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I’m in a state of deep appreciation, gratitude, receiving, and abundance.

I left Colombia 2 weeks ago. Since then, I’ve only spent money on one coffee, one cookie, and one dinner. That's really it for my life expenses. Nope - I didn't pay for transportation or accommodation either.

I get asked so often: "How do you do it? How do you pay for your lifestyle?" or "How can you afford to travel so much?"

I think that I've gotten better at trying to explain my life to people, but I still find it difficult to answer that every time, because I just don't get that question.

The truth is, I am very disconnected from the underlying concern that sources that question, so I just don't connect with that type of thinking and don't see where it's coming from. Personally, I don't equate traveling with something expensive, complicated or unattainable.

It's just...normal. It's just an ordinary part of life. I just book a flight, get on it, get off it, sleep somewhere, do a thing, enjoy life, move on with it, rinse, repeat. You see what I'm saying? From this perspective, there is not much to figure out; you just follow a sequence of steps which do look different every time, sure, but you just do it and that's it.

Maybe that sounds absurd to you and you think I am crazy — which I probably am, but hey, it's been working out really well for me — but let's see if we can make this relatable to you.

Let's take an example that you probably find "just normal" and "an ordinary part of life" which is not an ordinary part of life for me. Let's take driving.

I don't drive. I don't have a car. The idea of buying or renting and operating a car sounds so expensive and complicated and hustle-filled for me. Buying a car? Jeez, expensive. Renting a car for a few days on a trip? Jeez, expensive! Renting a garage? Expensive?? Figuring out parking when I go somewhere? That sounds like a headache, waste of time, and yet another expense on top of car purchase, gas and all the other things! Dealing with insurance and maintenance? I couldn't possibly want to waste my energy on trying to figure that out and waste more money on that. And then there is gas! And tolls! And cleaning! And then there is the risk of getting a ticket! And then there is driving itself! That sounds scary and effortful and possibly risky, too! I do have a licence but never used it and so forgot how to drive so I'd probably need to take some lessons first, which sounds like another expensive and time-consuming headache that I'd need to make happen and put into my calendar. You get me?

If you are like most people, you probably have a car. And if that is the case, you probably don't think much about either of the above. You just accept it as a part of life. You signed up for a certain type of life, it requires you to drive to places so you just do what you need to do and that's that. You agreed to be a car owner and all the other things just go along with it and so you accept them without making it a whole thing. So it's not even a thing for you. It's just part of life.

That's travel for me. Except better! Frankly, my travel is most likely cheaper than your car situation. For example, in this case, it was completely free!

So I left Colombia two weeks ago and on my way to Canada spent a week in the US fine dining, watching fireworks at Disney, biking around Minnesotan waterfalls and barbecuing with friends. I was picked up and dropped off at every airport in Florida, Minnesota, and Canada. I was well fed and treated to birthday dinners, steaks, coffees, delicious desserts, and home-made tacos. My US hosts insisted on giving me their bedrooms and in Canada, I have a two-storey house with 40 acres of beautiful birch trees all to myself!

Isn’t that crazy?!

You know what’s really crazy? I never even asked any of them for any of that!

Or actually...

Maybe I did, at some point?

At some point, I thought I’d like to live alone in the woods.

At some point, I got tired of traveling to foreign lands by myself with no one waiting for me there, let alone picking me up at the airport.

At some point, I decided I would invite abundance into my life.

At some point, I thought I deserved to be loved and appreciated by people to the point that they would do such things for me.

Always have I wanted to have friends everywhere in the world and feel at home, welcome, safe, and taken care of no matter where I land.

At various points in my life, I decided I’d live a great life of wealth, travel, joy, and soul-aligned friendships, and be treated like a queen.

When you declare such things for yourself, at some point, they come.

When you decide your worth, the world reflects it to you.

I feel so expanded, abundant, and taken care of and I am so grateful and appreciative for the amazing men I have in my life.

I am grateful for my friend D, who is always there to support me no matter what continent I am on and whose safe and grounding presence helps me shift my energy, often times from misery to joy and excitement, without fault. Thank you for sharing your abundance with me and, obviously, the never-ending pixie dust!

I am grateful for G, whom I haven't seen for more than 4 years (!!) and yet, he would always have a home for me, feed me delicacies, take me around, and entertain my loud personality, so different from his! Thank you for the rainbows!

I am forever grateful to J, who saw my potential, brought me here, trusts me more than I trust myself, supports me, encourages me, and makes sure I have everything I need and much more. Thank you for making this happen!

And then there was Z, a man whose name literally means "abundance", who recently came into my life and blessed me with, surprisingly, abundance. Thank you for sending me off with love (and food), for trusting in me, for receiving all of me, for all the ways you care for me and nourish me.

At some point, I decided I’d heal my relationship with the masculine and have deeply nourishing relationships with the most amazing men, be it friends, family members, romantic partners, dance partners, mentors, students or else.

At some point, life got pretty goddanm good.

At some point, it became very clear to me that it was my life’s purpose to live this way

And help others do the same.

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Ask and it is given.