Nynke van de Nadort

To place yourself outside your small world and get to know who you are outside your natural habitat. To approach your life in a different way and to be able to see your qualities in a different perspective.

Until a year ago living on a boat and earning money with sailing was something I thought I could only dream of. I wouldn’t even take steps towards it because it seemed so unreachable. Now, by simply following my gut, I ended up where I am now. Living on the water, discovering my love for teaching and nothing but opportunities laying at my feet.

Something was telling me I had to leave my safe bubble.

Ironically I didn’t start my journey thinking I would end up here. Nobody does know where they’ll end up when they start to travel, but my case was even more extreme. I left The Netherlands for the capital of Colombia: Bogotá. Not to travel. To study. Something was telling me I had to leave my safe bubble.

When I arrived my whole body was in distress, but maybe it was just the shock of a whole new continent? I gave it a month and after that it took everything for me to finally decide to quit.

It was scary and I felt uneased not having my future mapped out for me anymore. Then I came in contact with somebody who wanted me to build up his sailing school again, since he didn’t have time for it anymore. What? Sailing? Holy shit.

“So this is going to happen” I thought by myself. I booked my ticket and flew to Panamá. When I told my mom she cried. She was just as scared as I was. The only thing that kept me from giving in to that fear was my gut feeling. My intuition.