Top 3 Ways Travel Developed My Life Narrative

Bailey Graf
4 min readJun 16, 2019

Jumping into a 9–5 isn’t always the best answer after college.

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I embarked on my biggest journey to date at the age of eighteen. I was traveling with a group of students I had never met to Acadia National Park in Maine. I remember my first glimpse of the sunrise on top of Cadillac Mountain. I was mesmerized. Through this experience, my outlook on travel was altered, which paved the way for many new adventures.

Rainy Mornings in Yellowstone National Park

Over the next five years, I took three cross-country road trips, worked a summer in Yellowstone National Park and lived as an au pair in Australia. I’m constantly in a cycle of returning from one trip and planning for my next one. Prior to travel, I felt stagnant in the motions of day-to-day life. But after packing my bags and exploring some new places, I discovered a spark in my life that I had not found anywhere else. It changed my life narrative from a boring textbook (the kind kids were forced to read in school) to a Pulitzer-winning novel. Travel helped me blossom. Here are a few of the roots that helped me grow.

1. Novel Experience Resources

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Bailey Graf
Bailey Graf

Written by Bailey Graf

Business Guru & World Traveler. Creating and Sharing Love.

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