The Real Cost of a Year Off: My Sab­batical Breakdown

Part 2 of our Money SeriesIn this deeply personal continuation of our money conversation, Jess opens up about the question she’s been asked for the last eight years: “How are you affording this life?” …from long-term travel …to years of living abroad …to a full sabbatical she never technically planned for.For the first time, Jess shares the real numbers and the real backstory — not just of the last year, but of the 13-year journey that shaped her relationship with money.This episode moves between the practical and the mystical: rent costs, Ubers, business income, credit card points, taxes, investments… and the soul-led moments, identity deaths, dissolutions, and intuitive pivots that shaped every financial decision along the way.Come sit with us in the realness. There’s Nothing To Fear here.