Hello! My name is Anna. I grew up in Missouri, spending countless hours exploring the state and national parks with my parents and siblings.

Exploring and preparing for being outdoors has always come second nature to me. From building forts alongside the creek or in the woods to “hunting” for snakes/lizards/bugs, fishing and hunting, I have always craved that escape from reality.

However, as I got older, I felt like I wasn’t spending as much time exploring and creating adventures for myself, family and friends. In 2024, I decided to hunker down and start building out my bucket list and what I found was that what was second nature to me as a kid, seemed a bit foreign and that created a lot of anxiety. So much so that I found myself avoiding trips or being spontaneous because of the unknowns.

Recognizing that this was not the life I wanted to live, I started focusing on the things that gave me pause: were there going to be a lot of people, how would I deal with a possible bee sting or snake bite, what should I do if a thunderstorm rolled up on me while kayaking, how could I travel economically, and what if I find myself absolutely exhausted and stranded far from help? All of these questions, and countless others, kept me from doing what I used to love.

For all these reasons, I wanted to share how I have been able to gain control and happiness back into my life with others that deal with those same anxieties. I hope this website and the supplementary vlogs can help connect you to a new passion in your life as it has reinvigorated an old one in mine!