Is It Safe to Travel Alone as a Black Woman?
Traveling Alone as a Black Woman Taught Me How to Choose Myself Again Everytime i told folks that i took a solo trip, drove serveral hours by myself, and went to 4 different cities in Arizona, people were either shocked or scared for me lol. but there was a point during in my life where I just stopped caring and start doing without any announments. And while i was there, I realized I finally didnt have to do anything for anybody. I wasn’t working. I wasn’t answering questions. I wasn’t coordinating someone else’s schedule. I wasn’t taking care of anyone. I wasn’t trying to make sure everybody around me was okay. I was just...there. Driving through Arizona with the music playing. Watching the sunrise. Sitting down to eat by myself. Journaling. Pulling over when I saw something beautiful. Changing my plans because I felt like it. And somewhere in the middle of all that quiet, I realized how unfamiliar it had become to simply exist without constantly producing. As Black...
