Travel Wisdom Podcast -travel and learn languages for success and money

Since I last gave updates on things in my life it has been about 6 months (since I recorded the episode, not since I published it).

Lots has happened!

I have now gotten a job and moved to Gainesville, Florida. It is a cool project designing injectable brain implants and I am very happy. It was almost 2 years since I finished my Masters in Germany and it has been a hell of a time finding a job I would be happy in. I am already thinking that I could spend a few years here even though I was skeptical at first.

I had broken up with my girlfriend and that has weighed heavily on my heart. I had never been so heartbroken and am hoping that we will get back together someday. I think it may have been for the best because this way we can both follow our dreams before getting back together.

Otherwise it is a big transition going from being on the move all the time and living out of one backpack to settling down. I can now get 10 backpacks worth of stuff!!

Travel Wisdom friend Andrew Miles of Botanical Biohacking talks about how to keep healthy while travelling. Especially long flights can be quite harmful to your sleep, your gut microbiome, and ultimately your health. He infuses some Eastern wisdom explained in a Western way so that you don't become more unhealthy after travelling.

The key is to train your body and eat as little as possible before travelling. Then when you arrive you need to get on the same eating schedule (breakfast, lunch, dinner) as the local population as soon as possible. He also notes that there are more important things than health including maintaining strong social contacts.

Ladan wishes a happy 2015 for all in this spontaneous and quickly made recording while waiting for a bus on the way back from Poland. 2014 was a good year and 2015 should be even better! Better website, more great guests, and hopefully more great things related to the podcast. What's in store for you? What are you hoping for this year? Write at [email protected] to write in your plans for this year!

Katy Trost has a great first world problem: she travelled for 3 years before finally realizing she was bored of it and wanted to do something else. She realized that she was not feeling fulfilled and although she had fulfilled all her dreams, she needed more. Now she helps Type A leaders deal with burnout and avoiding stress. 

I have felt this also, after travelling to almost 100 countries over the last decade I need more. It's time to build something else more substantial that's worth the suffering and wanting in life.

Some volunteer organizations charge thousands of dollars for the privilege of donating your time. Bianca talks about how to avoid this by being a bit smarter and being a more responsible traveller. She talks about this in her Altruistic Traveller blog where you can learn to do things like WorkAway and other things to truly volunteer in an impactful way.