The Day They Sent the Email — and Why I Started Writing
Six months into burnout recovery, my company sent an email that shattered everything. This is the day that broke me — and why I started writing.
Her Travel Memories
Somewhere between burnout and healing,
I started collecting moments that felt like life again.
A personal diary of burnout, healing, rebuilding, photography, solo travel, and learning how to create a softer life.
Welcome to Her Travel Memories
Hi, I’m Liz.
This blog has a travel name and a burnout story. But that’s not a contradiction — it’s the whole point.
Here, you’ll find two rooms.
One holds the breakdown — burnout, healing, and rebuilding softly — welcome to Her Soft Moments.
The other holds the memories — travel, photography, quiet places, and the gentle return to life — welcome to Her Travel Memories.
You can start in either room.Enter the healing journal 👇
Enter the photographic journal 👇
I created Her Travel Memories during one of the hardest years of my life, after corporate burnout left me completely disconnected from myself.
At the time, the name came from a photography account I made when my only plan was to pack everything up and disappear for a while. I wasn’t ready to do that yet. But I needed the dream of it.More than anything, I needed a place to put everything I was carrying. So I started writing.
And what came out wasn’t really travel at first. It was the breakdown, the slow recovery, the grief of losing myself, and eventually, the quiet process of rebuilding a life that actually feels like mine.Along the way, there were also places. Trains. Coffee shops. Cities. Small moments that made me feel alive again, even briefly.
That’s how the two worlds slowly came together.
This isn’t a polished healing journey.
It’s a real one.
The day it all collapsed — and what came next 👇
If you want to dive deeper into how the name and the story connect read this 👇
Start Here – The Whole Story
Welcome – whether you found me through travel or through burnout, you’re in the right place. Her Travel Memories is one blog. But it has two entry points, because my story has two chapters that haven’t fully met yet. Chapter 1 : The Escape Plan : I burned out.And in a panic, I created an…
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- What Burnout Felt Like – Part 2 : The Illusion
- What Burnout Felt Like – Part 3 : The Descent
- What Burnout Felt Like – Part 4 : The Collapse
- My Burnout Story : The Moment I Broke Down at Work
- Burnout Recovery Part 1 : The Diagnosis That Changed Everything
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