Overcoming the fears you have about vagabonding

Leaving everything you know and setting sail for the unknown can be a daunting experience – usually counter-balanced by the thrill, anticipation and excitement you feel about your big adventure.

Some people never get that far though – overwhelmed by the “what if?” questions that they pose to themselves or that others throw in their path to divert them from the path of vagabonding.

I have long used a tactic to overcome my fears for just about everything – and it works. I’d never heard of a name for it until one-time Vagablogger Tim Ferriss named it “fearcasting” in his book, The 4 Hour Work Week.

How do you do it? You basically imagine the very worst scenario that could happen and work out how you’d deal with it.

It’s a bit of an extreme tactic and doesn’t always make for easy viewing of your own future life (or death, if that’s your fear!) but it is one tactic to try.

The other tactic is one I learned from Success Coach, Michael Neill. When paralysed by fear from taking any action, he urges you to ask yourself this question: “What would I do if I weren’t afraid?”.

So what would you do and where would you go if you weren’t afraid?