THE START
I started to be a full-time traveller on the 6th of april 2012, it was the first day of my new life. I was ready to board my flight to Cancun with, what I called, "a one way ticket to paradise." At that time, I didn't know that I wouldn't come back for a very long time. I had no idea what to expect. Well, I was guessing that it would be amazing, but I didn't know that this was the beginning of a new chapter: "The best time of my life…."

BEFORE
Before I left I had everything what I always wanted. I had a fantastic job managing projects in the IT, a comfortable salary, owned a house with my boyfriend, drove an Audi and was surrounded by the bestest friends… I can tell you, I joined the rat race, I’d conformed to society’s expectations, I was 28 years young and all I had to do was live the rest of my life… Right!? Yet something kept coming to the forefront of my mind over and over again. After a couple of years of this lifestyle the routine had settled in and I started to think…IS THIS IT??

CHANGE AND TAKE THE RISK
Making a big life change is not easy, it's scary! Especially because I loved my job, I loved my life and everyone and everything in it. But I couldn’t live with asking myself the "IS THIS IT" question all the time. I wanted to travel! I wanted freedom! I didn’t want any commitment! I decided to take the risk, I quitted my job, sold everything I owned, got rid of all the unnecessary insurances and stepped out of my comfort zone in the hope miracles would happen. And they did, and still do. I am not rich, I am not a trust fund baby and I didn’t won the lottery. I saved money by having my fulltime job for 4 years and I sold everything I owned. Now I live on a budget and work along the way so I can do this hopefully until I’m done, not until my money last…

MY STORIES
On the road I experience another way of living then the most of us. I travel through and live in different countries. I develop the best of friendships with different nationalities. I try new (scary) things on a daily basis. I meet the most interesting people around the world. I eat food I never tasted before. I immerse myself in new cultures. I fall in love with places and people. I'm curious and look beyond what is right in front of me. I Take risks, a lot of risks. I get crazy, really crazy.... And all that makes for good stories, funny stories, interesting stories..