"Columbus had a reason to be nervous. Not you."

I recently stumbled upon a travel blog.  Actually, an extremely popular travel blog that is now rated #2....in the entire web world.  Matt Kepnes, or Nomadic Matt should I say, up and quit his job to follow his dream of traveling.  What guts! What's even more amazing is his ability to travel on such a low budget AND HE TELLS YOU HOW!

A journalist asked Matt to give a priceless bit of travel advice or wisdom.  His response:

"Just do it.  The more you talk about it, the less you will probably go travel.  Opportunity only knocks once.  On your death bed, what will you regret more: the face that you went or the fact that you didn't go? Once you take the leap, everything falls into place.  Thousands of people have done this before.  Columbus had a reason to be nervous. Not you"

Like a hungry hungry fish, I was hooked the second I laid eyes on his website.  For those of you wondering how in the world this man travels all year round with no job - Well, he was clever enough to create a website, yes the one I've been referring to, in which fools like me sit and stare at all day long dreaming.  Companies eventually asked to place ads on his website, and voila, hes making a living.  He now writes travel guides and books too!  Yes, I will definitely be purchasing one.

If asked at this very moment who I admire, I'd have to say Matt Kepnes.  He's got gumption, and he's so right....there is never going to be a perfect time to follow your dreams.  Work, money, family, life will always be there.  So make the imperfect a perfect moment to jump.

Not going to lie to you, some days I hope to get fired so I could be like Matt Kepnes....

Read this except from his blog:  There is No Perfect Time to Travel