Transition to Travel with Maxwell Lee

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder whether the idea of long-term travel or the nomadic lifestyle matches up to the reality of it? This is another episode in my Transition to Travel series where I interview someone before they head off to travel and catch up with them months later to see how it panned out! In today's audio journey, I'm joined by my friend, Maxwell Lee. During the first part of this episode, you'll learn why they decided to travel through the US and Mexico and move to Taiwan. You'll hear about their anxieties going into the trip and how they've been preparing for this huge life change. We'll then fast-forward to almost a year later and talk about their experience with being a nomadic family and what it was like to settle down in Taiwan. What fears can you tackle first to build momentum toward your travel goals? I'd love to hear your thoughts and hope you will share them by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a monthly bonus episode (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 Tune in to Learn: Maxwell's plans for traveling the US and Mexico and moving to Taiwan The interesting travel visa he acquired, the pursuit of music, and real estate investing What lead to the decision to leave the states The emotions and fears of moving abroad His thoughts on returning home and renting their house Advice on travel insurance The Financial Independence Retire Early movement How their travel plans turned out Their experience being a nomadic family The pros and cons of slow and fast travel How to find childcare while traveling Maxwell's highlights of traveling in Mexico Worldschooling and deciding what's right for your family Settling into life in Taiwan and the struggles of being away from family Maxwell's advice for long-term travel and ex-pat life And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Subscribe to our FREE newsletter Learn more about Maxwell's fire-walking journey Check out Maxwell's music on YouTube Connect with Maxwell on Instagram Learn more about the Worldschool Pop-Up Hub Want More? Transition to Travel: Before and After w/ Sofia and Teague Transition to Travel: From Big Salary to Frugal Travel Life Transition to Travel w/ Lance Wright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there's Jason.
0:01.3	Welcome to the show.
0:02.2	I wanted to share a quick word about the episode today.
0:04.5	It's one of our special transition to travel episodes where I interview somebody who has rearranged their life to either travel full time or spend an extended period of time on the road, perhaps move abroad.
0:16.9	And I record two interviews with them.
0:18.8	The first one right before they leave to talk about some of the anxieties,
0:22.3	the fears, the things that led up to the decision
0:24.2	and all of the sort of lessons we can pull out
0:28.6	from what it's like on the journey before the journey
0:31.8	is what I call that time
0:33.6	where you're preparing to leave for an extended period of time
0:36.9	and you have to make a lot of big
0:38.4	decisions in life. Then we catch up with them months or sometimes over a year later to see how
0:44.4	things are going, how life on the road is, how it actually panned out. And today I have the wonderful
0:49.3	pleasure of bringing on my friend and friend of the show, Maxwell Lee, who decided to move abroad from
0:56.5	the United States to Taiwan with his wife and his two small kids.
1:00.4	So I got to catch up with him just 19 days before they left on this journey.
1:06.4	And we talked about why they flipped the script and decided to spend eight months nomatically as a family before becoming expats.
1:14.9	He shares some of the anxieties and fears going into the trip, how they're going to support themselves financially, some of the insurance questions.
1:23.3	We talk about a lot of the values that led to this decision.
1:26.9	And what you'll really get is an audio snapshot of that time right before you're about to go on a big journey and make a big life change.
1:34.7	And then you'll hear a second interview from almost a year later after they spend time living nomatically as a family, slow traveled through Mexico, talking about some of the plans
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