{"id":8646,"date":"2023-02-20T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T23:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/?p=8646"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:44:44","slug":"5-lessons-from-5-years-of-traveling-the-world-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/2023\/02\/20\/5-lessons-from-5-years-of-traveling-the-world-full-time\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Lessons From 5 Years of Traveling the World Full-time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 25th, 2018 Marco and I cleaned and emptied the apartment that we were renting in Chicago and packed our lives in just 2 backpacks (that we still use by the way\u2026) to embark on an adventure of a lifetime: FULLFILL OUR DREAM OF TRAVELING THE WORLD FULL-TIME. Who would have said that was just the beginning of a whole new lifestyle for us!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You might read this first paragraph and think \u201cwow, that\u2019s it!? I empty my apartment and pack my life in a backpack to travel the world?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While part of it is still true, that was the result of a 1-year preparation process that started back in March 2nd, 2017, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when we made the decision to travel the world together (that same day we became officially a couple but that\u2019s for another blog post. Leave a YES in the comments below if you want to read our love story) After that day, we made a list all the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blockers in our lives that were limiting us from achieving our dream<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get rid of debt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save up enough money to travel at least for 1 year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decide what to do with our apartments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donate and sell clothes, furniture, electronics, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health check-ups and vaccines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy the best <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">travel medical insurance<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Define the first country and buy a one-way ticket.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quit our 9-5 jobs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the paperwork done such as passports, visas, and driver\u2019s licenses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buy our backpacks, and camera gear, and pack!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8659\" style=\"width: 1840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8659 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=930%2C698&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?w=1840&amp;ssl=1 1840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=73%2C55&amp;ssl=1 73w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=1800%2C1350&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/5FE34099-EA96-4C76-8949-09E1E204C201.jpeg?resize=747%2C560&amp;ssl=1 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">House Sitting in Krabi, Thailand.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With teary eyes, we feel like those days were so long ago but at the same time also feels like just yesterday. We thought we\u2019ll do it for 1 year, and here we are half a decade later and it just keeps on getting better.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>5 years living in freedom!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living with the freedom to choose how we want to spend our mornings, our days\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to decide which new projects we want to bring to life\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to choose with who we wanna work or hang out with\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to create a business that makes a positive impact on people&#8217;s lives\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to decide how many \u201cdays off\u201d we want to take\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to spend time with friends or family or with each other when we want\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom to travel wherever we want for as long as we want to\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>FREEDOM\u2026 the so-desirable freedom has been part of our lives for the past 5 years and we feel so grateful for having the courage to pursue this dream of ours.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We fall in love with our lives day in, and day out. We don\u2019t see an end yet. Making this decision was the greatest thing that happened in our lives. These years have been the ones where we felt the most alive. So many memorable places, experiences, and people that we met along the way. Countless happy memories and adventures together including ups and download, many challenges, and life lessons. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People we meet always ask us if it\u2019s safe and honestly, we\u2019ve never really had a bad or dangerous experience. We\u2019ve tried many different types of travel lifestyles like backpacking, Couchsurfing, <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">house sitting<\/a>, vanlife, and we learned that the world is really full of kind and wonderful people. During<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> these 5 years, luckily we only encountered one episode where we needed to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">travel insurance<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is when we experienced a flight delay in Miami, USA forcing us to spend a night in Miami before our next flight. It was nothing crazy and luckily our <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">travel insurance<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> answered very fast and reimbursed our cost with not much of a hassle. We highly recommend this <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">travel insurance<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8157\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=930%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=55%2C55&amp;ssl=1 55w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=280%2C280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_3790.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">House Sitting in Grand Anse, Grenada.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We could write a book full of lessons but for now, let\u2019s honor the 5 years with 5 lessons\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>5 lessons learned in these 5 years<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Be always <\/strong><b>brave enough to change plans as much as you want if the original plan doesn\u2019t serve you anymore\u2026 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been following us for some time, you know what we are talking about\u2026 from changing plans being 1 hour away to crossing the border between USA and Mexico with our RV, aka <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Hiroki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and instead deciding to store our RV to fly for a 4-month<a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\"> house sitting<\/a> in an ocean front house; to our last change of plans in Colombia where one day before leaving towards Cali, Colombia we decided to change plans and instead move to another Airbnb in a nicer neighborhood in Bogota to focus on work. Neither of us was feeling like being on the move and exploring a new city. We were both craving some downtime to focus on work. So, we listened to our needs and booked an AriBnb for 40USD a night with a gym, conference rooms, and a beautiful terrace with a view of the mountains and just 2 blocks away from a park (crucial for us to be able to be close to nature) and 5min walk from Zona Rosa (the area full of nice restaurants). We were SO HAPPY about that decision! This leads me to the next lesson\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Having a proper working environment and a nice neighborhood is KEY to moving forward with work!!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Back in 2018, we used to change accommodation on average every 5 days, the cheaper the better. We knew accommodation was one of the highest expenses when traveling and we wanted to stretch our savings as much as we could. But, after almost 1 year, it took a toll on us. If you\u2019re an entrepreneur running your own business juggling between your business and chores from your lifestyle every 5 days is not sustainable at all. So, we realized we needed to find a new way to sustain this lifestyle for us, and that&#8217;s how we found <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">house sitting<\/a>\u2026\u00a0 This leads me to the next lesson\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>There are as many travel lifestyles as travelers (or nomads) in this world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For us, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c47e331f60cb\/y3p4gx83a7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRAVEL HACKING + HOUSE SITTING <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the winning formula for the kind of travel lifestyle we want for now. It covers our basic needs to make our travel lifestyle smartly sustainable:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0 dollars (or almost) spent on accommodation and flights. Yup, we fly all over the world for free (well we only pay taxes which on average is less than 100 USD) and we don\u2019t pay for accommodation. All in all, we save up more than 100,000 USD every year on flights and accommodation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">House sitting<\/a> provides us with a stable place to focus on work for our business and projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>\u201cTraveling is not about money, it\u2019s about courage\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Paulo Cohelo was very on point with that quote. Courage to accept you that don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen but still going for it, courage to try new things or new ways of doing things, courage to live a different lifestyle, courage to be out of your comfort zone. Money is one of the most common fears and one of the common questions people ask us when they hear that we\u2019ve been traveling the world full-time for the past 5 years. During these years we have met people who started traveling with as little as 7 USD in their pockets and as much as 100K USD in their bank accounts. We\u2019ve met online poker players, remote workers, stock image photographers, architects, lawyers, realtors, and stock traders making a living from their investments, others are online business entrepreneurs, freelancers (community managers, graphic designers, etc) and others do seasonal work or working holiday visas\u2026 Just to name a few\u2026 the point is there are unlimited options for everyone and money is an excuse. Yes, an excuse. If you want to make it happen, you can. This leads me to the next lesson\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The system where I used to live was too small and there is so much more the world can offer to all of us if we are willing and have the courage to go out and see it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There is a whole new world full of possibilities, there are different lifestyles as much as human beings in this world waiting for all of us to experience them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8658\" style=\"width: 1710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8658 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=930%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=55%2C55&amp;ssl=1 55w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=280%2C280&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maptheunknown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/101680797_2595504254100493_8904505521541742592_n.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/THS20OFF\/\">House Sitting in Utah, USA.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re very grateful to have chosen (and created) this lifestyle and we&#8217;re very excited to share this journey with all of you. It is possible to change. It is possible to live a freedom lifestyle. It is possible to live the life that you really want. Cheers to this milestone and cheers to more!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leave in the comments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> any questions you might have about our 5-year milestone of traveling the world full-time. We are always happy to answer and help!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Closing with 5 essentials tools that we use for our travels:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udd98 <a href=\"https:\/\/maptheunknown.com\/es\/SafetyWing\/\" rel=\"nofollow \">Our recommended travel insurance<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8211; great travel medical insurance that was created by nomads for nomads. 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