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Breaking Free And Finding Happiness

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Wilko van de Kamp
Jul 02, 2021
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When I was writing my Happiness book, the core message I wanted to share was learning not to “get away”, escape and binge travel. Finding happiness is easier said than done. Too often, I used travel as an escape from a life I didn’t even like in the first place. When travelling, I felt less confined by time, money or location. I could do whatever I wanted, I could spend some extra cash I had saved up, and go wherever I wanted to go. Yet after coming home my stress levels quickly spiked back to where they were before I had left.

Instead of tacky souvenirs, I wanted to take that experience of freedom home with me. I became passionate about implementing my “traveling lifestyle” right at home, reconnect with my passions and live a meaningful life – and sharing what I learned through the work I do today.

Finding Happiness

That sounds great looking back, but of course my story didn’t start at that end result. Part of my life story is that after I moved to Canada I initially rolled into a caree…

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