While I was on a semester abroad in Singapore, I wanted a way to enable my friends to keep up with my travels without having to constantly call and text them individually. Out of this, Tank Travels was born. I started writing weekly blog posts about my time in Asia, embedding pictures and GIFs to make it more engaging. What started as simply a way to keep my friends updated on my travels turned into an accountability mechanism for me to make the most of my time abroad. It seemed as though every week I was doing something interesting just so I could have something to write about. I also wanted to make sure that I was reflecting on my experiences and learning from them and I found that writing about my experiences helped me to internalize them and learn from them in a way that I would not have otherwise.