Meet the Manic Wanderer

Welcome to my world of organized chaos

Well, hi there! I'm Jillian - traveler, fangirl of every nerdy thing you can imagine (seriously, it's ridiculous,) bookworm, hiker, animal lover, part-time writer, and full-time mentally ill couch potato. A New Yorker, living the nightmare, I mean dream, as a burnt-out millennial. In other words, I'm a chaotic mess.

Travel and mental illness consume a great deal of my life. I’ve been diagnosed with Bipolar 2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Clinical Depression. For any decision I make in life, I have to consider my mental health. That includes where and how I’ll travel, and as someone who travels as often as my job and wallet allows, I create hyper-detailed itineraries with every particular aspect of a trip accounted for. Creating these travel lists and itineraries sparked a passion in me, fulfilling me in a way I never imagined.