Braggworthy Adventures

However, instead of living my life according to those values, I found myself 24 with a full time job, house, bills, and heavy commitments. I felt like I was living someone else’s life and I knew I needed to rethink my trajectory. On a long walk after a Florida rainstorm I made a confession: I wanted to see the world, experience new cultures and create a long term trip of my own that would allow me to easily get from place to place. My husband championed me and together we decided to set a date, make the goal and prioritize travel. 

We created a brand, Braggworthy Adventures, to capture the experience of planning for and eventually taking part in this experience. Braggworthy Adventures took weekend getaways, reviewed travel products and experienced Disney World. The channel has grown and developed into a space to share authentic experiences and travel planning ideas. Braggworthy Adventures has even been featured in articles by Travel Awaits on Disney’s Reopening and U.S. Adventures and has helped other individuals plan successful trips. I don’t use photoshop to eliminate other tourists from my photos and I like to complete an experience myself before recommending it to others. Though I hope someday to lead tours to a variety of destinations, write a book or create specific tools to help fellow travelers (an app for travel planning and/or travel clothing that is versatile and beautiful), the main goal with Braggworthy Adventures is to provide simple steps and real life feedback for people who are tentative to travel. 

After a couple years of travel planning and exploring nearby places, we finally started our year of extended travel in August of 2021. Because of Covid things did not go quite as planned, but we adapted and learned how to redesign our originally planned trip into a living idea. We began in a car because the van we had custom built wasn’t working, then once it was fixed, we moved into the van for five months, then we took off via plane and island hopped in hawaii for a month before finally leaving the United States to visit Kenya, Thailand, Cambodia and Korea. 

During this time we filmed, but weren’t posting on our YouTube channel or updating this website. I wanted to absorb the experience and have the wisdom of hindsight to properly inform my viewers about the experience. We also wanted to live in the moment and we are incredibly happy to have made that choice. 

Now we have moved into a new city, started new jobs and in a way we are back to the start, but because of our experiences we have changed, so everything is different. I’ve learned that there are more options than we realize in our lives and work. Most people forget who is the boss in their own life. People give their power away to their bosses and their routine, like I once did. While I was working full time before I felt overwhelmed and out of control. When I was traveling full time I felt aimless and out of touch. Now, I hope to find balance by taking opportunities to travel while re-entering the working world. 

Braggworthy Adventures will also be entering a new age. As I process and edit the moments captured through the our year of travel, I hope to be able to post videos full of authenticity and inspiration so others can find themselves making their dreams a reality.