Right after I graduated from college, I flew to Europe for a five-week solo backpacking trip: affectionately, the trip that started it all. When I came home, I organized all of my photos and created a book, complete with little stories about what I'd...
A few weeks ago, I admitted to not being that happy: it was one of those funks that I just couldn't quite shake, even though I knew I wasn't doing everything in my power to be happy. Basically as soon as I hit publish on that post, I realized there...
I’ve always been struck at a) how often I manage to lose things and b) how I almost always manage to get them back.
In college, I lost my wallet two times: I put it down while signing a petition in the quad, I stuck it on top of the gas pump after...
In October 2011, I sold my first piece to a magazine. I vividly remember the day I found out: it was a sunny and warm in Melbourne, one of the first beautiful days of spring. I read the email and walked out to a stretch of park a few blocks from my...
Comparison is the thief of joy.
It’s one of those things that you know, you KNOW, even though you can’t quite stop comparing yourself to your friends and your neighbors and your co-workers and bloggers and the people you follow on Instagram...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.