Living Life on Purpose. How to Ditch the Desk and Become a Full Time Traveler​ | Ep 18

Have you ever felt there must be more to life than a 9-5, or for some of us a 9-9, to pay the bills and keep up with the Jonses? In this episode we hear from two courageous women who ditched the desk to live a more purposeful life and hit the road with their husbands for full time travel. Ellen McGregor Kortan hit refresh in her 40s and found a way to travel full time on just $24,000 a year, for two people! Tara Marlow moved back to Australia, and with her daughter in college, finally started a life of travel, something she had long planned to do. Both women had wake-up calls which reinforced the truth that tomorrow is not guaranteed.  What We Discuss Leaving a 40+ hour a week office job for a life of freedom and full time travel How to retire early by making smart saving choices Traveling the world for 2 on $24,000 a year budget Slow travel and the long-term Airbnb accommodation discount Getting diagnosed with breast cancer abroad and treatment in a foreign country A virtual friendship with Jodi Cullen Transitioning from a career as a project manager to becoming a writer and photographer Hitting refresh with a family Saving $15,000 via house sitting House sitting with Trusted House sitters Losing loved ones and the wake-up call to live life on purpose About Ellen Early retired budget travel Goddess; breast cancer warrior. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram @vagabondspirit, and her website Earth Vagabonds. About Tara Tara Marlow is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, a travel blogger and a photographer. Tara ditched the desk in 2011, emptied the nest in 2017 and now travels the world full time, inspiring others, like herself, to do the same. Her philosophy is straightforward: Live life on purpose. In between writing a (fiction) novel, publishing some short stories, working on a second (non-fiction) novel and running an online business, Tara has explored some amazing places, housesitting as she goes. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram @travelfarenough, Pinterest, LinkedIn and her website Travel Far Enough.  Follow us: Join our She Hit Refresh Facebook Group, get more tips and advice on how to hit refresh on our blog, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.