Ep 43: Solo Traveler with Kristin Addis

Keep Your Daydream

Marc Leach

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Fulltime, Travel, Rving, Self-improvement, Keepyourdaydream, Education, Sailing, Kyd, Nomad, Dreams

5 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2015

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Are you planning your first trip alone? Are you unsure where to start or worried about safety? Kristin Addis joins KYD to explore solo traveling and shares how she took the leap from her 9-5 to sustaining full-time travel blogging and adventure.

What started out as a passion project has evolved into a top rated blog and a book called Conquering Mountains. Kristin was encouraged from a perfect stranger to pursue her travel dreams and now she’s ready to encourage you!

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0:00.0	It was pretty amazing that a perfect stranger knew exactly what I needed to hear because she'd been there before.
0:06.4	You need someone to tell you it's okay to go, so I'm telling you, just go.
0:11.2	You're listening to Keep Your Daydream podcast.
0:14.4	Episode 43, Solo Traveler with Kristen Addis.
0:27.3	Thank you. Solo Traveler with Kristen Addis. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to leave normal, travel the world, or follow your dream?
0:32.7	How about sail the ocean?
0:34.1	Live in a different country every year or serve your life's purpose through a mission
0:38.3	trip.
0:39.1	My name is Tricia Leach, and those are the stories you're about to hear, and so much more.
0:43.7	Welcome to your favorite podcast, inspired by dreams and made for adventure.
0:48.1	This is Keep Your Daydream.
1:04.1	You are in for a big treat today with our guest, super blogger, resource extraordinaire, and solo traveler, Kristen Addis from Be My Travel Muse.
1:16.0	Kristen, are you pumped up and ready to share your story with us today?
1:19.8	So pumped.
1:20.9	Woo! Awesome!
1:45.3	Chris! Kristen was like many of us, a dreamer thinking about far away places, wondering what it would be like to know different cultures, climates, foods, until, you know, like the most of us, we grew up and we decided to make a successful, stable career for ourselves.
1:47.3	Well, Kristen did that in investment banking in Newport Beach, California.
1:51.3	But after time went by, she started feeling burned out and she felt pushed to make a change.
1:56.4	And so she did the extraordinary.
1:58.4	She sold everything except for what fit in her carry-on bag, and she set
2:02.7	out for a completely different adventure. Since 2012, Kristen has been traveling non-stop. She
2:09.5	has hitchhiked, solo across China, climbed some of the tallest mountains, and even explored
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