Road to Thriving Claire Taylor

You are not a before and after story - you are ever-changing and evolving. While I ordinarily chat with travelers, nomads and global citizens about their journey to how they are thriving in this lifestyle, in this MRT (my road to..) segment, I share my personal (and messy) journey as it evolves. Each episode I share what I have learned and put into practice in my own life around travel and pursuing a life of freedom. In this week's episode, I chat about:

- being on the edge of travel burnout

- navigating travel anxiety

- the power of slowing down

- the importance of integrating travel experiences

Have you ever wanted to travel/do van life etc, but felt there were a few too many obstacles to getting started? Well, Kirk Williams (@impact.overland) should have had every reason not to after becoming quadriplegic after a mountain bike accident. In this episode, Kirk shares how over the past ten years, he has found his way back to van life and how his perspective has changed, sharing all about: 

- his story of embracing adaptive vanlife 

- discussing how our biggest obstacle is our mindset

- and more!

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Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde

Welcome back to another episode of MY ROAD to thriving - where I share the insights, tips, tricks and hacks that I learn along the way as I pursue a life of travel and freedom. In this instalment of MY ROAD to thriving, I discuss:

- travel anticipation vs expectation

- Allan de Button's book 'The Art of Travel' (and what it has taught me)

- sharing my experience of visiting a childhood bucket list destination

- travel realities (what to do when they don't meet our expectations)

- and experimenting with viewing travel as an art form 



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Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde

In this episode, I sit down with Lars Born to talk about all things pursuing passions and alternative work. Lars is a traveller and creator who is passionate about pursuing life on his own terms. After a short stint of trying corporate life, he decided to go all in with pursuing passion his passion for life, travel and content creation. Forgoing a ‘real’ job, he flew to asia and then returned to the UK to travel and live in his van, all while experimenting with re-selling, content creation, odd jobs and his most recent experiment with Only Fans. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the stigma of not getting a ‘real’ job, the true cost of pursuing your passions and of course, diving into his most recent experiment with creating on Only Fans and the metaphor for letting go of stigma to pursue our passions and joy, regardless of what people may think of us. 

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Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde

What do the 4-hour-work-week and AI have in common? Well, both have completely shifted my perspective on the traditional narrative around the 40-hour work week. In my last solo last episode, I touched on working from the road, but lately, there have been some shifts around what it looks like to work on the road. So I thought I would do a full episode on working on the road. Chatting about how I have started using AI, how I'm considering getting an assistant (as a low-income earner), my priorities for working on the road and more. 

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Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde

Whether you're new to van life looking for a bit of insight or a long-term traveller looking for a few laughs, this episode is a little game of true or false when it comes to Vanlife with Em from @emsvanlife. Do you need to be a minimalist? Do you have to eat 2-minute noodles? Do you have to be an influencer? Pooping in the woods and more.

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Intro music: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde