Live a Modern Fairy Tale Romance
WRITTEN BY MEGAN CLAIRE of MAPPING MEGAN Living on opposite sides of the globe, they met in Tanzania at the base of Mt Kilimanjaro. Their second date was in Edinburgh. […]
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Shape Your Life to Shape Your Body
CONTRIBUTED BY RONI NOONE OF SKINNYMINNYMEDIA When her weight hit 200lbs, Roni finally had enough. She vowed to stop feeling sorry for herself, to stop her lifetime of yo-yo dieting, and to […]
Perfect the Art of International Bargaining
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI OF RETIRE EARLY LIFESTYLE Frustrated or confused about how to bargain in foreign countries? Akaisha has been bargaining her way around the world for almost three […]
Move to Spain – Our Family Dream Come True
CONTRIBUTED BY HEIDI AND ALAN WAGONER OF WAGONERS ABROAD Do you dream of living right on the Mediterranean? Of strolling along the beach every day? Of becoming fluent in Spanish? […]
Six Years as a Nomadic Photographer
INTERVIEW WITH GARY ARNDT OF EVERYTHING-EVERYWHERE Gary considered doing his PhD. Then he changed his mind. Instead, he sold his house in 2007 to travel the world. He started out […]
How to Cross Paths with Opportunity
INTERVIEW WITH KIM DINAN OF SO MANY PLACES Kim knows something important: that opportunity finds you when you put yourself out there. It likes to sweep in and rescue you when you have […]
Break Out of your Mind’s Prison
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Our mind has the power to lock us inside a mental or emotional prison that can very quickly keep us from living the life we WANT. […]
Around the World in 14 Months: Our Extended Honeymoon
INTERVIEW WITH MIKE AND TARA SHUBBUCK of TwoTravelaholics.com Why honeymoon for just a couple of weeks when you can do it for 14 months and see many of the places […]
Canadian Homestay Changes my Life
CONTRIBUTED BY ANONYMOUS Have you ever been so committed to something that you’d dedicate your childhood to creating the foundation that may one day make it possible? That’s exactly what […]
Earn a Living by Pursuing your Bucket List
CONTRIBUTED BY LESLEY CARTER of Bucket List Publications How would you like to earn a living by pursuing your Bucket List? That’s what Lesley Carter of Bucket List Publications decided […]
Perform Global Random Acts of Kindness
CONTRIBUTED BY EXPLORAMUM & EXPLORASON This inspiring Australian mom and son duo are travelling the world, helping the needy as they go. Aged 51, Exploramum decided that NOW is the […]
Unexpected Challenges on the Road to Financial Independence
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI of RetireEarlyLifestyle.com Everyone thought they were crazy. But, with all of their possessions sold, there was no going back. Gulf War or not, Akaisha had to get on that […]
10,000 Hours to Master a Skill
WRITTEN BY YULIYA KYRPO At age 13 Yuliya started to pursue her passion in a big way! She’s committed to nurturing her understanding of the industry she loves and she’s […]
Start the Business that Sets you on Fire
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN LEE DUMAS of EntrepreneurOnFire.com John Lee Dumas is taking the podcasting world by storm! But it wasn’t always this way. It took John almost 31 years to […]
How Two Penniless Hippies are Creating Serendipity Farm
WRITTEN BY FRAN AND STEVE PIMBLETT of Serendipity Farm Fran and Steve are finding imaginative ways to turn four acres of inherited, inhospitable land in Tasmania into a thriving garden of […]
Could Medical Tourism Help You Too?
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Tired of being on the waiting list for a particular medical procedure in your own country? Is a procedure too expensive? Looking for an affordable alternative? […]
How We Prepared for Financial Independence and World Travel
WRITTEN BY AKAISHA KADERLI of RetireEarlyLifestyle.com Retirement expert, Akaisha, details the internal struggle of selling absolutely everything they owned, only to find their plans scuppered by the start of the […]
Adopt a Homeless Person
CONTRIBUTED BY KADEK ANIS How would you react if you came across a malnourished homeless woman whilst trekking through the mountains? Would you walk on by? Or would you welcome […]
Become a Fashion Designer without Sewing a Stitch
WRITTEN BY ROCHELLE ALLEN It took Rochelle almost 40 years to discover her passion. Now that she knows what it is, she’s going for it! Despite two pregnancies and lack […]
Build a Life of Harmony in Bali
CONTRIBUTED BY KADEK ANIS Anis lost her father at the age of four, was abandoned by her mother from age 10-14, and became widowed by the age of 30. Despite […]
From Drugs & Depression to Passionate Personal Trainer
WRITTEN BY TRINA CHICKLOSKI OF ENVY FITNESS Trina has fought back against drugs and depression to find her right path in life – and has turned it all around! She’s transformed […]
Two Brothers Challenge How we Stay Around the World
CONTRIBUTED BY NICO SCHNEIDER OF STAYDU When most people are happy to travel within the bounds of what’s available, these two twenty-something brothers from Germany are on a mission to […]
How I Bought a House in London with Just £7800
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS When you’re living in London (UK), a city where it normally costs less to pay a mortgage than it does to pay rent, how do you […]
How and Why I Quit my Job and Started a Contracting Company
CONTRIBUTED BY ANONYMOUS When you’re frustrated by low pay and unresponsive managers, quitting your job and becoming destitute is one option. But it’s not the smart option. The smart option […]
Words of Wisdom from a 95 Year-Old Who’s Still Motorhoming Australia after 32 Years
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS David was one of the men we met prior to Wodara ever being an inkling in my mind. He’s one of the people who, unbeknownst to […]
Move to Qatar – Our Family Adventure
CONTRIBUTED BY JAMIE When lots of families with two young children are working hard to keep a comfortable, manageable routine, this inspiring family has instead opted to throw off the […]
Listen to your Wake-up Call
WRITTEN BY BETSY AND WARREN TALBOT OF MARRIED WITH LUGGAGE We are a recovering, 40-something, Type-A couple who learned that living large is not necessarily living well. We did all […]
A Myriad of Reasons to Give Up
WRITTEN BY DOUG HANSON Shoot 10,000 people’s portraits for free? When there are a myriad of reasons to give up, Doug Hanson has found a myriad of reasons to keep going. […]
Hike Newfoundland’s Gros Morne
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What’s it like to hike one of Canada’s most famous mountains? To hike for eight hours over dangerous scree into a climate of challenging proportions? And […]
Teach Your Way Around the World
WRITTEN BY BETH CARROLL Teaching in certain countries can leave you feeling drained and beaten down by the system. If you’re unhappy, consider going international. It’s easy to do and […]
Break the 40-a-day Habit
CONTRIBUTED BY ANONYMOUS How do you break a 40-a-day smoking habit? This Dive Instructor, depending on her lungs for her livelihood, has had to search for a solution. She’s found […]
Fight the Drowning Feeling
WRITTEN BY CLINT DUNNET When life gives you a vicious disease at the age of 3 months and the doctors tell you that you won’t make it past the age […]
Become a Dive Instructor in Thailand
CONTRIBUTED BY DAN KELSO (via personal interview) How do you become a Divemaster / Instructor in Thailand? What’s the best location in Thailand for doing this? What are the pay and working […]
Live on a Tiny Thai Island
CONTRIBUTED BY DAN KELSO (via personal interview in Thailand) What’s it like to live on a tiny Thai island that is famous the world over for diving? What’s the cost of living? […]
Sell Your House and Travel the World
WRITTEN BY CAROL VANDERWILP of the TRAVELLING MUDSKIPPERS What do you do when you have a house that’s anchoring you down and limiting the quality of your life? This brave 40-something couple from Canada […]
‘Unschool’ Your Children
WRITTEN BY MARISA TOMMASINI POPPELMANN What do you do when your child, once an avid reader and curious learner, starts hating books and becomes disinterested in learning? This inspiring family has […]
Rehabilitate Monkeys in South Africa
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL OMO-BARÉ What’s it like to visit a remote part of South Africa and volunteer at a monkey rehabilitation centre? What are your duties whilst there? What are the […]
Earn Well on a Working Holiday in Sydney
CONTRIBUTED BY DAN KELSO (via personal interview in Thailand) Maybe you want to travel the world but don’t have the money. You might want to consider a working holiday in Sydney to […]
Volunteer to Teach Orphans in India
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL OMO-BARÉ After being raised in foster care, Michael knows first-hand how one person truly can change another’s life! He is now pursuing opportunities to give back what was […]
WWOOF (safely) in Sicily
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What’s it like to WWOOF on an organic farm in Sicily? (What is WWOOFing anyway?) Does it always go the way you expect? What happens when it […]
Afford to Stay Home & Raise your Family
WRITTEN BY JENNIFER VEYSEY MILLER When a professional woman decides to start a family, she may find herself wanting to leave full-time employment for a period of time. But how do […]
Buy your Dream House in France
WRITTEN BY NICOLE ERASMUS OF MAISON BERNIS Buying a huge country home (like a ‘château’ or ‘maison de maître’) and moving to France to start a new life is truly the stuff dreams […]
Trek Deadvlei
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS It’s often so very hard to access truly isolated parts of the world. It’s harder still to access true desert landscape! It often takes days of difficult […]
Tent New Zealand
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Most people choose to hire a campervan when they travel New Zealand. Not this couple. They chose a tent! Two months later, here’s their story, including a […]
Elope on Whitehaven Beach
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What does it take to elope on one of the most beautiful and photographed beaches in the world? What is it like to fly by seaplane to […]
Sunrise on Dune 45
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What does it feel like to trek up one of the highest dunes in the world? What does it feel like to sit on the top and […]
Overland Safari Through Africa
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS There are many ways to go ‘on safari.’ But there is nothing quite like the raw, hot, dusty adventure of an ‘overlanding’ safari! See what it’s like […]
Teach English in South Korea
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS What is it like to teach English in South Korea for a year? What is it like to live in a country whose language you can’t even […]
Dig Clams on Canada’s East Coast
WRITTEN BY KRISTA BEAUVAIS Digging for clams is one of those fabulously fun and tasty family activities that can only be done in a few select parts of the world. Eastern […]
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