I am Swig. Welcome to my world.  Traveling, working, studying, writing and photographing all over the world is my passion! Originally I am from America and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.  For two years during college I had an awesome job as a student manager for a study abroad program in Prague.  During this time I fell in love with Europe and wanted to spend more time there. A month before graduating from College my mother passed away from a long battle with cancer. I was devastated at this time, but the hecticness of everything on top of finals, moving, interviews, and deciding to go to Europe helped in the mourning process. The loss of my mother didn’t change my perspective on life, but it did solidify it, and helped me realize that I should follow my dreams of traveling.  It was a hard decision and I chose to pack my life into a backpack and book a one-way ticket to Europe. This was one of the best decisions I have made and traveling certainly has helped me cope with loosing my Mom. So, I had just graduated and it was still my duty to accompany students to Prague.  The University paid for the flight and I knew this was a perfect opportunity to move to Europe.

(Memorial I made for my Mom in Prague)

Luckily I had made good connections at the University in the Czech Republic and they offered me a job shortly after arriving in Europe. My new home was the wonderful city of Prague, where I taught Finance and English to University students. I even got to give a lecture in the University’s Castle!  It was truly a perfect job for me. One with great experiences both professionally and personally. During my stay in Prague I befriended a South Korean mentor who is the main reason I am currently in Korea.

After two years of living and traveling throughout almost all of Europe I decided it was time for a new continent. Whilst traveling Europe I became ‘mates’ with many awesome Australians, so I figured it would be great to check out the land down under for a while. Australia met and exceeded all the hype. It was amazing to live, work and travel the beautiful country for six months.  While living in Australia I was offered a scholarship from my Korean friend and mentor to come study my MBA in Gwangju, South Korea.  It was too good to pass up; thankfully I didn’t because my time in Korea was great! I recently started an online apparel company to help endangered animals and moved to New Zealand for 6 months. After Korea I spent 6 months working and traveling in New Zealand and have just recently moved to SE Asia to work as a marketing and sales coordinator for an online business broker, Empire Flippers. I’ve been working with them for over three years now.

I have been traveling ‘full time’ for about four years. Running with the bulls in Spain, drinking liters of beer at Oktoberfest in Munich and enjoying some time at the Party capital of the world, Ibiza are just a few things already checked off my never ending bucket list.  I love meeting new people, playing sports, listening to music and am always up for something new.

Over the years my journey has brought me to 60+ countries, but more importantly, it has introduced me to so many amazing people along the way.  My goal is to visit every country in the world, but at my own pace. Follow my journey and read more about some great travel stories and money saving tips! You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to stay up to date on the latest travel stories and tips!

Currently, I am working remotely for an online business brokerage, Empire Flippers and planning to move to South America next year. I recently started an apparel company, Endangered Apparel and a DJ Site, DJ Equipment Reviews.

In 2018, I published a book called: Global Career: How to Work Anywhere and Travel Forever and also launched a remote job board.

The main purpose of the book and job board was to help inform and help people all around the world further their careers with working and traveling! Both have experienced a lot of success and were recently featured on Forbes.com.