My love of travel

Travel has saved me lots of times - aged 23 I decided to spend the £10k I had saved for a deposit on a garden flat in Clapham North on a year long trip around the world. On that trip I got back to myself - in fact an even better version of myself. A me that had found her passion in life - I was hooked. I had spent the last 5 years of Uni and work in the role of employee and girlfriend. Both had taken over me and I found myself losing my identity. Travelling gave it me back. I found I didn't need anyone else to make me happy - just a passport, a view and enough money for a coffee, lunch and a bed for the night. 

Over the last 15 years traveling has been my constant go to place to feel happy. When faced with redundancy 3 years ago a two month break to Central America got me both a fresh perspective and a job opportunity popped up into my inbox while on the beach in the corn islands Nicaragua. 

It's the feeling you see that travelling gives me, it makes you focus on today and at most tomorrow. It doesn't let you think about bad decisions you may have made in the past, or what problems face you when you return. It makes you live in the moment. As a natural optimist that matches my personality - excited about the future not stuck in the past. 

Nothing makes me feel happier than the moment I arrive at the airport and I'm having that first airside coffee. The only thing to think about now is where I'm going and how best to enjoy whichever fabulous country I'm lucky enough the be visiting. Everything else can wait 😀