04/10/2026
Hey everyone, I’ve been working on something that feels pretty special — and honestly, a little miraculous now!
Back in 1994 I was 22 years old, depressed, and lost after a su***de attempt. I dropped out of college and took off on a 100-day solo backpacking adventure across Europe, through 11 countries, with my camera and journal. That journey became the fuel that helped me find, love, and accept myself.
In 2024, I finally pulled out a storage box containing my negatives and my journal that had been sitting untouched in my parents’ basement, collecting dust, for nearly 30 years.
I spent a year going through it all, printing the pictures and writing my reflections, looking back as a 52-year-old man on how that trip changed everything for me.
Then, without warning, in July 2025, my parents’ house burned down to the ground. It was a complete and total loss. If I hadn’t moved that box to my home the year before, every single photo and story from that adventure would have been lost forever.
If I had waited even one more year to go through it… all of this would have been gone…Just thinking about it still hits hard… but I feel incredibly thankful, grateful, and fired up to share this story with the world!
The fact that I saved that box for 30 years, and then I saved it from the fire, blows my mind. I truly believe there’s a reason.
Now I’m sharing the whole story day-by-day — my 1994 journal entries, my reflections 30+ years later, the lessons I learned, and, most of all, those glorious film photographs I took along the way.
This is your chance to take a magical trip back in time without leaving the comfort of your home.
If you love real travel tales, old film photography, or uplifting stories about figuring yourself out when life feels heavy, come along on this trip with me. �
👉 Begin the journey here: https://toddrundstrom.com
