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Solo female travel ✈️ Lonely Planet author & correspondent 🌎 Polar expedition guide ❄️ “one of the most powerful women in travel” Condé Nast Traveler

No one has ever accused me of being a long-term pl

No one has ever accused me of being a long-term planner. I’m a dreamer, with both big and small goals I constantly work towards but that always seem to shift around. ADHD brain at work I suppose. Recovering from a small surgery at home in New Zealand recently has me thinking a lot about the future and where I want to be.
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One interesting facet of working as an expedition guide over the past few years is that it forces me to plan far in advance - which for me means a year ahead. Past me doesn’t like that. I hate committing, feels like a trap. Especially because if I commit, I commit; I don’t back out. Who knows what August 2027 me will want. But 38 years old me does kinda like knowing I have work. Only took 20 years of adulthood to appreciate stability and security haha!
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Right now I’m trying to figure out a life in New Zealand but also guiding on expedition ships, time with my friends at family at home but also secure work, feeling creative again but also do I go back to being creative for work? I actually haven’t taken an influencer job in a long time; I needed some space from constant social media. What to do, what to do? For now I think I’m opening doors again, leaning into what I like, and seeing where the wind blows ❤️

Swapping some wintery South Island mornings for su

Swapping some wintery South Island mornings for summery polar mornings in the Arctic 🐻‍❄️

Not sure I could have ever imagined that my happy

Not sure I could have ever imagined that my happy place would be at the end of the earth with penguin shit up to my knees but here we are! 📷 @grantthomasphotography

Me when I accidentally open my iPhone camera 😂

Me when I accidentally open my iPhone camera 😂

Saw so many dolphins this summer bow riding and pl

Saw so many dolphins this summer bow riding and playing around the ship while in Europe. It never gets old seeing marine mammals in the wild 🐬

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Who is Young Adventuress?

Hi, I'm Liz, and I got my first taste for traveling when I was 16 years old. On my own, 12 years and 50 something countries later, my wanderlust has only grown and the list of countries I want to visit longer. After living in Spain for the past few years and returning home for a stint, I then quit my job and moved to New Zealand and I've been here ever since. Follow my misadventures as I wander, eat, and photograph my way around the world

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