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I’m Lani, an avid reader, humor writer + memoirist, currently living in her mom’s home country, Thailand.

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No Girl is an Island

I have a newsletter! ✍🏽 Once a month, I share a short anecdote along with articles, videos, art, recipes, etc. that I’ve found, which I hope helps us…

✍🏼 Elsewhere

Despite writing since I was 13, I was late to blog, and later still to publish elsewhere. But I hope you find some humor and heart…

πŸ“š Book

β€œWe don’t really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something has failed to go as we hoped. Though…

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I’m Lani

Welcome to Life, the Universe, and Lani. I’ve been blogging about my experiences living abroad since 2009.

At this point, this site serves as an archive as I’m mostly active at No Girl is an Island πŸ‘‰https://lanivcox.substack.com/ 🏝️where I have been both newslettering and continuing to craft personal essays on finding freedom in the fringes.

Thanks for stopping by, have a look around, and hope to see you over at No Girl is an Island.