I used to abhor packing. Even if I packed early, I would still be rushing around at the last minute trying to add this or that “just in case” I needed it. Of course, all of this would be in vain because everything “extra” I added I ended up not even needing!  With my new role, travel has become an almost weekly part of my life, so I had to learn to get it together quickly as I no longer have time to be stressing about what’s going and what’s staying. To streamline things a bit, I’ve enlisted…

This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of Single Edition Media. It seems that the older I get, the more the days and seasons seem to just blur together. This could very well be that as a full fledged adult who doesn’t have any children my life doesn’t have those clear start and stop times marked by the frenzy of back to school shopping or restlessness for school to be let out. So, even though the days get longer and the weather is baking hot, the one thing that signals the start of summer for me is the traditional firing up…