A Life Lesson from a 19-Year-Old that will Change your Life

I pursued a life in business most of my life, to later find out, the opposite, minimalism, attracted me more. Graduated economics, worked daily in a suit at a bank, and later tried to start my own businesses. Both failed. Continued pursuing my all-time dream of exploring our amazing world.

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3 months after this interview Celeste died at the age of 20.

We all want to travel, but among us there are those who can’t travel. Celeste makes us realize how grateful we can be for our daily life, just by being healthy

At the age of 16 Celeste was diagnosed with Leukemia, she has been cancer free since 2 years, but she has seen her friends travel and have fun, while she couldn’t

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After school I worked at a bank and started a company, as this was what I thought I was supposed to do. I did not like my life at all and after a long decision making process I decided to take a jump in the deep. I sold my house and stored my stuff and found a job opportunity in South Africa. A world I never could have imagined opened up for me, traveling and working at the same time. Before heading back to my home country, The Netherlands, I started an “acting for theatre and film” evening course, with the intention to learn to become a better presenter in business. As I was still pursuing what I thought I was supposed to do, business. To my surprise I really enjoyed the acting training and decided to change my idea of what I was supposed to do and what not and continued an acting school in NYC. When finished studying, my application for a US work visa was denied because I didn’t already have proof of many jobs done in the industry (of course not! I was just starting out). A friend of mine was into sailing and through him I found out that people sailed around the world and made money by making YouTube videos. I knew nothing about sailing, but #travel around the world was always my dream and sailing on other peoples boats seemed a cheap and adventurous way to achieve that. I fell in love with making a #travelvlog and have never stopped doing it since. I lived a year on sailing boats sailing around the world but after crossing the pacific I felt it was time to do something else. I cycled New Zealand from top to bottom, drove a $200 motorbike through South-East Asia, sold it for $300 and drove a van from Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan which I then shipped to Argentina to drive to Alaska doing the #vanlife. I’m incredibly grateful that I am able to do something I love every day and thankful for everyone who joins me on this journey.