06/01/2026
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just sell everything, travel the world, and make reels on Instagram to pay for it all?
Ya, it would’ve been. But that just wasn’t going to happen for me.
I was reading an email from a content creator that I truly respect and she gave a list of 7 things you need to do to grow your Instagram.
Now, a few of them I could probably manage, but if I actually tried to implement all 7, it would take me at least 3 hours a day.
I don’t have 3 hours a day to spend on that— at least not consistently.
The reason I love travel is because the type of travel I do is all about chasing the unknown and getting a dose of uncertainty as often as possible. Even if that doesn’t take all day, it leaves little brainpower left afterwards for creative/intelligent thought.
It’s done a great job of:
✅ Teaching me a lot about myself, life, and human nature
✅ Raising my kids to be gritty, confident, and grateful
✅ Making me really happy that I get to have so much fun
❌ It has not helped me be a content creator
And that’s okay.
I accept that I’m probably not wired for it and that being a content creator conflicts with my higher desires.
But still, I do love creating content. I love sharing what I’m thinking about, where I’ve gone, what I’ve learned.
In the end, this post was just a journal entry to myself reminding me of why I’m here and what it serves.
If I open instagram and tell myself I’m trying to be famous or fund travel, but am not honest with myself about what that takes or disciplined with the tasks required, I might end up in a negative self talk spiral that would make me love myself less.
I know because I used to do that.
And I coach people on how they do this same pattern but in their relationships.
It’s really important to get clear about your expectations from something or someone if you want to be happy.
And while I don’t expect to be a digital nomad funding travel through this account. I do expect from myself to show up consistently on and teach how to have a connected family because I do believe relationship coaching is my purpose— I just happened to use fulltime adve