In this episode of You Did That!, I welcome Christina, a Professional travel blogger, entrepreneur, writer, lingerie store owner, sensual movement teacher, and mother to a wild one. Christina is faithfully attached to being a multi-hyphenate kind of woman. After giving birth to her first child, she decided now would be the appropriate time to upend her life and start all over. So she sold almost everything she had to travel across the US with her husband and two-year-old in tow to "live a wilder life." Main Topics Discussed: Honoring your rhythm Prioritizing meaningful memories over an overcrowded itinerary Blogging and influencing as a career Everyday Adventures The importance of believing in oneself and starting over later in life Is there a piece of advice that when you were first starting, would have been helpful to you? I think in terms of traveling, the advice I would give to anybody who's traveling with friends or family, is to always honor your rhythms. And so it's so much more important to have memories together than to try to fit everything in. And I guess to know your intention. Like, when I travel with my father who's older and disabled, we're not going to do much, but I know what the intention is that it's to be together and to be in this new environment together. What's your favorite thing you've learned about yourself through your experiences? You know, how capable I am as a person, as a woman. I guess what stands out is that I'm proud that I'm 40 now and I just completely started over and I started this thing. That I did it and that I'm successful at it, that I was able just to do it one little step at a time, and that I have a thriving business now. That's what stands out for me is that I guess I'm at an age where most people would be kind of sinking into their work and like rising. And for me, I just started over and that's maybe more common than we think. And it's just not talked about that a lot of people are continually starting over and that that's okay and that you can find your groove later on and there's no endpoint for it because this is a very creative endeavor for me. And so to continue to find out what I want to be doing for my creative work, for my financial work, what actually will sustain my family, has been probably the most rewarding thing, even more than the travel, which is just funny. I think most people focus on that. I got to travel, and that is it. I actually enjoy working. If I had nothing to do, I would be really unhappy. I like to create, so that's been like, immeasurably satisfying. Who are your role models or supporters on this journey? I want to be honest, I didn't know anybody who did this. And I didn't have anybody guiding me on how to start my blog other than looking to other bloggers and taking the typical online course that's very popular now. I've had many mentors in my life and many teachers and people have inspired me, but this is pretty much the first time where I did something where there was no compass, there was no guide. There was just kind of a lot of chutzpah, which is really just like a total determination and also a belief in myself that I could do it that was not easily attained. What would your younger self think if they saw you now? I think she would think I'm pretty rad. Learn more about Christina: Website: www.liveawilderlife.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/liveawilderlife I hope you enjoy this episode! If so, please leave a rating and review wherever you listen to your podcasts.
