Michael Huxley - Travelling the world as a nurse, author and travel blogger.
Travelling to over 100 countries, Mike has been able to create a life exactly how he imagined.
About Mike
Today on the show, I am speaking with Michael Huxley. He is the founder of Bemused Backpacker a UK travel blog he has spent several years abroad travelling to over 100 different countries.
He is a published author, a qualified nurse and a world adventure.
“You go back to your old life and you cant really relate to it anymore. You start to feel alienated from the place you called home.”
When coming home...
- Emotions Mike faced - Alienated and like he didn't fit in.
- What had changed - He didn't related to his friends anymore. He didn't want to follow the same path that most of society does.
- Biggest Stress - The pressure to conform and settle down, especially from his parents.
- How Mike supported himself - Thinking about the end game and what he really wanted and then started working towards that.
- How did his mindset change - Selfish and focused on what he wanted to do.
- 3 Lessons learned from travel and reverse culture shock
- You can have it all - you can have both a career and travel the world.
- Wherever you go - people are the same, everyone wants the same thing.
- The world is an amazing, safe and easy place to travel. Let go of the negativity that others portray.
- Advise to himself for returning home - Always remeber that buying a plane ticket is very easy and there is always another place to travel to.
“Travel is not just something I do away from my ‘normal’ life, it is a part of my normal life.”
Links
- Website: bemusedbackpacker.com
- Facebook: bemusedbackpacker
- Twitter @bemusedbackpack
“Its your life, you can live it exactly how you want to live it, you’ve just got to go out and find a way to do that.”
