This Wasn't the Plan

This Wasn't the Plan

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Your Childhood Chocolate Is Banned in Europe. And the Replacement Might Be Worse.
First they took our cocoa butter. Now they want to grow it in a vat.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
My Dad Was Never There. He Still Taught Me How to Travel.
I rode a camel past the pyramids, danced on a train table with strangers, and came home different. Turns out my dad planned it that way.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
Everything Is Sweet and Nothing Is Food
The sugar free label is not saving you. It just has better marketing.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
Get Out Now
Some stories take a while to be ready to tell. This is one of those.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
She Only Shows Up When I Leave
On the version of yourself that requires 3,000 miles of distance to come out.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
He Flew Across an Ocean. I Should Have Said No.
He did everything right. I just didn't want what he was offering.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
The Day I Almost Didn’t Come Back
A sunny afternoon in Belize. A current stronger than me. A desperate prayer.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
Things I Said After Living in Spain (Please Be Gentle)
Some lessons take a decade to land.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
I Once Chased a Pickpocket Through Madrid in High Heels
Sometimes you don’t realize who you were until you look back at what you did without thinking.
 • Brandi Wiatrak
This Wasn't the Plan
This Wasn't the Plan
Essays + research about travel, natural health, and the life you didn't exactly plan — for anyone still figuring out what "having it all" is supposed to feel like.
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