Why do humans have the innate desire to travel?.Where Rolf’s inexpensive home base is located and what it’s like to come back home after traveling.What your bucket list should really be used for.How to avoid crowds and still have fun during the busy tourist season.Why you should consider hiring a travel guide (no matter how well-traveled you are).The importance of constantly reassessing your motivations and desires in life.Why you may be afraid to get out of the rat race and travel earlier in life.The benefits of long-term travel and using your “time wealth” wisely.Rolf experience doing van life before #vanlife.Rolf’s top travel tips and life lessons are sure to make you want to pack your bags and hit the road! This conversation is unlike any conversation Kristin has had with a fellow traveler. Rolf shares words of wisdom on the downfalls of modern society and consumerism, what it was like to be a nomad in the 90s, and why “time wealth” is such an important concept in the 21st century. In this episode, Kristin and Rolf talk about what it’s really like to be a long-term world traveler while sharing their candid thoughts on why people are so resistant to being nomadic, even though it’s in our DNA. As a result, Tim went on to write The Four-Hour Work Week. Tim Ferriss has cited Vagabonding as the reason he decided to travel the world for a year in 2004-2005.

Rolf Potts is an American author, essayist, screenwriter, and long-term traveler who is known for his best-selling book, Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel. Reminisce with us as we replay this one-of-a-kind interview with Rolf Potts in Paris, France during his Travel Writing Workshop, where he and Kristin talk about some of his biggest lessons and realizations from 25 years of globetrotting.

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