Julie van Maanen
1 min readNov 28, 2021

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Great story. My husband, child and I are living in a bus on a campsite in Spain as I write. It's not ideal, we're not saving to travel, we ate my savings while waiting to move to Spain during a year in lockdown in Cuba. We didn't want to abandon the plan. So now we are getting on our feet, finding somewhere to live, moving forward with residency papers etc.

I've found the most important thing is not compare yourself to others, or your earlier self that was maybe in a better position. Right now, I am here because my goal is X or Y, and this will help me get there. To hell with what I'll say at dinner parties. One day, I'll tell the story and there'll be some who wished they'd had the balls to do it.

Meanwhile, I just read Medium and get more inspired.

Que disfrutes Colombia!!

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Julie van Maanen
Julie van Maanen

Written by Julie van Maanen

Top writer in Parenting. Multi-lingual traveller, writer, learner, teacher. Raising my little girl in Cuba and Europe and cannot wait to show her the world.

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