Inspiration

/ FIRST / Watch this TED talk

/ SECOND / Support public radio
Seeing The (Northern) Light: A Temporary Arctic Retirement (NPR)
494: Hit the Road (This American Life)
One Family, One Year, Globe-Circling Vacation (NPR)

/ THIRD / Listen to your elders
Top 5 Regrets of the Dying (Huffington Post)
What is the single most important life lesson older people feel young people need to know? (Barking Up the Wrong Tree)

/ FOURTH / Bookmark these helpful travel tip blogs
The Professional Hobo
Nomadic Matt

/ FIFTH / Meet other travelers — some we’ve met, some we admire from afar
Adam, Emily & Colette
Alexey
Carolyn & Jon
Chris & Laura
Chris & Tammy
Christina
Danielle & Rebecca
Elmar & Ellen
Harry & Ivana
Jeremy & Amber
Kim
Zoe