How travel blogger Nomadic Matt found the courage to quit his job and start a new life

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Matthew Kepnes – aka Nomadic Matt – was one of the first people to become famous for blogging his travel adventures after quitting his job and starting a new life. In this excerpt from his new book, Ten Years A Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home, he talks about the obstacles he had to overcome to take the leap

So, while people everywhere dream of traveling the world, it is only those whose dreams are strong enough who get out and stay out on the road.Strong enough to overcome the fear of people who love you – people who, like my parents, still to this day email me travel warnings and news of terrorist attacks.

Would I finish my MBA? How much money would I need? Where would I go? What would people say? Would I make friends? What credit card should I use? Were hostels safe? What the heck was travel insurance? What worried me was the personal skills I thought I needed to have to travel – the courage, the ability to go with the flow, the ability to talk to strangers, the confidence, the maturity – and whether or not I had enough of any of them after two two-week trips over two years to two countries that were full of English speaking travelers like me.Yes, a lot of people travel the world. I saw hundreds of world travelers in Thailand.

That doesn’t make our journey less special. The world is full of new stories. New stories and adventures we would be a part of that would be special to us. I didn’t need to discover Thailand to enjoy Thailand. The journey and experience was what mattered.

 

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