About Me
Just a little background on who I am.
I grew up with a mom who had to work hard to make ends meet and raise her kids. Having to work for what
I wanted, I learned to really value things ... and to appreciate the value of money! By that I mean that
I know what it can do for you if you are provident. I have always been pretty thrifty;
sometimes by choice, sometimes by necessity.
At age 30 and in the middle of the best part of my career, my boyfriend (later to be my ex-husband)
and I decided to take a year off and travel the world! We were so green and had no idea what we were doing.
When we first landed in Fiji, bus after bus just passed us by without stopping so we ended up taking at taxi.
Turns out (as in many countries) that if you don't put your hand out to let them know you want on,
they won't stop! Ugh.
The 13-month trip turned out to be more amazing than I ever could have imagined and I decided on my new life
goal; to retire as early as possible and travel full time.
I have definitely had to find a balance between living life, getting as much travel in as I can,
and saving saving saving!
Finding budget travel partners is not always easy. My BF now doesn't like to "sleep in the dirt"
as he says so although we do vacation together, I get my budget traveling in with my best friend and
have even found some online travel buddies.
I don't know how I'm not at the point where it takes me 30 minutes to pack for a month
long trip but somehow it still takes me a month to figure out just the right combination of
clothing for each location, in the meantime driving myself crazy! Also I have become a bit
obsessed with lightweight packing which can be a bit of a problem in
the whole scheme of saving money.
I'm only just now starting to consider how traveling might change as I get older.
I'm now entering my 50s and although I'm not in the best shape of my life, I can still rough it okay.
I can stay in a hut with no running water or electricity or sit on top of a clove harvest hitchhiking and
genuinely enjoy it. Some hikes certainly put me in my place and I don't have the desire to party like I used to and I'm totally fine
with that!
I'll keep on going and am so excited to see more more more of what the world has to offer.
Happy travels everyone - I hope to see you out there!
