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I'm Gennean, a digital content creator and wandering wild heart who is passionate about travel, a good cup of tea, all things Harry Potter, and keeping it real.  You can find me writing all of the things over on my blog, hosting a little podcast called Wild Hearts, and capturing beautiful people and places from behind the lens of my camera.

 
 
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» Hi friends! I’ve been fairly quiet these last few months while I’ve been back in Europe, but nowhere more than here on instagram. Where it feels like (aka. society would say) I should be posting all of the things because I’m “living the Europe travel dream” — which, to be fair, I posted a lot while here last year — I just haven’t felt like it this time around. Last summer was all adventure (almost) all of the time. I saw, did, and learned so much gallivanting across Europe, and I wanted to share every bit of it with y’all. I’m so grateful for that incredible, life-changing experience, and I am so thankful that so many of you continue to reach out with your travel questions. Please never stop sliding into my DM’s, you guys. This trip though. It’s been beautiful in its own way, but very different. Instead of changing locations every few days, I’ve spent a week or more in every city I’ve visited. From Paris to Edinburgh to Annalong and more, I learned to live life in each place. And doing so in London for the last month has been really good for me. To have some routine and normalcy after almost 2 years of not having either has been the most unexpected joy, and is only getting me more excited to nest into my own space in Nashville in a few weeks! But the last 4 months have been full of the kind soul searching that feels appropriate for a woman on the verge of 30: I’ve asked more tough questions, discovered new and beautiful things about life and humanity, I’ve grown in some ways and faltered in others, I’ve found myself in uncomfortable but necessary mental and emotional spaces, I’ve worked to find good and beauty in each day. That has looked like less sharing on social media and I am 100% good with that. This time abroad been humbling, hard, and more fulfilling than I thought it would be, which I am beyond thankful to my Pops for. He continues to astound me with His (truly) boundless grace, and as I look forward to my last few days in London, I want to remember to be present and continue to look for His movement… because I’ve found that when I seek, I really do find. [more in comments]
» Wow for real all I can say is y'all the best. Thanks for "sharing the good" with me on a day when I needed the reminder that there is always, always good to be found (see stories). Now here is some of my good today: Y'all 🙈 This glass of rose 🍷 A new book getting me pumped to live on my own BLESS UP FAM 🏡 A perfect summer night in London 🇬🇧 Finding peace in Jesus 🙌🏼 Friends who are basically my family texting photos of their newborn baby who I'm already obsessed with 💕 My new favorite enneagram 4 account @the_romantic_individualist 😂 And the giant bowl of chicken tikka masala I just finished off 🥘 — Finding and sharing the good really isn't that hard if / when we just remember to look for it, am I right? And now I'm reminded of one of my favorite Dumbledore-isms, which seems a proper way to end this post: ⚡️ Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light✨
» Daaang y'all. So I've somehow been blogging for 10 years now — I know, I can't believe it either — and if there's one glaring truth about blogging it might be this: the landscape of the online writing world has changed drastically over the last decade. And with that, so have some of my opinions, writing choices, and even my faith. Today I'm sharing more on my blog about my history with blogging, why I've been so quiet lately, and some of the reasons I'm excited for the next chapter of life! 🙈 ⌯ Yo but like I’m real excited about this one, so ch ch check it out — link in profile!✨
» What has uprooting my life by choosing to travel for two years taught me? A lot of things, for sure, but one of the biggest is this: keep doing the things that set your soul on fire, and don’t sweat the small stuff or the opinions of others. Because things will go wrong, the path will change, and people might not get it. There will always be naysayers and opinion makers and things that fall apart right in front of your eyes. But when you’re about the things that simultaneously light you up and scare you a bit — what I like to call the “sweet spot” where you know God has to come through — you’re probably / maybe / precisely right where you’re supposed to be. And if you feel like you don’t know who you are, what you’re passionate about, or what you were created for, dig deeper. Get out of your comfort zones, spend time alone, read, write, travel, paint, dance… whatever it takes, do things big and small that challenge you outside of your norm. In this and with time, you WILL figure out those things — who you are and what you love — and once you do, keep doing them. The world needs it, and you. And then always aim to be kinder and love bigger in the process ✨
» A few things I'm learning lately — Platforms are fine when used for good and the edification of others, but don't chase a platform lest you find yourself always wanting more, bigger, better, etc. Bitterness is a waste of time, emotions, energy, and life. Wish others well and move forward with your fine ass self. A big, loud life can be beautiful and full of adventure. Same goes for a small, quiet life. Both are beautiful in their own ways, and neither is better than the other. When in doubt, go higher — be kinder to others and to yourself. ✨
» To a Child Dancing in the Wind — Dance there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water's roar? And tumble out your hair That the salt drops have wet; Being young you have not known The fool's triumph, nor yet Love lost as soon as won, Nor the best labourer dead And all the sheaves to bind. What need have you to dread The monstrous crying of wind? — W.B. Yeats I've not been one to connect much with poetry, but I came across this one recently and couldn't help but resonate with every line. In a world filled with more than enough reason to become hard and callous, I want to be like that child dancing upon the shore — not because I'm oblivious to the things happening around me, but because I am far too busy focusing my gaze on something so much greater 🌊