What Do You Live for?

“What do you do for living that allows you to travel?”

I don’t get the “what do you do for living” part. There’s nothing I need to DO to live. I was born to live, I’m always living.

I don’t get the “allow you to travel” part either. I’m not going to wait on some job to allow me to travel. I choose to travel and so I travel. And life arranges itself.

There’s no one “right” way to do it. There’s just a way, and it reveals itself to me bit by bit, just in time for the next step. I don’t know where and how it’s going to twist further down. But I’ve learned to trust that I will know what the next step is when I need to, that I will always be safe and taken care of.

TRUST and keep going. When it’s scary and you don’t know where you’re going next, if you have enough money etc etc - just TRUST and take the next step. It always sorts itself out.

Alishan, Taiwan — Sunrise at Mt. Alishan

As for the financial practicalities that everyone is so curious about: I was never rich, quite the opposite. When I a was penniless student, I lived off scholarships. I babysitted. I found cheap accommodation. I went on sponsored youth exchanges and conferences. I saved on daily life. I couchsurfed, took the cheapest flights, slept on buses. I spent time in foreign countries as an au-pair and worked part-time jobs in dream destinations. Travel was non-negotiatble and so it was always a part of my life. I learned that as long as I trusted, everything was possible and things would arrange themselves in miraculous ways.

The more I travel, the more I trust, the more miraculous it gets. During the pandemic, I didn’t pay rent for 1.5 years while living in 4 countries as a nomad. While my stuff is still stuck in China, people gave me clothes and household items every time I moved - I barely bought anything in 2 years!

The point is: it’s NEVER about the money, never about the HOW. It’s always about whether you dare to say yes to your calling and live the life you dream of.