Barbie's career as a kindergarten teacher feels a bajillion light years away. Exchanging sharpening pencils for shaking-up cocktails, Barbie begins her new gig as a hostel bartender. Imaginary besties come to life at Echo, a matured version of Neverland. At the strangely familiar hostel, strangers from around the world instantaneously turn into friends. Although her latest job doesn't come with a paycheck, it does include all you can drink booze. 

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I Woke Up Like This– Chapter 3: Echo

Life in paradise gets dreamy. Catching an out of this world view, Barbie floats away with the clouds. Imagining out loud, she reflects on the experiences having led her here. From college debt to ex-boyfriends to keeping up with Kardashians, Barbie reviews the events having catalyzed her quarter-life crisis. Comparing the homes of her past with the home of her present, Barbie doubts her decision to leap into the unknown, pondering– What do we become once removed from our roots?

I Woke Up Like This– Chapter 2: Imagining Out Loud

Barbie's fresh reality comes in a much more vibrant technicolor than the one she previously knew. Riding through the rolling hills of Koh Phangan, she is as free as the breeze... that is... until catastrophe strikes... again. Panic-stricken in paradise, Barbie learns island life might not be as chill as she'd imagined. A new home comes with new problems. Learning to navigate these challenges turns out to be as tricky as taking control from the back of a motorbike. 

I Woke Up Like This– Chapter 1: A Koh Phangan Kiss

Overwhelmed with anxiety by her failed attempt at adulting, Barbie decides she just can't even with reality and purchases a one-way ticket to Thailand.Taking a leap of faith across the Prime Meridian with far too much luggage and the plan of not having a plan, Barbie commences her nomadic adventure with the intent of catching her dream of being a real-life writer. Real-life... whatever that is... Abandoning Trump's America, Barbie finds herself on an island that worships the moon. Following the moon's guidance, she embraces her new path as a lunatic.Learning to turn nothing into something beneath invisible moonlight, her new beginning is powered by faith in the yet to be seen. 

I Woke Up Like This– Chapter 0: New

The moon is a mirror, encouraging us to reflect and grow by shining bright.Welcome to the first installment of the serialized epic, I Woke Up Like This– the not so basic B's guide to navigating spiritual awakening and backpacking southeast Asia. More of a reader than a listener? Visit www.barbieunboxed.com for a free digital download of Part One: New. Sign up for my mailing list for early access to Part Two: Waxing Crescent.

I Woke Up Like This– Intro

"I Woke Up Like This" is a quirky guide for navigating spiritual awakening and backpacking southeast Asia. The party girl's version of "Eat, Pray, Love," Virgo's real-life odyssey intertwines SE Asian history and mythology with personal experience to tell a tale that is equal parts entertaining and enlightening. The addictive adventure uncovers the curious paradox of spiritual awakening; for only through the realization of dreams, can one become fully #WOKE.

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