If you are already familiar with the series ‘Couch to Havasupai Falls’, then welcome! If not, let me give you some info. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to friends about hiking Havasupai Falls and those friends told me they were hesitant to do the 10+ mile hike because they couldn’t just go from their ‘couch to havasupai falls’. I told them I would start a series to get them ready for this arduous hike, so here we are! The series includes easy, moderate, and difficult hikes to prepare you for Havasupai Falls. If you haven’t checked out the easy hikes list, you can see it here.

But for now, let’s get into the moderate hikes! The hikes are listed in order of ease (#4 is easiest moderate, #3 is easy moderate, #2 is moderate, and #1 is the transition hike to go from moderate to difficult hikes). Enjoy!

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While in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago, I kept looking up at the sky and my surroundings and thinking to myself ‘wow what a wallpaper-y view’. And what I meant by that, is that everything I was seeing was so beautiful and deserving of being the first thing I looked at when grabbing my phone. What I enjoy the most about these following 6 photos/wallpapers, is that they show the true diversity of Puerto Rico. There are photos/wallpapers in the rain forest to the beach to a sunflower farm, and the list goes on.

Check out 6 of my favorite photos/wallpapers from Puerto Rico and let me know your favorite! I’m currently using #2 as my phone’s wallpaper 😉

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Hi everyone and happy new year! 2016 was definitely a wild year, full of highs and lows and it honestly feels like it’s never going to end, but the end is in sight! It’s almost 2017 and it’s time for us to take a deep breath, hold our heads up high, and start over.

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Tonight I am flying to Puerto Rico with my friend to cross off a couple of bucket list items (and to spend Christmas there), so I figured the best blog post for this week would be one about travel!

When planning my trip to Ireland last December, I was told that I HAD to visit the Cliffs of Moher so naturally I added it to my travel bucket list. What I wasn’t told, however, was that on the way to the Cliffs of Moher, there is another bucket list worthy spot: the Baby Cliffs. The Baby Cliffs in Ireland are a smaller version of the Cliffs of Moher (which are completely magical, and I will have a blog post about my experience there in the coming weeks). But just because they are smaller, or the ‘baby’ edition doesn’t make them any less spectacular. Check out six of my favorite photos to inspire you to visit this wondrous place!

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This blog post is multi-purpose. I’m writing it because my current ‘About Me‘ page is a little too long and I want to shorten it (so figured I would put all of the information here), but also because I’ve been gettting a couple of emails asking me how Enthusiastic About Life got started. So I decided I’d give some of you a refresher and the rest of you an introduction.

Let’s start from the beginning, the year was 2014 and I was a senior in college…

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People always ask me ‘Why do you have a bucket list?’ and I always end up talking way too long about why I have one and why I think everyone should have one. It’s kind of like when people ask you about your favorite hobby or your biggest passion and your face lights up and you ramble on because you love that topic so much. That’s how it is with me and bucket lists. And because I tend to ramble, I’ve decided to sit down and give you a quick and concise list of 7 reasons to have a bucket list.

But first, let’s tackle the elephant in the room. One of the biggest issues people have with bucket lists is that they think they are too young to have one. Many people associate the term ‘bucket list’ with death, or the end of life. To me, however, a bucket list isn’t a list of things that I want to do before I die…it’s a list of things I want to do in my life. I think it’s better to start the bucket list mentality when you are young, when you have more time, and when you have more flexibility. Check out the 7 reasons and let me know if I’ve convinced you!

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