#ottolake

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’” — Kurt Vonnegut // 🛶 #OttoLake #Healy #Alaska (at Healy, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtmL1CKhnu1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sy6kf7j8g4lv

“I wanted more than I was given, and found in betrayal a churning courage.” — Toby Martinez De Las Rivas // I don’t like staying put, I feel better when something scary and new is on the horizon. I want every day to feel like the most exciting and inspiring vacation. When I’m not packing my suitcase I feel stagnant and low. I get mad at the world and how it won’t let me run around and be free because there are bills to pay and responsibilities to answer to. I think that exploring and learning and laughing and communicating real-life stuff is more valuable. There is work to do that’s good, but it can only be truly good when it’s done by loving hands. It all feels too much and I want to wash my hands of expectation so that I can be free to go after what my heart yearns for. . Right now I’m in a spot where I’m trying to think more about my future than my RIGHT NOW which is my least favorite thing. I’m trying to let my frustration be a motivator and not a soul-eater. Sometimes I wonder if my creativity and youth are being squandered. I don’t want to waste any time. I’ve got one life and I’m horrified by the concept of losing a second of it to something I don’t absolutely love. I’m trying to be okay with suffering a little in order to achieve my dreamlife. I think most of us don’t want to have to work to live. I think it’s a little bit garbage and I want myself and the people around me to find their passions and pursue them relentlessly without being held back by next month’s rent. Here’s hoping!!! ❄️ // #OttoLake #Healy #Alaska (at Healy, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrjOhxQhQ_s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oy58xy5tbq3v

Conquered my fear of leeches yesterday. JK I’m still horrified. But had so much fun kayaking on Otto Lake!! Definitely fell into some murky scary water while trying to find a safe place to pee on shore (that didn’t work either, I ended up right next to some bear 💩) and I have about 9,000 mosquito bites but I loved every second! Also, the wind was blowing up a storm so these photos weren’t half as serene to take as they look. 🛶 #OttoLake #MtHealy #ChinMosquitoBiteFashion #LeechWorld #Alaska

“Now and then, in this workday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.” — Louisa May Alcott // It’s not (as) cold here anymore, and Otto Lake can’t be stood on anymore. Hopefully I’ll be kayaking instead soon! 😋🚣‍♀️❄️ #OttoLake #Alaska #Healy

“There is freedom within, there is freedom without, Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup, There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost, But you'll never see the end of the road While you're traveling with me.” // That song is my anthem right now. Despite the recent downfalls life is soooo good right now. 💕 #Alaska #OttoLake # (at Alaska)

I’ve officially walked on a frozen lake. And I didn’t fall in. ☃️ #OttoLake #Healy #Alaska (at Healy, Alaska)

Just a little piece of #tranquility. #ottolake #alaska #kayak #nature (at Otto Lake)