Favorites Archives - The Unconventional Route

How to Choose a Backpack You’ll Love in 7 Steps or Less

The lessons I learned on how to overcome option overwhelm and choose a backpack you will be happy with for years to come.

The first-annual Unrutty awards celebrate the best and worst from 2021. Maybe you might want to do your own awards, too?

The golden few personal development blogs that have successfully inspired me to take action and made my life better.

Books that change your thinking are sledgehammers that tear down old beliefs and help you build new ones. Here are 15 that did so for me.

Of all the objects we own, these are our select few favorite things we’d immediately buy again without a second thought.

Why the Outlier New Way shorts are overhyped, why they’re imperfect, and why they’re awesome: an honest, unbaised review.

Travel essentials for women like me who want to be able to look good for any occasion, be comfortable on others, and not overpack.

A balanced take on merino wool’s benefits and disadvantages so you can decide whether or not to get some merino clothes for yourself.