Bucket list travel by Claire Leroux

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Dream it. Book it. Go.

I'm 29, and my bucket list has more checkmarks than it has blanks. This blog is proof that you don't have to wait — for more money, more time, the right moment, or someone to go with. The world is not going to slow down for you. So I stopped slowing down for it.

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32+Countries visited
50+Bucket list items ✓
29Years old & counting
48 Hours in Hawaii: Beyond the Tourist Trail
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Stop
waiting.
Start going.

Hi, I'm Claire — I'm 29, and I've already hiked a Hawaiian volcano, watched the sun set over the Pacific from a cliff in Alaska, and dragged a cat up a Colorado trail. None of it happened because the timing was perfect. It happened because I decided it would. This blog exists for one reason: to convince you that your bucket list isn't something you get to eventually — it's something you start right now. The trips, the costs, the chaos, the lessons — all of it, honest and unfiltered. Your move.

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48 Hours in Hawaii: Beyond the Tourist Trail

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48 Hours in Hawaii: Beyond the Tourist Trail

From the Koko Head stairs to hidden beaches on the North Shore — the real Hawaii that doesn't make the brochures.

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Every month I share a destination deep-dive, an honest cost breakdown, and one thing that reminded me why I never stopped going. For people who are done waiting for "someday."