How Jen Turned Her Love for Travel into a FT Career featuring Jen Ruiz | Jen on a Jet
Yo Quiero Dinero
Jannese Torres
4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Episode 199 talks about how Jen turned her love for travel into a full-time career, featuring Jen Ruiz of Jen on a Jet Plane. Listen now!
Jen Ruiz is a lawyer turned full-time travel writer, public speaker, and digital entrepreneur. She is a 5-time Amazon bestselling author, 3-time TEDx speaker and multi award-winning travel journalist. She has been featured by The Washington Post, Forbes and ABC News and is the solo female traveler behind Jen on a Jet Plane.
You can follow Jen on Instagram & TikTok.
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| 0:00.0 | That was part of it. That was part of the journey for me, seeing how it was exhausting and it was absolutely very taxing. |
| 0:06.6 | But at the same time, it helped me confront a lot of things about myself, feel more empowered with myself. |
| 0:13.4 | And by the end of that year, I had also really realized that I enjoyed being in my own company and that I was partially devaluing that for the |
| 0:23.3 | consent and approval of others, right? And I just came back to myself in a way where after that |
| 0:30.4 | year, any of the half-hearted guys that keep you on back burner and text you and all those things, |
| 0:34.7 | like I cut them all off. And I felt really good about myself. |
| 0:39.3 | Because I was like, you know, I like me. I like my own company. And I don't like that I'm doing |
| 0:43.0 | things that are making me feel bad in an effort to please other people. |
| 0:49.6 | You're listening to Yo Quiero Dinoero, a personal finance podcast for the modern Latina. |
| 0:55.6 | I'm your host, Janice Torres, award-winning Latina personal finance expert. |
| 1:00.3 | I didn't always have my financial shit together, but when I started looking for POC-friendly personal finance podcasts, I couldn't find any. |
| 1:07.9 | And so Yo Quiero Dineiro was born. |
| 1:09.7 | On this show, I'll show you how to make |
| 1:11.5 | Dineiro, how to keep your Dino, and most importantly, how to make it grow. Each week, I'm connecting |
| 1:17.3 | you with the most brilliant minds in the world of money and business. So you can learn about investing, |
| 1:22.5 | entrepreneurship, and building wealth. The best part, I'm dishing up all this knowledge with a sassy side of |
| 1:28.7 | sazon. So if you're ready to be Poderosa with your dinero, you've come to the right place. |
| 1:34.3 | Let's dive in. Before we hop into today's conversation, I want to remind you to follow us on social. |
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