Who is The Jet-Lagged Housewife?

I’m Bri Kennedy. A fan of reality tv and a new traveler. For quite a while I’ve had this idea of bridging these two passions, but to be honest I was afraid. One there’s a pandemic raging on and two, I wasn’t sure where to start. So after some thinking and a few conversations with my trusted friends, I decided to go out on a limb and just do it!

Through my travels, I hope to do two things:

1. Have a great time traveling with the people I love.

2. Unravel some of the mystery behind “luxury.”

The first is paramount. 

While planning to take these trips and really getting to “WHY?” I realized two things had been holding me back from experiencing these types of trips, my fear of flying and my (mis)understanding of luxury.

Travel for me, especially by plane, was a no-go until my freshman year in college. I took a very quick flight, by myself, from Durham, NC to Washington, DC. Oh, the nerves! being alone on the flight was one thing, but also having to navigate a post 9/11 airport all by myself, made it a nightmare. I made it to my destination safely, but I was still very afraid of flying. On September 11, 2001, I was a 6th grader in Savannah, Ga. I vividly remember another math teacher running into our class, almost at the beginning of the block, and announced “They’ve bombed the Twin Towers” I had no idea what that was or its importance, but I do know it’s not good for things to get bombed. My then 6th grade Math teacher turned on NBC where a certain anchor who shan’t be named said those dreadful words “There goes the second plane.” At that time I had no idea just how our world would change, but I did know that getting on a plane wasn’t for me.

Fast forward a few plane rides and I’m now much more comfortable flying. I have all of these places I want to visit and my fear of flying has begun to subside, thank you therapy! Now the question is, what kind of trips do I want to go on. I’ve always dreamt of living a life of ease. One filled with leisure, really nice things, and my beautiful family. The only hang-up was that my understanding of luxury was something that could only come from having a ridiculous amount of money, specifically marrying into a ridiculous amount of money. That’s not my reality and was something that made me dream smaller about the places I’d visit. No more! With the creation of The Jet-Lagged Housewife, I’m living out my dreams.

I often worried about how people would remember me once I’ve died, now I’m working on creating memories so I’ll never have to wonder.