1. EDITOR'S NOTE: THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS
Let’s be honest.Most of this is bullshit. The meetings.The metrics.The meal-prepped Sundays and inbox-zero Mondays. All of it.You know it. I know it.Still, we sit there.Heads down. Shoulders tight....
2. HOW TO DISAPPEAR (WITHOUT APOLOGY)
(A Practical Guide for the Already Gone) First: You will not be missed. Not really. Not by the inbox. Not by the apps. Not by the people who liked your photo but forgot your birthday.The machine m...
3. ALL ROADS LEAD SOMEWHERE WORSE (AND THAT’S WHERE THE FUN IS)
No one tells you this when you’re young, but the best roads don’t lead anywhere good. They lead to dead ends. To cracked motel lots lit by buzzing neon. To bars without names and bathrooms without ...
4. FIELD REPORT: Drunk, Lost, and Casting at Planes
Caye Caulker, Belize, 2012 by Will Watters The sun came up. I didn’t. That’s how I remember it now. A blur of salt and sweat and rum-sick mornings peeling themselves off the concrete like something...
(A Small Hymn to Soap, Survival, and Starting Over) If God exists, he does not fold his clothes. He leaves them to dry on hostel bunk rails, strung out like prayer flags between strangers’ backpack...
6. JET FUEL, SWEAT, AND CHEAP BEER: PORTRAIT OF THE MODERN ESCAPE ARTIST
You see them in the in-between hours. Not the departure rush. Not the arrival gate. The hours where time softens and nothing moves except the ceiling fans and the condensation sliding down the glas...
7. EXERCISES FOR THE LOST, THE HUNGOVER, AND THE POORLY PACKED
HOW TO STAY ALIVE (WHEN YOUR BODY HATES YOU): A WORKOUT FOR THE PERPETUALLY IN TRANSIT Suitcases weren’t designed for wellness. Neither were cheap hotels, overnight buses, or beers-for-breakfast. B...
8. THE BACKPACK PSYCHIC: SHOULD I GO HOME?
This Issue’s Question:Should I go home? No.Stay. Things haven’t gotten strange enough yet. If you’re asking, you already know the answer.Home is waiting. It always is. That’s what makes it dangerou...
9. PLAYLIST: AIRPORTS WITH NO WIFI
Soundtrack for the In-Between For layovers too long, terminals too bright, bus stations too quiet. For the hours that don’t belong to anyone. For border crossings where time zones blur and ferry de...