Once she realised that her online web marketing business Enabled her to work anywhere at all She bought a one way ticket to Australia And through travel discovered the desire and drive To help grassroots social enterprises all over the world And became a National Geographic Traveller of the Year! “You can make it happen if you live from the place where it can happen.” Travel Topics: National Geographic Traveller of the Year The desire to help travellers support local social enterprises while travelling Grassroots volunteering Going to Australia – first travelling experience Problems of running a business on the road Travelling in SE Asia for 6 months with her 6th grade niece How travel has given her the platform to discover what she wants to do Lovely Links: grassrootsvolunteering.org Connect with Shannon O’Donnell | A Little Adrift | Twitter | Facebook Music Credits: Sol Clap by Quantic Dirty Money by Antibalas Take Action: Traveling is stepping into the unknown, the anticipation can be fearful. Accepting that and doing it anyway empowers you.