We don’t look at someone like Serena Williams, the tennis legend, and wonder why she can’t play basketball very well. It would be absurd for her to think to herself, “I’m a terrible basketball player. I suck at long distance running.” Of course! She’s meant to be a tennis player and and she’s a world class at it.

I feel nervous. And not the kind of nervous that has a tinge of excitement, but the kind that is pushing at my seams, daring me to be overwhelmed.

Here my favourite and most accessible ways to travel the world for free. While there are tons of other ways to travel, let’s talk about the easiest ways, that anyone could do!

I love solo travel.

I started traveling on my own when I was twenty. I went to Italy to teach English for seven weeks. It was the first time that I met other 20-somethings who believed in having a meaningful and adventureous alive. There was something alive about this people. I wanted more and kept pursuing more.

In this video, I share how I changed my life and made it something I enjoy, without quitting my job. 2018 was my first year working at a “normal job”, setting into the routine that is common for people living in cities: work, commute, gym. But by the start of this year, I knew that I wanted something different. I wanted to get back into creating content for these channels.

I smile in wonder at myself. How am I even doing this? How I get to this? I ask myself. Just a few months ago, I had no motivation to do anything other than go to work and go to the gym a few times a week. Now, this is my first time at the gym in months because I decided “the fitness classes weren’t hard enough.”

I knew that I wouldn’t be able to change the fact that 5 days a week, I needed to spend several hours a day doing work for my jobs. This doesn’t mean I can’t create art on top of my jobs.

I’ve been making peace with the city. We’ve had a complicated relationship.

First up, a little back story: 

I'm excited for what the future holds now that I can see our world and my life from a whole new perspective.

I never thought I would say this: I love having a job. 

Two summers ago, things were just gathering momentum when my whole world came crashing down and I had to rebuild my life.

I had to wait for the dust to settle from my “spiritual overhaul”, excavate the mess I found in soul and hope that my feet will land in this reality again.

When I landed back in Toronto in August 2017, I knew that I was supposed to be here. But I didn’t want to be. I came back out of a sense of obligation. Obedience.