I Planned a Year of Doing Nothing. I Took 19 Flights Instead. [Summer Read-Aloud]

Podcast: On Your Terms® · Sam Vander Wielen

Opublikowano: 2026-08-31

My gap year was supposed to be boring. Instead I've taken 19 flights before summer even ended, and somehow I still feel more rested than I have in years. This episode is part of my summer read-aloud series, where I'm sharing personal essays straight from my Substack. This one's about what happened when the "spacious, do-nothing" gap year I planned turned into a calendar full of tennis lessons, swim classes, and last-minute flights, and why I had to stop judging myself for it. In this episode, you'll hear… Why I planned a year of "blank sp...