Kaylee Pofahl

Don’t pack hard boiled eggs for lunch, reciprocate any smiles or good mornings you get in the hallway, hold in all farts and burps in the elevator—there are plenty of corporate cultural norms that become learned from working in a company office.

Have you ever been invited to do something that you’re really excited about and highly skeptical of at the same time?

I looked noticeably bigger. It wasn’t an insignificant size difference, either. Did I manage to gain 15 pounds during my 26-hour trip home? Were the mirrors in the States different from the mirrors in Australia and Vietnam? I didn’t understand what was happening. Sure, I wasn’t on a regimented diet or exercise plan during my travels but if I wasn’t spending part of the day hiking or trekking around with a 50 pound bag on my back, I was going for a run to get my daily exercise in. And yes, I wa