Like any good adventure, this one began when least expected.

As part of my annual life audit (every new year and, let’s be real, most every day of my life), I decided to apply for a variety of jobs – from the pinnacle of practicality (warehouse logistics manager locally), to a nearly absurd dream job (traveling the world and creating community among people). To no one’s surprise, the practical job was a lot easier to get, and so I started working locally at a moving and storage logistics company. Without going too into the weeds about it, it was just about as exciting as it sounds. I had given in to the pressures of “regular adult life” and got a job that would pay the bills.

However, just as I was settling into my role and letting my dreams slowly bleed out and die, I received an email, subject line “re: Chapter Host Role Application”. Not a week later, I had already been through 3 interview rounds and was invited to come to a trial chapter (chapter is what they call each location) in Mauritius – a small island nation east of Madagascar.

Now, less than a month later, here I am sitting in a villa in Mauritius and exchanging travel stories with a dozen world travelers. Even the very existence of a role like this proves to me that I don’t have to settle for some job I don’t enjoy. Meeting people like this who are doing remote work full time and traveling the globe is enough to show me the way and sometimes I think it just takes seeing something done to know it’s possible. That’s what I aim to do through sharing here!