Kim Dinan, Sold All Of Her Possessions And Traveled The World With Her Husband

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8. Kim Dinan, Sold All Of Her Possessions And Traveled The World With Her Husband

Kim Dinan
Kim Dinan
Kim Dinan
In 2009 Kim Dinan lived in a great city, owned a home, and had a good job. Life was nice. But she knew, deep down, that something was missing. She'd always dreamed of traveling the world. At one point, back in college, she'd wanted to write for a living. But somewhere along the way her dreams had ended up on the back burner. So she hatched a plan.
For the next three years Kim and her husband saved every penny and sold all of their stuff. In May 2012 they set out to travel the world with all of their remaining possessions strapped to their backs. "There was definitely a point where I wondered what we were doing, if we hadn't both completely lost our minds," said Kim. "My mom kept begging me to use the money we saved to buy a bigger house! But of course that wasn't what we wanted."
Today, Kim and her husband travel the world full time and Kim has turned her love of writing into a career. Since bucking the cubicle for a life of travel, they've trekked the tallest mountains in Nepal and descended into the world’s deepest canyon in Peru. Kim has walked solo across Spain and driven a rickshaw 3,000 kilometers through India. Today, she lives the life she used to only dream about. “Life is an adventure now,” she said. "I've truly come to believe that if we can find the courage to do the things that make us feel most alive, we do not only ourselves a favor but the world a favor too."

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