because those things are way more damaging to your body than the vaccine. It's not like they just mixed a bunch of ingredients and called it a vaccine. Scientists have studied these ingredients for years, so it's a lot safer than all the other crap people put in their bodies. โฃ โฃ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ. I mean, what do you have to hide that you are so concerned about it?โฃ โฃ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. If it's not your preferred vaccine, oh well! Don't complain - just get it so that we can end this pandemic as soon as possible!โฃ โฃ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, and the few side effects you may get from the vaccine, in my opinion, are worth it compared to having lung damage for the rest of your life. โฃ โฃ #chronicillnesswarrior #friedreichsataxia #journeysofgirls #disabilitylife #rarediseaseawareness #outdoorwomen #hiddendisability #butyoudontlooksick #ataxia #disabledinfluencer #disabilityblogger #ataxiasucks #disabilitypride #disabilityawareness #awareness #disability #disabilityrights #raredisease #disablityproblems #chronicillnesscommunity #chronicillnessblogger #girlsjustwannatravel #chronicillness #ataxiaawareness #chronicillnesssupport #chronicillnessfighter #damestravel
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ caring ๐ฐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ caring ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ!โฃโฃ โฃโฃ I get asked this question a lot. How am I so confident? How can I embarrass myself constantly and not turn red and run away? And my answer is always the same. It isn't my job to make people like me. I am who I am and I won't change for anyone and if someone doesn't like that then so be it. Life is too short to care what people think. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ : Embrace the fact that your value is not determined by how liked and accepted you are. Itโ€™s not your job to be liked by everyone, Itโ€™s your job to show up and be your authentic self. Some people will like what you have to offer, and others will not, and that is normal. It has no implications on your values. So if someone likes you or what you're doing, cool. And if they donโ€™t, thatโ€™s cool, tooโ€”you do you, regardless.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ: What do you really like? What do you really want? Are you making choices about your career, relationships, and pastimes because you want them or because theyโ€™ll please or impress someone else? Allow yourself to try new things and wonder, โ€œWhat would I pursue or enjoy if I wasn't so worried about being judged?โ€ Remember, you are your biggest cheerleader and only you can decide what YOU really want. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ: There are always going to be people that you can't please and that's okay. Don't be upset if someone doesn't see eye to eye with you. No matter who you are or what you do, there will always be people who won't agree with you. Accept it or hide. Those are your only two options.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง and once you realize that, you will be so much happier. If you strive to be perfect all the time, you will find yourself mentally exhausted. It can be hard to shake the feeling that if you just get things right, you will be loved and admired. What people think of you has more to do with them than it does with you. โฃโฃ #youdoyou #seattle #yourunique #confidence #livelifeforyou #seattlewashington #beauthenticallyyou #iloveseattle #beauthentic #seattlelife #seattlephotographer #sunflowers #exploreseattle
๐€๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฑ. โฃ โฃ There is always something to do, but they beauty of working for myself is that I can take time off if I want to. This picture depicts what a perfect day off for me would be (during the pandemic). โฃ โฃ I start by reading either a novel or travel guide (yes, I enjoy reading travel guides), then I put on my robe and some green gunk on my face (that is supposed to help with pores and sh*t) and relax with a cup of hot tea and finally I get cozied up in my onesie and watch movies. Oh, and takeout may or may not be involved. โฃ โฃ I don't take days off too often, but when I do I enjoy them! โฃ โฃ My days off before the pandemic consisted of going to the movie theater, exploring my local farmers markets, meeting friends for dinner & drinks, and basically not giving a care in the world if I get sick or not. โฃ โฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž? โฃ โฃ #selfcareday #dayoff #tea #unicornonesie #dayoffwellspent #onesie #dayoffworks #selfcarefirst #dayoffshenanigans #atlasobscura #selfcare #dayofffeels #selfcarematters #onesietime #dayoffvibes #dayoffun #facemask #dayoffmood #selfcarelife @atlasobscura
๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฒ, ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ...โฃ โฃ When I was 22, I worked as a professional extra. I got hired to be an audience member on a show. When the show finished, and we got the okay to leave, I waited outside the studio for my mum to pick me up. Was it dark? Yes. Was I the only one on that street? Yes. Was I wearing anything super-sexy? My shoulders were showing. โฃ โฃ Some random guy comes up to me out of nowhere, and before I can react, he puts his hand on my crotch and walks away. I was terrified and in shock. I saw that he was leaving so I stupidly continued waiting outside. Then, he circles around again, and this time he puts his hand on my crotch again, so I ran into a Dennys down the street to wait for my mum. โฃ โฃ I was shaking...โฃ โฃ When I was living with my mum, she was having some renovations done. She asked if I would be there to keep an eye on things. She told the guys working that if they need anything, they can ask me. One of the guys comes up to my room and barges in without knocking. He asks me if I have ever been with a Mexican and if I want to try with him. I thought he was going to r*pe me.โฃ โฃ I was so scared. I told him I have a bf and then he said, "no one needs to know" I screamed at him to get out of my room and called my mom crying. She came home and kicked them out. โฃ โฃ I couldn't even feel safe in my own home...โฃ โฃ When I was at a club, a guy came up and started dancing with me. He put his hands down my pants, and I tried to remove them, but he wouldn't budge. Eventually, I pulled away and left. โฃ Why am I telling you this? Because I am sick and tired of this stuff happening to me. I just want to be able to wait for my ride without being groped. I just want to relax at home without being harassed. I just want to live a normal life without worrying whether someone will come up and attack me. โฃ โฃ Sarah Everard's death has me shook, and I really hope things will change because, as of right now, I don't have much faith that it will. โฃ #stopharassment #womenpower #womensbest #womensafety #womensupportinwomen #safety #safetyfirst #besafe #streetharassment #helpwomen #saraheverard
๐Œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐€๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. โฃ โฃ Balanceโฃ Migrainesโฃ Aphasiaโฃ Fine Motorโฃ Tremorsโฃ โฃ Because my condition is hidden, many people will assume I am drunk or on drugs and honestly that doesn't bother me. I just want more people to be educated on Ataxia and hidden disabilities in general.โฃ โฃ We have to live in a world that sees us as "normal" while our body is fighting our every move. โฃ โฃ #disabilityvisibility #chronicillnessblogger #disablityproblems #raredisease #butyoudontlooksick #chronicillnessfighter #brainhealth #chronicillnesswarrior #disabilitypride #chronicillness #disability #chronicillnesscommunity #ataxiasucks #youarecapable #disabilityawareness #disabilitylife #disabilitysupport #ataxia #rarediseaseawareness #awareness #disabled #ataxiaawareness #disabilityrights #chronicillnessproblems #hiddendisability #episodicataxia #disabilityblogger #disabilityadvocate #chronicillnesssupport #friedreichsataxia
๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž!โฃ โฃ Seattle is a city filled with incredibly talented street artists. There are murals EVERYWHERE on almost every blank wall and building. Mural hunting is something I have really enjoyed doing since moving up here. โฃ โฃ Since I am not an artist (unless you call stick figures art) I appreciate those that have talent and share their creations with the world. It makes walking that much more enjoyable especially during this pandemic when there is so little to look forward to and the days just drag on and on and on. โฃ โฃ One of my favorite street artists is Banksy. I had the pleasure of visiting his hometown in Bristol and seeing his work in real life was unbelievable. Banksy was the reason I fell in love with street art. I mean, have you seen "Balloon Girl?" That piece gives me all the feels! โฃ โฃ Thanks to Banksy, when I travel I try and visit as many murals as I can and I'll even take a "street art tour" if the city I am visiting offers one. Street artists are some of the most interesting & creative people. They brighten up cities all over the world with their work and to that I am grateful.โฃ โฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ?โฃ โฃ #emeraldcity #streetartseattle #streetartworldwide #exploreseattle #streetartdaily #ilovestreetart #seattle #streetartaddiction #streetartlover #streetartcities #iloveseattle #streetartphoto #streetart_addiction #streetarteverywhere #streetartporn #visitseattle #streetartaddicted #seattlelife #seattlewa #streetart #streetart_official #streetartlovers #streetarthunter #gltlove #womenwhoexplore #travelette #sheexplores #thatpnwlife #girlpowertravel #shewhowanders
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