How travel writer Rolf Potts found his way from rural Kansas to living the #vanlife before it was a thing, working and living abroad,  becoming a travel writer, teacher, + best selling author of Vagabonding, and created a movement in independent, long-term travel.

In this episode you will learn: 

• How giving himself permission to travel, changed his life + shaped his career as a full-time traveler, travel writer,  and author
• How his first book, Vagabonding, The Uncommon Guide to Long-Term World Travel inspired millions of people around the world to take the leap to long-term travel and became Tim Ferris' first book club selection.
• What travel teaches us about life and how to seek adventure in normal life, and normal life in adventure.
• How he met his wife in the pandemic + what inspired him to write his latest book, The Vagabond's Way: 366 Meditations, Wanderlust, Discovery and the Art of Travel.

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Book summaries:

The Vagabond’s Way is meant to sustain the mindset of a journey, even when one isn’t able to travel. This unique philosophical guide will compel readers to see travel as an ongoing metaphor for life itself, and to bring the lessons of travel back into the context of their home lives.

Vagabonding There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to:

• financing your travel time
• determining your destination
• adjusting to life on the road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life