Why Being A “Misfit” Is Your Superpower w/ Wanda Duncan

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Have you ever felt like you don’t quite fit the mold of society’s expectations? Today I am joined by slow traveling digital nomad, community manager, podcaster, and event producer, Wanda Duncan. As the mastermind behind Black Women Travl, Wanda has created a community and podcast that fosters conversations, provides resources, and inspires Black women to dream big and travel far. If you've ever felt like you don't quite fit in, you do not want to miss this episode. Wanda shares all about how and why she left her corporate job to pursue a life of travel, expert tips on community building, advice on transitioning to full-time travel, and so much more. What are some ways that you have embraced your inner misfit? I'd love to hear about them and hope you will share by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (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: Why growing up in a big family lead Wanda to create her own travel experiences How travel can help a misfit shed expectations and feel at ease Why school is the worst place to learn to be yourself What made Wanda say goodbye to her toxic job and travel to El Salvador Advice on whether to get a storage unit or part with your possessions The importance of reframing failure and accepting life’s turbulence Why cultivating curiosity and embracing uniqueness will help you find your community anywhere How to be a lighthouse when building your own community Why it's important to find inspiration from outside of your circle Advice for busy digital nomads from a busy digital nomad How Wanda got kicked out of Malaysia What it's like living in Albania as a digital nomad The advantages of slow travel and the best places to do it Memorable travel experiences as a digital nomad Why it is freeing to embrace your inner misfit And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Better Help - Today's Sponsor Check out Black Women Travl Listen to the Black Women Travel Podcast Join Black Women Digital Nomad Entrepreneurs Find opportunities at Idealist Enter to win your ticket to Wanderfest before February 18th, 2022. Location Indie Want More? Traveling While Black w/ Nanjala Nyabola Solo Travel, Coffee and Blackpacking w/ Jarika Johnson The Slow Travel Philosophy + Traveling As A Black Woman with Oneika Raymond

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0:46.9	and a place where you're born into and you don't, traveling gives you the opportunity to feel at ease because wherever you go,
0:58.1	you're not supposed to fit in there. You choose something and there's going to be turbulence no matter
1:04.5	what. That's just life, I think. So, but where do you want to experience it? And I'd rather experience it creating life through my
1:13.2	own choices versus feeling obligated in any way, shape, or form to anything or anyone aside for
1:20.5	myself. You just heard a couple clips from my interview today with Wanda Duncan. We had a wonderful
1:26.6	wide-ranging conversation. And one of the
1:28.6	themes that came up was this idea of fitting in as a traveler and not fitting in in your pre-travel
1:37.0	life. Most people listening to this show maybe have some either aspirations or are living
1:43.4	a bit more of an unconventional life or maybe
1:46.4	have an unconventional mindset around travel where you're not going to limit yourself or you do
1:50.8	not want to limit yourself to this idea of traveling just for a week or two every year.
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