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Welcome to Second Act Travels.
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I'm your host, Elizabeth, and this is the
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podcast providing travel information and inspiration for those in their second act of
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life.
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Thanks for joining us.
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Well, you're probably wondering why I started the podcast Second Act Travels in
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the first place.
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Why have a podcast for people over 50?
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You know, time is such a funny thing.
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It starts off really slowly when you're younger.
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I mean, when you're 10, doesn't school day feel like it lasts forever?
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And doesn't it feel like it takes forever to get to your birthday?
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But then as you get older, it seems like your birthday comes around a lot quicker each year.
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Every trip around the sun feels just a little bit faster.
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And you realize that time is not a limitless resource.
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It's a really precious resource.
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So I want to make the most of it.
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I think we all do as we get older.
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We just want to make the most of time.
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For me, it's about focusing on your passions.
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My passion has always been traveling.
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I started traveling when I was 18 years old as
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part of an exchange program.
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Since then, I've traveled with my friends,
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I've traveled with my husband, I've traveled with my children, and I've even traveled
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alone.
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All of the experiences with people have been wonderful.
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And over the course of the years, I've traveled to 15 countries.
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The other reason I began this podcast is is because when I began researching
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my trips, I noticed that other podcasts and blogs seemed to be written by 20 or 30
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something year olds.
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Not all of them, but definitely the majority.
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And that's great.
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But I think younger people have a different perspective than someone in their second act.
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And I felt like we were a bit of an underrepresented community in the travel
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podcast world.
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So I created this podcast specifically for us.
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Being retired or an empty nester can mean an enormous amount of freedom when it comes to
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travel.
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I mean, think about it.
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When you're raising your children, you're really tied to the school schedule.
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You can only travel during school breaks or summer vacation.
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But now that my kids have grown, I can travel anytime I want.
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And that has enormous benefits when it comes down to travel options.
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So there's plenty of life left within us, and I want to make the most of it by dreaming
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about and planning travel adventures and then giving you the inspiration and information to
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do the same.
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Over the past few years, I found tons of online and print resources for planning
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travel, and I'll be sharing these with you.
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Don't worry, every resource I reference will
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be written in the show notes so you can explore them at your convenience.
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You My next podcast will be in two weeks and it will discuss the benefits of off season
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travel, which is becoming more and more popular and a lot of people don't realize the
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benefits of it.
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So I want to discuss it in some detail.
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Again, not more than 10 minutes.
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If you have a question or a topic that you'd like to hear me talk about, please get a hold
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of me.
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You can email me at overseasandover50mail.com and you can also follow me on Pinterest or
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Instagram or through my blog, overseasandover50.blogspot.com.
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So thanks so much for checking.
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Second act travels out and I'll see you back
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here soon.
