START HERE: WHAT SOJOURN IS
This is where your next chapter begins—slowly, honestly, on your terms.
Welcome to Issue #001 of Sojourn. Each week, I share two original essays to rebuild life and work with intention (hence ‘sojourn’)—in a private community that uses travel as a tool for reinvention.
WELCOME TO SOJOURN
Welcome. Sojourn is for people in transition—career, geography, identity, chapter—who want to rebuild with intention. I write two essays each week to help you pause, reset, and make choices you can stand behind. Paid members also get deeper tools and a calm corner of community.
WHAT “SOJOURN” MEANS HERE
A sojourn is a temporary stay—a chosen pause between what was and what’s next. This space helps you use that pause well: fewer inputs, clearer decisions, changes that fit what’s next.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND
Essays: grounded reflections on pace, identity, and reinvention through the lens of travel.
The Edit: slow stays + simple rituals (use travel as a reset, bring one habit home, rebuild from there).
The Build: letters on creating meaningful, sustainable work (no hustle, just ways to live + work independently, from anywhere).
The Shelf: books, tools, and prompts I trust.
Community: quiet threads, gentle accountability—not noise.
WHO THIS IS FOR
People navigating change (role, city, chapter).
Creatives and builders craving alignment over speed.
Anyone ready to stop performing and start rebuilding—not from scratch, from lived experience.
HOW TO USE SOJOURN (A 3-STEP STARTER)
Sojourn uses travel as a tool for reinvention. This turns a trip into a reset—and the reset into a habit that shapes what’s next.
1) PLACE → FIRST HOUR
Pick one place cue (horizon, forest, stone, water). Choose a spot and time.
First-hour rule: bags down → shower → tea/water → 20-minute walk. No phone.
2) RITUAL + ONE SUBTRACTION
Run one simple ritual at the same time daily (sit, walk, stretch—your pick).
Subtract one rush trigger: no news before noon, no phone at meals, no single-use anything.
3) BRING-HOME → REBUILD (30 DAYS)
Keep one habit from the trip. Do it daily for 30 days.
Track one metric: first-light minutes · loops/week · no-news mornings.
Friday review: keep / swap / remove one thing.
Not an escape—an edit. Strip the noise, set a ritual, keep one thing. Build from there.
WHAT YOU WON’T FIND
We don’t do hacks or fluff. We do habits.
If you’re feeling the pull to begin again—differently this time—you’re in the right place. Read an essay, pack one practice, keep it daily for 30 days. Rebook.
Begin again. With intention.
~Ana