Where To Next

03/02/2025

There is space for everyone to grow, be brave enough to claim yours. 🌱⛰️☁️

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08/01/2025

The start of a year is an opportunity to pause and set intentions. Reflect on these prompts and deepen the conversation by joining us on Mindful Start on Feb 8 for a creative journaling workshop with .

Each ticket comes with lunch, a Starting Point journal and stickers. This is an introvert-friendly event with limited slots.

Register your interest at bit.ly/mindful-start 🌼 The early bird rate is until Jan 17 and we’re accepting registration until Jan 31.

05/01/2025

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a purposeful start to 2025? ✨📔📝🌊

Join us in San Juan, La Union on February 8 for a creative journaling workshop with . Each ticket comes with lunch, a Starting Point journal and stickers. This is an introvert-friendly event with limited slots.

Register your interest at bit.ly/mindful-start 🌼

03/12/2024

Some snaps from our last community picnic with 🧺☀️

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24/10/2024

The Rain

The rain makes me think of the future. Like a quiet alarm, without a sound, it brings me back to my desk—a Tanguile desk I started making for my sister back when she needed it. By the time I finished, she didn’t need it anymore. The rain had kept me from finishing it sooner.

Now, the desk sits in the room I moved back into, while I help put my sister through her final year of college. The rain still makes me think of the future. “What kind of world will she live in?” I wonder. Will she find a job she loves? Will she be able to live comfortably? Will she be able to buy a house? Thankfully, we still live in the house our dad worked hard for—a parting gift before he passed.

The rain makes me think of the future. How long until the next storm arrives? How long before I can save enough to give our slowly decaying home its long-overdue repairs? How long before I need to start thinking about paying for something else? In some ways, the future seems distant, yet most of the time—overwhelming.

Still, I wonder about the future. What will it feel like to have the whole house fixed? Back to its former glory. I wonder when the future might feel as good as the past, a time that used to be much simpler.

Tonight, in the present, that same rain drips on that same desk. Two leaks, and a few more around house, have drenched my favorite notebook, along with a few other things. But that’s okay. We’ve let go of more difficult things, and repairs will begin soon.

Photo and musings by .te

24/10/2024

Join our last gathering for 2024 ✨🌻 Connect with yourself and others as we exchange meaningful conversations in nature.

The main activity is “seasons of life,” a guided reflection on our seasons through artistic expression. No art or writing experience is required. 🎨

Each ticket comes with a Starting Point journal and vinyl stickers. This is an introvert friendly event with limited slots. Secure yours at bit.ly/nov24_picnic.

For questions, send us a dm or an email at [email protected]. 💌

20/10/2024

After an intentional pause and publishing our last planner, listen to a catch-up between & .art as we reflect on our favorite moments from WTN and ask ourselves where to now?

Listen to Life Stories by Where To Next podcast on Spotify ✨🎧

https://open.spotify.com/show/2Mgi0ru2Tw5W9Tk3O7Wvml?si=ZyhUBgxhTmm84RsTPyRCkg

09/05/2024

Going on this mission was the farthest I’ve been away from my 2-year-old daughter, so my attention was drawn to the mothers and children of the community.

Seeing all the women here made me think about their hygiene routines during menstruation and pregnancy. What are home births like without access to clean water? How do they change their babies’ diapers, and how do breastfeeding mothers stay hydrated?

These questions highlight how important it is for communities like this to have clean water access. It’s a reminder of the daily challenges faced by those who lack this basic necessity.

Thank you for implementing clean water solutions in remote communities, and thank you to Hike Society for making this trip possible. 🥾💧✨

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Words by .art

19/02/2024

Some chapters need to end to make space for new stories to begin.

Our planner project started with two friends, a photocopying machine, and a handful of people who believed in a dream. We still pinch ourselves when we remember how far we’ve come since that year and how those connections remain with us today, a decade later.

It’s true when they say you know when you’re onto something; you can feel it in your body as your heart starts beating fast, your mind is restless, and you can’t help but be excited. This was how we felt every time a new planner arrived at our doorstep. And at the same time, you will also feel it in your gut when it’s time to move on. When the grind feels heavier, you start to wonder what else is out there.

Instead of resisting change, we choose to embrace it. Thank you to everyone who believed in the dream, who brought our planners to places we’ve never been, and who chose to share slivers of their lives with us on its pages and in person. We are so grateful, and we hope we can continue this adventure together. ✨

Photos by Zelda Carreon

29/01/2024

Simply put, Ayen says, "For the next chapter, we've decided that rather than ignore na we're at the end, we might as well embrace it. And 10 is a good number." ✨

Meet the former orgmates behind Where To Next.

27/01/2024

It feels good to gather again 🤎 We’re grateful to every person who chose to spend time with us last weekend, who brought food from their hometown & art materials, and lastly, for sharing your hopes and visions for the year ahead… cheers to more picnics in public spaces & more days where we choose courage over fear 🌻

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05/01/2024

Missing the magic of meeting like-minded people and spending time in the outdoors? Join us for our first-ever community picnic! 🧺⛺

Register via bit.ly/community-picnic

Meaningfully connect with yourself and others as we exchange soulful conversations and set an intention for the new year through a fun 2024 vision board exercise led by .

Bring your own art materials and share them with the community. This event is introvert-friendly, with limited slots only. See you soon! 🤎🌻

22/12/2023

The last time my friends and I were here was four years ago. So much has changed in our lives since then. Some of us moved countries, switched careers, and others got married and started to build a family. It’s amazing how we’ve all grown older and yet the mountains remained to be the same — wild and beautiful. Coming back here felt like traveling in time. I’m glad we got to stay in this piece of heaven for a bit. ⛰️⛅️

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08/12/2023

is now available at UP Town Center and 📔

27/11/2023

WTN Planner through the years ✨ Which one is your favorite?

For our anniversary this year, our journals will be on sale at shopee.ph/wheretonextph until Nov. 30 📔

26/11/2023

It’s our 9th birthday today! 🎂

Thank you for allowing us to hold space for your stories. ✨

To celebrate, our journals will be on sale at shopee.ph/wheretonextph until Nov. 30 📔

21/11/2023

I am now 62 years old. One of the perks of growing older is that I get to watch movies for free, and I’m already in the been there, done that stage. But I'd like to think that I am also at the point where there is still so much to see and do phase. ☀️

Words by Ding Halili inside the pages of ✍🏽

18/11/2023

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World ✨
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