I hope you’ll watch my episodes on YouTube and really get to know me, but here’s the sitch:
I spent many of years not risking anything; not my words, my actions and a lot of times not even my thoughts. It felt dangerous-which is the literal definition of risk. Then my world flipped on a dime and I had nothing to lose. So risking became almost a challenge for me. What CAN I do that might seem dangerous to some but will bring me ultimate joy? To me that was traveling the world. Most of my traveling is done solo-mainly because thats just where I'm at in this stage of life. Solo travel is wild and crazy and terrifying but also crazy rewarding and entertaining. It forces you to submerge yourself in the culture and be one with the world the around you and be as fully in the moment as possible. After that first high of flying to another country on my own and wandering the streets until dusk at my own leisure I was hooked. I NEEDED to be risking everything I could for that passion and immense sense of peace I felt with myself that I hadn't felt in years when I abandoned who I was for a terrible marriage. Thus, my travel persona and YouTube channel were born. Ashton on Adventure-a girl who got a second chance at life and is seeing the world one adventure at a time.
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