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I spent part of my childhood abroad thanks to my parents' jobs. I always knew that one day I would want to live outside the US again and make my own way as an adult. As a child, I lived in Europe and Central America, so as an adult I wanted to live in Asia and/or Africa. I wanted to go abroad on my own to experience new cultures, push myself beyond my comfort zone, as well as see and experience countries and continents I hadn't before. In all honesty, I think answering what "inspired" me to move abroad is difficult because I never saw my life as not being lived outside of my native country.

I was working a 9-5 corporate job and just not feeling totally fulfilled in my life. I was making great money, had all the nice things I wanted, but felt like there was so much more out there for me. I internally knew that I needed to take a risk and decided to quit my job, give away all my furniture, sell my car, buy a backpack and start travelling. I went to New Zealand on a working holiday visa and had very little money when I got there. I joined the WWOOF (willing workers on organic farms) community and things took off from there. I was able to travel all over the country trying new things and meeting the most amazing people. Those memories will stay with me forever!

We didn’t travel much when I was a kid, so my first travel experiences were in the back of a station wagon that was always “going to turn right around and go home if you kids don’t stop arguing, keep your hands to yourself!”.