Andie Cogliani

I want to be the woman with cashmere sweaters and matching underwear, but I don’t want to be the woman who worries about about how much of her monthly salary she has left, who spends hours and hours wasting, scrolling through her 50+ open tabs trying to find that one thing that will elevate her life even for a little while.

Community doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not something you stumble into like a perfectly timed run in. It’s built—slowly, awkwardly, and with intention.

Looking at women gave me ideas about how I wanted to be perceived.

“The mass tourism model was designed to benefit travelers first, not the hosts. But tourism only succeeds when value is shared.”

journal at first to release, not to create, not to perform. through the honest outpouring of everything that hasn’t been said, creation and alchemy will occur. its a bit magical, you will see.

Nothing calls without reason. It’s probably where you’re meant to be. When a place pulls at you, it’s not by accident, it’s your intuition guiding you home, even if just for a season.

The relationship between a tourist and a host can and should be a two-way exchange of culture, values, ideas and meaningful connection—not one of disdain.