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Yes, we did the touristy thing and journeyed to the wrecked plane in Iceland.
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No, it's not as peaceful an experience as this photo would suggest. 😂
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I'll share later in my story but for now we have a short layover then one final flight to LAX! ✈️✌️
#travelmadevibrant #wanderingaimfully #iceland

Still trying to find the energy to log today's story (we have to pack and then it's up at 4am for our flight), but I'll just say today was our most adventurous day yet! 👌 Sill can't believe the other-worldliness that we were able to see! 🌎💗💦
#wanderingaimfully #travelmadevibrant #iceland

Growing up, I never traveled abroad. Things were tight financially, so my parents would pinch pennies to take the family on road trips and getaways when they could. But my mom always reiterated to me the value of travel, the power it has to expand your world.
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Even up until three years ago, trips to places like Italy and Iceland just weren't on our priority list, mainly because we were working our way out of debt. I felt so close to having the means to travel to all the places I dreamed of as a kid, but Jason and I both weren't willing to trade long-term financial freedom for short-term gain.
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So....we waited. It was tough because I was so eager, but we kept our heads down, paid off our debt, and built a solid foundation for both our businesses. .
Now here we are, able to prioritize the kind of trips I only used to dream about, and working it into our lifestyle intentionally.
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I only share this because I know what it can feel like when you see other people traveling the world when maybe you're still in that "heads down" phase. Or when you're still dreaming and wishing you could travel while others are doing. To you I just want to say: keep going. Keep going on YOUR journey. You'll get to all the places you want to go one day if you're intentional about what you want and how hard you're willing to work to get there. One day you might just be pinching yourself on the black sand beach of an Icelandic lake. 😜 Keep dreaming, keep working, keep going.
Ps. If you want the next best thing to doing, relive the day in Iceland through my story!
#travelmadevibrant #wanderingaimfully

Ok, twist my arm, one more Lagoon photo because...are you kidding with this sunset? We've already moved into our new hotel for the rest of our trip, but my heart is still living inside this other-worldly sunset. The craziest part? It continued like this for another hour and a half, unfolding in layers of orange and pink until we shit the curtains at 2:30am. #wanderingaimfully #travelmadevibrant

A magical day in Iceland ending in a three hour sunset. I have to say, this place lives up to the hype. See our full day in my story! #wanderingaimfully #travelmadevibrant

A look out our backyard at the Silica Hotel. Milky geothermal water, moss covered lava rocks and some welcomed blue skies. Perfect day for an Icelandic road trip! #wanderingaimfully #travelmadevibrant

#AbstractAffirmationsDaily / Are you willing to learn?
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Been MIA on Instagram the past few weeks because I've been buckling down learning some new software to rebuild the foundation of @jasondoesstuff's and my email newsletter strategy. Honestly, the project is complicated and overwhelming, but also completely enthralling because I get to learn a new skill and push the limits of what I know.
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That's one of the greatest assets I believe a creative entrepreneur (or, honestly, a person) can have: a willingness to LEARN. And I don't just mean reading a blog post -- I mean really getting in the trenches, getting uncomfortable and committing to honing a craft or skill.
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Last Monday I asked my email subscribers to write me back with one question. So many of them began with: "How did you do this" or "how did you know that" and the simple answer to practically everything I now use in my business is: I didn't know. I just LEARNED. 🤓
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So whatever vision you have for your life, ask yourself: what are you willing to learn to get there?
(Now we're off to Iceland so...let the travel photos and stories commence!)
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If you can believe it, I made this bright little piece of art with my FINGER on my iPhone! 😱 ⠀
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A lot of you reached out last week during the #iPadLetteringforBeginners launch and said you wanted to join but didn't have an iPad yet. That got me on the hunt for other ways you can learn/enjoy digital lettering without an expensive purchase. Enter... @ProcreateApp's #ProcreatePocket app, which is a $2.99 "lite" version for the iPhone of the app I go over in the iPad Lettering course. ⠀
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You can still do incredible things with layers, brushes, color and more. Which just serves as a reminder... we have never had such powerful tools for creation at our fingertips! Don't let a lack of tools hold you back from pushing your own creative boundaries and expressing yourself! ⠀
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To watch the process video, check out my story before it expires!⠀
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