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Low battery, high hills: On Trusting Yourself Enough to get ‘Lost’ While Finding Your Footing

The first dispatch from the ground. I’m here. And I’m already getting lost.

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Samantha Gholar
May 25, 2026
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I want to tell you about the moment I stopped being a visitor.

It didn’t happen at the airport. It didn’t happen when I dropped my bags at my place or when I had my first coffee looking out over the city. It happened at 8:47pm on a hill in Lisbon with a dead phone, the sun going down, and absolutely no idea how to get home.

This is the first Field Note from Lisbon.

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