Hi, I'm Katherine! I'm a 20-something year old with a somewhat problematic travel addiction, with no desire to slow down anytime soon. I'm a former corporate ladder climber turned English teacher currently living abroad in Japan.

 

Abandoning the conventional lifestyle we're told to do is easy when it's done begrudgingly, out of distaste or malice. But how about when you love it? I'm one of the few that actually dare I say, enjoyed their corporate career. It brought me meaning, stature and wealth. But still, there has always been this unshakeable calling within me begging me to see the world.

 

I created Audacious Fool to inspire women to listen to that voice and travel the world. Let me help you choose the unconventional path and do the audacious things!

 

Here's the type of content you can expect from this blog:

• All things living abroad

• Japan (and beyond!) travel guides

• Solo travel inspo

• Personal life updates

• ...and more!

 

A little bit about me

 

In my mind, there's a version of me that works in a hostel in the Italian Dolomites and spends her days climbing mountains and reading books. There's another version of me that waitresses in a cafe in Southern France and is studying to improve her French. There's another version of me that works as a digital nomad in Indonesia and travel blogs her way through the world.

 

And the fact of the matter is, I can be those people. I can be every last one of them. The lifestyle I fantasize about isn't some illusive concept - it's completely within my realm of possibility.

 

I don't want to look back on my life and always have to wonder what it would've been like if I had just bet on myself.

 

So, this is me taking that bet. Hi, I'm Katherine, a travel blogger who hasn't made it yet but is on her way to. And so long as I believe that to be true, then everything that happens next was already declared mine a long time ago.

 

I don't want to be just another face in a sea of travel bloggers. I want to be someone whose journey you connect and resonate with. So not only will you find jam-packed travel itineraries, guides, how-to's, tips & tricks, but follow along as I also chronicle the intimate happenings of my life. I treat this space as my online diary, documenting the epiphanies, triumphs and failures and everything else that happens in between.

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So, allow me to start from the beginning of Audacious Fool.

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I once fell in love with a boy who was too beautiful for this world. The universe must've agreed because they took him away from me. 19-year-old boys aren't supposed to die. 

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I had adamantly declared that there was no more beauty left to experience in this life. And I honestly believe he took that as a challenge because somehow the universe was pulling me across the world. I won contests, I won free flights, I got job offers, all in some of the most beautiful places on earth.

 

So you see, travelling isn't just a hobby to me. It's what reawakened my lust for life in a time when I was consumed with darkness.  Now I experience love, light and adventure and it's always all for him. 

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This blog was originally born as a place to share my deepest pain so that others wouldn't feel so alone in theirs. As my life and mindset have evolved, so has my content. 

 

So, if you're interested in getting expert travel advice from someone you can relate and connect to, then look no further.

 

Let's all be a little bit more audacious.

 

Always with love,

 

Audacious Fool

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