Destiny Lalane

Deciding to book a ticket to a new destination can be liberating. It can also be daunting. When I left NYC to travel, I stopped in dozens of cities and states along the way until I finally settled temporarily in Los Angeles. Living in the moment can …

When I originally landed my first salaried job back in 2014, I was beyond thrilled. For the first time in my life, I had a stable income guaranteed to come my way, so long as I continued to do my work. Being that I was commuting from Long Island to N…

After a spontaneous road trip to Boston in May of last year, I gathered the courage to up and leave my secure job in NYC to travel. (Save the “not another one” and eye rolls for later, team.) In that very moment, I had no back-up plan, no pending app…

It was a typical Saturday afternoon, May 9, 2015 to be exact. I was hungover as shit FaceTiming a guy I had literally picked up on the streets of Manhattan a month prior. He lived back in Massachusetts and briefly mentioned that he would be in Boston…

Completely on a whim, I decided to book a one-way Megabus ticket from New York City straight to Boston. Seeing that I've always lived in a city, I had never taken one before. My ticket was $20 and would prove to be the most influential experience I h…

I've been on close to 250 Tinder dates since originally downloading the app back in January 2013. I consider myself to be a pioneer, of sorts. This fact is typically followed up with grunts of frustration or questions from peers about how horrible th…

When I was first new to the workforce, I dreaded talking about money. I was nervous and desperate. Who was I to negotiate a salary, let alone turn one down? Negotiating a salary can sound scary, especially when it's your first time. But, it doesn't h…

I’ll never forget the first time I tried smoking marijuana. It was the summer before my sophomore year of high school. I had a pretty unorganized date with a local stoner boy, and my two best friends thought it would be smart for me to smoke weed bef…

The story of how I gave up alcohol and fell in love with marijuana is quite a journey, actually. Growing up on Long Island, paired with living and working in New York City, I’ve seen plenty of people taken down by their vices. My substance of choice …

Going into college, I never thought of myself to be a long-distance relationship kind of girl. To be quite honest, I was always a little confused by the women who chose to hold on so dearly to "the one" back home, when there were hundreds of other gu…