Let me preface this by saying that I was already planning on quitting to travel the world. These plans were set in motion months ago and the necessary funds set aside. But now, with the rise of SteemIt, I plan on funding all my travels with the Steem and below I'll explain how.
TL;DR - My name is Tyler and I am quitting my $150,000 per year corporate job to travel the world and I'm going to user SteemIt as my platform to share my adventures with everyone. I'm super excited and definitely a little scared.
Why Am I Doing This?
Over the past year, I've been fortunate enough to live in London and Singapore. I've also been fortunate enough to visit 25+ countries in that same year, all while working and collecting a paycheck. This is both good and bad. Good in the sense that I can afford to travel and travel comfortably. Bad because a lot of my trips are limited to weekends or long weekends.
I'm forced to take late flights home or cut trips short and I'm also forced to squeeze in quite a bit into 2 days. Everyone now and then I can take an extended weekend but working in the corporate world, holidays are scarce.
While this past year has been great and I have absolutely zero regrets, I want more, I want to see more, I want to experience more. That is why I have decided to take a full year off and travel the world. I don't have an itinerary yet and I like it that way. But I have this unquenchable thirst to see the world and god dammit I aim to do just that.
How Do I Plan On Doing This?
By writing kick-ass content on SteemIt of course. Up until now I have been keeping a travel blog. It was setup as a hobby and a way to keep family and friends updated on my life abroad as an expat in both London and now Singapore. This has been great and family and friends have enjoyed reading the articles and looking at the photos and videos. But it hasn't gone anywhere past that.
Enter SteemIt. I have a voice here and that voice can be heard. All I need to do is provide content that fellow Steemers find valuable and what a way to say thanks to the SteemIt community than to prove to everyone that Steem can be used as a social media platform and as a currency.
My plan is simple. As needed, I will change Steem Dollars to Bitcoin. From there I will use Xapo to store the Bitcoin and the Xapo debit card to provide the cash needed to survive on the road.
Now I know some will argue that I am not technically using Steem but at this early stage it is really the best option. So until a Steem debit card is introduced this will be the mode of operation.
What You Can Expect From Me On SteemIt?
Bomb ass articles, photos and videos. Amazing stories and adventures. My promise to the SteemIt community is to keep you updated every step of the way. SteemIt has become my blogging platform and now is the time to establish my voice.
There's a good chance there will be videos of me rock climbing, hiking and surfing and photos of amazing landscapes and cityscapes. There will almost certainly be stories of me getting into and out of trouble (I hope) or making poor decisions (bad habit of mine).
So What Happens Now?
Follow along for the ride. It is set to kick off in a couple months as I start tidying up loose ends here.
I see an exciting year ahead for both myself and Steem and I hope you join me! Jump on in!
Tyler
www.life-of-ty.com
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