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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson embodies the unconventional lifestyle that Heather Markel has crafted for herself. While working in corporate America, she realized there had to be more meaning to life than just sitting behind her desk waiting for retirement. She finally ditched her desk in 2017, and has been traveling full time ever since. She now wants to inspire more people to stop asking ‘what if?’ and to start living their dreams.

Heather grew up as an only child in New York City. When she was 16, she was encouraged by her stepmother to live with a host family in another cou ...