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This book is an introduction to mindfulness and Buddhism from a student in her early 20's traveling in Thailand and America. It explains the basics of Buddhism and the stories of my experiences while beginning to study it. I draw connections between myself and the world at large through experiences abroad as well as through some of my struggles while on the varsity rowing team at UMass Lowell, running a marathon in Vermont, hiking the Appalachian Trail from West Virginia to Gettysburg for a week, and hitch-hiking in California.