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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Travel Makes the Unknown Feel Less Like a Threat—Here’s Why New Places Start Feeling Manageable
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Chicago’s Outer Neighborhoods Aren’t One Housing Market—These 3 Areas Show Why the Difference Matters
Chicago’s Outer Neighborhoods Still Offer Different Housing Math. That claim is more useful when it is treated as a reporting…











