Inspiration

How Scott Traded Money and Career Success For a Life of Living Intentionally

**This is a guest post by Scott Elmgren. Scott is a career choice coach, writer, and entrepreneur hell bent on changing how we look at choosing best-fit work. After finding himself in career misalignment, he set out on a journey to get back on track and helps others...

“I am Going to Cycle up Africa with No Money” (Part 3) – Reynier van Zyl

Editors Note. This is part 3 of a 3 part series on Reynier van Zyl who quit his job to live life like there is no tomorrow. He is cycling from Cape Town to Israel, with no money, relying on the kindness of strangers. We recommend starting with part 1. For part...

“Sell Your Television, It’s Crap Anyway.” – Richard Pratt

Today we interview Richard Pratt who is a Young artist and entrepreneur who is trying to make it on his own. He recently launched an art gallery. Let's take it away... Nick: Who is Richard Pratt? Richard: Good question...Well, I was born in Pretoria Park Hospital. My...

“I am Going to Cycle up Africa with No Money” (Part 2) – Reynier van Zyl

Editors Note. This is part 2 of a 3 part series on Reynier van Zyl who quit his job to live life like there is no tomorrow. He is cycling from Cape Town to Israel, with no money, relying on the kindness of strangers. We recommend starting with part 1. For part...

“I am Going to Cycle up Africa with No Money” (Part 1) – Reynier van Zyl

“I am going to cycle up Africa, with no money and literally rely on blessings and the kindness of people” Meet Reynier van Zyl, a former carpenter who quit his job and started a journey from Cape Town to Israel (Initially it was Cape to Cairo, but like any journey in...

Inside The Mind Of Jenny (How to Become a Digital Nomad as a Non-techy Person) – Jennifer Lachs

Jenny, the digital nomad, previously wrote a guest post for getButterflied where she talked about Why Its Ok to Give Up an Old Dream for a New One. Today we profile her and her story in more detail. Tell us a little more about Jenny... I am 33 years old, originally...

If You Continually Dream About it, Then What is Stopping You? – Tanya Whitehead

Editor's Note: This is a guest by Tanya Whitehead creator of This Is My Wine. How many times have you heard someone say that you should live every day as if it was your last? And there you are, having to pay your rent and power, the kids are at school, the dogs vet...

Why It’s Ok to Give Up Your Old Dream For a New One – Jennifer Lachs

Editors Note: This is a guest post by Jenny Lachs creator of Square Hippie. When I approached Nick last week to offer to write a guest post for his awesome new blog, it felt like a great idea. He was looking for people to share their stories on Feature Fridays, people...

From Bored to Blog– Part 1: How I Changed the Direction of my Life in less than 24 hours – David Aimi

Editors Note: This is a guest post by David Aimi, owner of Split Mentality. The Zero Hour I was ill. Not because I had caught a cold but because I literally made myself sick worrying about what I was going to do with my life. In the past, I’ve had troubles attending...

The Beauty of The Human Spirit

Speak to any traveller and he or she is likely to have some amazing stories to tell. From hitch-hiking to pitching a tent on the side of the road, to seeing beautiful places that make time stand still, to meeting wonderful people from every corner of the globe; the...

Life Lessons Learned Through Overcoming Cancer – Nirvana Marini

Editors Note: This is a guest post written by Nirvana Marini. Her story is beautiful 🙂 I remember the morning of 11 June 2013 as if it were an event that occurred in the past 24 hours. The cold splotch of the ultrasound gel slapped my skin and jolted me to attention...

Humanitarian Walking the World to Serve and Set People Free

Editor's Note: This is an article written by Dylan Raines of Humanitarian Explorer. On April 26, 2015, I departed from where I was living in California to begin a pilgrimage of the Oregon Coast. My intention was simply to walk continuously up and down the Oregon Coast...

Mother and Daughter Living the Simply Nomadic Travel Life – Veru & Petra

In this weeks edition of Feature Fridays we share a story of a mother daughter combo who are traveling the world and documenting this through their Travel Blog Simply Nomadic Life (SNL). We get a little bit of background behind SNL, together with the inspiration...

This Civil Engineer Quit the Comfortable Life to Pursue His Dreams – Bryan Teare

Note from Nick: Hey guys and girls, as you will know, this is a community where we help, encourage and inspire people to transform themselves and the world around them.To aid us in fulfilling this mission we have introduced Feature Fridays, where every Friday we will...

Bantaba: An Exciting Upcoming Charity in Gambia – Matt Pople

One of my goals through getButterflied is to connect with charities and get more involved with philanthropic endeavours. So when I stumbled across a post on Facebook indicating that a beautiful project will soon be unveiled in Gambia towards the end of the year, I...