“Honey, this girl has travelled the world teaching people to scuba dive and she is only 24!” Said a lady to her husband as she was asking me about my life to date on the dive boat. It made me re-evaluate how I view my life and realise that perhaps I take for granted and am slightly dismissive of something which is actually an achievement I should be proud of.
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| Kefalonia |
I have never been the kind of girl who is happy with what she has, I have always wanted to learn more, dream bigger and travel further. People who are content to live and stay in their hometown their whole lives and never see anywhere else absolutely terrify me. This is an alien concept that I just cannot comprehend; I couldn't imagine a more suffocating way of life. Being half Greek, as a child I had 2 countries that I could call home and I think this may have introduced the concept of travelling to me from a very young age. By the age of 24 I have been to 5 continents, over 20 countries and lived/worked in 5.
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| Bermuda |
One of the most important things I have learned whilst travelling, which finally dawned on me like a jaw dropping epiphany, was that material things are not what create happiness. By traveling I realised I no longer had to conform to societal routine and be the stereotypical material girl living in a material world, there were so many more important things to life. Now I happily live out of a suitcase because I know that I can easily live with less and it is a liberating feeling to sacrifice superficial possessions for life altering experiences. I relish the chance to learn of new languages, cultures and customs that open my mind and redefine my values and perspective on life, leaving no room for prejudice.
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| Maldives |
I now know the overwhelming feeling of uncertainty at leaving the comforts of home all too well, and the indeterminate ‘see you soon’ said to loved ones at the airport, and yet I head off through the departure gates filled with excitement not fear because I know the feeling of return. The goodbyes that seemed so hard at home soon dwindle in comparison to the goodbyes I face when I leave the latest destination I have fallen in love with. I know that I can always return home, but it is the uncertainty of ever returning to the latest location I have begun to call home that instils the feelings of dread, fear and gut wrenching emotions.
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| Maldives |
I choose not to work like robot all day, spending my lunch break sitting at my office desk googling all the exotic destinations I dream of visiting one day, I seize the day and visit them now. I go out and take what life has to offer. I may have chosen a life of uncertainty and I don’t have a plan or a permanent address, but it is the best kind of life I can imagine living. I live my dreams and I go wherever the wind takes me.
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| Florida |
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