Walking Around the Blog

An automation engineer who traded spreadsheets for backroads — exploring weird places, wrangling 3 dogs, and figuring out fitness one adventure at a time.

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About Sarah

LIFE OF SARAH

What I Write About

Walking Around the Blog is a lifestyle brand built at the intersection of analytical thinking and adventurous living. The voice behind it is a seasoned Automation Engineer and Business Operations professional with 12+ years of real-world experience — who also happens to love offbeat road trips, traveling with three dogs, and pushing personal boundaries through fitness and food.

This isn’t a polished, aspirational travel blog. It’s an honest, systems-minded take on building a fuller life — one adventure at a time.

Offbeat Adventure & Travel

I absolutely LOVE unusual destinations, hidden gems, quirky roadside attractions, and the kind of trips most people never think to plan.

Here, every post is filtered through an engineer’s eye — how to find it, plan it, and make the most of it.

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Dog-Friendly Adventure

Life with three female 3 dogs doesn’t pause for travel — it adapts.

Find trail guides, road trip logistics, gear reviews, and real talk about what it actually takes to adventure with a pack. A built-in community of passionate, loyal readers lives here.

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Fitness & Personal Growth

An honest, in-progress fitness journey from someone starting later and tracking it like a project.

Here there is no perfection, no before-and-after drama — just real data, real effort, and real setbacks shared openly, even if it hurts.

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The Picky Eater’s Food Adventure

Being a picky eater is hard, but trying new foods on the road as a self-proclaimed picky eater takes it to a whole new level.

Find honest reactions, surprising wins, and the occasional disaster. This is where travel becomes the push to expand beyond the comfort zone.

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Life Engineering & Systems

Engineering meets life’s daily curveballs.

How an engineer’s brain approaches everyday life — trip-planning spreadsheets, packing systems, fitness-tracking methods, automation tools. Content that makes readers think: ‘I never would have thought of it that way.

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Get Inspired By My Journey And Story

I’m an introvert who can count my closest friends on one hand, and honestly, that’s how I like it. By day I’m an Automation Engineer, Business Operations lead, and First Article Inspection Quality nerd — which basically means I solve problems, build systems, and ask “why?” more than most people appreciate.

My path here wasn’t simple. Parts of my childhood were taken from me by people who should have protected me. I’ve made peace with it — forgiveness came easier than forgetting — but it shaped how I trust and how I move through the world. Even so, I grew into a young adult who could enjoy life, thanks largely to a mom who pushed me toward a future that didn’t fit the statistics.

Journey Toward Peace

When COVID hit, I went from office life to working at home overnight. I was at my heaviest weight, anxious, and stuck in a loop that didn’t feel like living. So I started small — engineer‑small. One goal: walk more.

Local parks turned into state‑park trails. One mile became two. Weekends became four‑mile resets. I tracked everything because that’s how my brain works, and somewhere between the steps and the spreadsheets, I started to heal. My body changed, but so did my mindset. Walking became the place where I processed the chaos and found my confidence again.

Journey Toward Answers

Maybe you’re trying to find yourself again.

Maybe you’re frustrated with diets that promise everything and deliver nothing.

Maybe you’re carrying emotional weight that feels heavier than the physical kind.

Whatever brought you here, you’re not alone. This blog exists because I needed a place to rebuild — to create systems that help me live better, think clearer, and move forward even when life throws curveballs. If my journey helps you on yours, then this space is doing exactly what it was meant to do.

Progress starts with one step. And if we can make the journey fun, even better.

Let’s walk.

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