Nomadness is never lacking for inspirational life stories. Mable Taplin shares her personal tale of Depression and how she reestablished herself in this powerful blog. Take a look at some of her experience below.
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The last couple of days have been surreal! I have been moving this year! When I sat still long enough to reflect that I traveled to 30 countries on 6 continents in 354 days, I was overwhelmed with gratitude!!
I wanted to share how I funded my Round the world trip. Learn how I saved $30,000. 30 countries on 6 continents in 354 days! This trip literally gave me life!
Christmas time is my favorite time of the year! In fact, I am one of those people that would put up a Christmas tree in September if I knew that my family and friends would not harass me. I love everything about Christmas, the decorations, singing Christmas carols, giving gifts, Santa Claus, watching old Christmas movies…. I mean everything. I’m getting distracted just thinking about it.
However, the Christmas season of 2014 was quite different. I did not have my usual over zealous excitement about Christmas. Yes, I put up a tree, but I neither hosted nor attended one party. I bought very few gifts and I was sleeping more than usual. I struggled getting out of bed everyday for several weeks.
I lay awake many nights pondering what was wrong with me. I could not understand why I could not get into the Christmas spirit. I could no longer ignore that I was not happy with my life. I did not like the long hours I worked at my 6-figure corporate job. I felt socially stagnant and the Chicago winters were killing me. I was over going to the same social events seeing the same people. And I really didn’t look forward to the obtuse commentary from my family at family gatherings about my single status. I was stressing about everything. I felt like I desperately needed a change.
So, I began to revisit the dream that I had in my twenties of living outside of the United States. I asked myself many questions: How am I going to move? How much will it cost? Where will I go? What will I pack? What will I do with my stuff? What am I going to do when I get there?
Well, I answered all of these questions and more. As of this blog post, I have traveled to 29 countries this year! This has been the most exciting and fulfilling time of my life. I AM LIVING MY DREAMS! Many people have asked me how I did it so I’m finally slowing down enough to share.
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You can visit Mable's site here to see her full post which is jam packed with details about what she did and how she efficiently made it happen.