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via The Huffington Post by Alyssa Ramos When I tell people I’m a travel blogger, there’s a fairly good chance they’ll either question how I make money from it, or say something along the lines of, “You get paid to travel? How do I sign up for that?” If they say nothing at all, that usually means they think I’m full of shit and have someone paying for me to travel, like rich parents or a boyfriend or something. Either way, it’s frustrating. Because the answer is much more complicated than “I travel and write about it”, and that’s because it really is complicated being an actual travel blogger. It’s not always sunshine, rainbows, and awesome Instagram pictures, at least not for me anyway. Sometimes I don’t realize that I only show the “pretty side” of traveling and being a travel blogger, without showing what it really takes just to get there. People think that being a travel blogger is like the ultim...

  via Huffington Post by Alyssa Ramos Up until about a year ago, I would have expected myself to be in a serious relationship right now, and getting engaged in five months, since that’s when I’ll be turning 28. Year-ago-me would have expected to be getting married by 29, and having a baby by 30, because that’s what seemed to be expected by family and society. And by society, I mean “Facebook.” Year-ago-me was also in a relationship with someone who wanted all of those things, but wasn’t fond of the three week trip around the world that year-and-a-half-ago-me had planned before we got together. Year-ago-me was also an idiot who almost didn’t go travel for the sake of staying in an abusive relationship… I won’t go there though. Fast forward to today, and today-me has since been to eight countries in just one year, is more happy than she’s ever been, and for once isn’t worried about the clock ticking on trying to find a...