Shelley Seale [https://www.shelleyseale.com] is an Austin-based freelancejournalist who writes about lifestyle, travel, health, education, business andnonprofit issues. She has written for National Geographic, USA Today, AndrewHarper Traveler magazine, Yahoo, CNN, the Austin Business Journal, Austin Womanand many others. Besides writing, she's into vagabonding the world, yoga, indiemovies, farmers markets and a nice glass of wine. She has been zip lining inThailand, volcano climbing in Chile, and was once robbed by a monkey in India.Her favorite quote is by Helen Keller: "Life is a daring adventure, or nothingat all."