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Freedom: your first steps towards the ultimate goal

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Wilko van de Kamp
Jul 18, 2022
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We all want to be free. Free from whatever it is that’s holding us back every single day of our lives. No matter what it is, if something is holding me back to do what I want, when I want it, I’m not completely free. I might make a lot of money at work, but if that job consumes all of my time and energy, I’m not able to spend and enjoy the money I earned.

In addition to work, many other things in life hold us back: family, culture, a partner, and the kids. And we’re all too comfortable blaming these external people or things for not doing what we truly want. I’ve heard so many people comment on my travel history, admitting that they could never travel as much as I did. The reasons vary between money (a popular one), responsibilities at work, a partner in life who’s less interested in seeing the world, kids keeping us at home, and so on.

When I decided to tackle some of these issues in my first book, many people started to use my travel secrets to get to the places they had always wanted…

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