Live the life you want: The four "-tions" to get you there (E26)

From Sumplace New: The Long-Term Travel Podcast

Want to travel long-term like we do? Before you say "Sure, but I can't ..." you need to listen to this episode — especially to hear Alex's story. Alex is a barber at Edinburgh's Rag and Bone who cut Jon's hair last week, and he shared how he changed his life following a moment of inspiration about what he didn't want to do. His story resonated so much, we decided to dedicate an episode to transformational change — which, by the way, doesn't always happen overnight. The initial seeds for our journey where first planted in the mid-90s when we talked about traveling from city to city in the US, staying for six months and then moving on. The desire was there, the inspiration was there, but it took a few more specific events in our lives to move us into a state of action: the death of Jon's father in 2002, a conversation with Kyle (Jon's son) in 2008, and an ah-ha moment following text exchanges with Jon's fraternity brother, Scott James, back in 2017. Each of these moments facilitated change that manifested the travel lifestyle we now lead. Whether it's Alex's story, yours our ours, achieving dreams and goals requires four specific steps: inspiration, motivation, activation and implementation. Alex did it. We did it. You can do it, too!
This episode is a perfect companion to Episode 16: There's never been a better time work remotely and travel—ever!
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Credits:
Intro/Outro Music: The World at Large by Daniel O'Connor
Intro VO: Laura Welsh