Life is journey of constant changes, growth and learning. In this episode, Thilini shares her story on how she recover from past mistakes to building a professional career, and ultimately exchanging a lucrative pay check for the freedom to travel around the world. We chat about the mindset of riding the wave of life, and also things to consider when leaving a well paid job for a nomadic travel life.
- 02:00: Taking actions without regrets
- 05:05: Maintaining a long distance relationship
- 07:50: Transiting from travel to digital nomad life
- 11:05: Managing others’ responses to your transition
- 14:00: Travel style and budget
- 17:10: Pursuing passions and ideas during pandemic
- 23:45: Learning from our past and how it shapes the future
- 28:05: The mindset to adapt and adjust
- 33:28: From finance to writing
- 38:40: How travel changes perspectives
- 42:50: What do you miss out when being away
- 44:30: A different phase of life with minimalism
- 50:10: Travel and experience to really discover
- 52:30: Tips for transiting from corporate to nomadic life
Key Quotes
Life is now, anything can happen any moment. We could be here today, something can happen tomorrow. So we got to live to the fullest then be joyful now, not wait for something to happen in the future to be joyful.
on taking action to living the life you want
There’s no point wishing, you know life just flows by. You just got to do it. I think the real risk is not taking those chances, and losing the opportunity to have those experiences.
on making experiences when you can
Change comes whether they like it or not. Like the pandemic came, and many things changed. A lot of those so called steady jobs became unsteady, and a lot of things happen and people had to adjust, there was no choice
on just believing your ability to adjust and adapt
This life isn’t for everyone. And that’s okay. Just make that choice. If you want to stay, stay; if you want to go, go? Don’t live with that “I wish I can”. Do one or the other.
on making decisions and trying it out to avoid regrets
