Today, 6 September, is a special day for me because it marks the first anniversary of the lifestyle I lead today. Time flies when you're having fun and I can't believe it's been so long. I remember this day last year, where I had woken up and immediately started crying, because the fear of the unknown still scared me a bit. Today, one year later, I can say thank you to my past self who dared to step out of her comfort zone and travel alone for the first time, because everything I experienced was incredible. And I also say infinite thanks to Hive, who has given me enough financial resources to be able to move from one place to another ❤️.
Hoy 6 de septiembre es un día especial para mí porque se cumple el primer aniversario del estilo de vida que llevo actualmente. El tiempo vuela cuando uno se divierte y no puedo creer que haya pasado tanto tiempo. Me acuerdo de este día el año pasado, en donde me había despertado e inmediatamente empecé a llorar, porque el miedo a lo desconocido todavía me asustaba un poco. Hoy, un año después, puedo decirle gracias a mi yo del pasado que se animó a salir de su zona de confort y viajar sola por primera vez, porque todo lo que viví fue increíble. Y también le digo infinitas gracias a Hive, que me ha dado los recursos económicos suficientes para poder moverme de un lado a otro ❤️.
This time last year I started my first work-for-housing exchange in a hostel in the province of San Juan, 1200 km from my home in Buenos Aires. I had already heard about this methodology and wanted to try it so that I could stay longer and get to know the places I was visiting. For this exchange you don't receive financial compensation, but at the time I had my Hive blog well worked out and I knew that my rewards would be enough for expenses such as food or trips. I decided to give it a try, still a bit sceptical, so I had only arranged a two-week contract in order to have the possibility to return home in case the numbers didn't work out. In total, however, I stayed there for two full months because everything worked out so well 😃.
En esta fecha el año pasado empecé mi primer intercambio de trabajo por alojamiento en un hostel de la provincia de San Juan, a 1200 km de mi casa en Buenos Aires. Yo ya había escuchado esta metodología y quería intentarla para poder quedarme más tiempo conociendo los lugares que visitaba. Por este intercambio no se recibe compensación económica, pero al momento yo tenía bien trabajado mi blog de Hive y sabía que mis recompensas serían suficientes para gastos como comida o paseos. Decidí intentarlo, todavía algo escéptica por lo que solo había coordinado un contrato de dos semanas para tener la posibilidad de volver a casa en caso de que no me dieran los números. Sin embargo, en total me quedé ahí dos meses completos porque todo salió de maravilla 😃.
That was my first work-for-housing exchange, where I saved a lot of money by not having to pay for my stay. I am now on my sixth such exchange, where I have worked in a total of 7 different establishments doing simple guest reception and cleaning tasks in hostels and hotels. This job takes me a few hours a day, so the rest of the time I spend writing for my blog and other curation tasks within Hive, and of course, wandering around the city where I am momentarily staying. Another economic activity I have is giving private mathematics lessons online, but I must say that I only have a few per week, so my main income is still the earnings from this blog 😃.
Ese fue mi primer intercambio de trabajo por alojamiento, en el que me ahorré bastante dinero al no tener que pagar por la estadía. Al día de la fecha, ya estoy realizando mi sexto intercambio de este tipo, en el que pasé por un total de 7 establecimientos diferentes trabajando en tareas sencillas de recepción de huéspedes y limpieza en hostels y hoteles. Este trabajo me demanda unas pocas horas por día, por lo que el resto del tiempo me dedico a escribir para mi blog y otras tareas de curación dentro de Hive, y por supuesto, pasear un poco por los alrededores de la ciudad en la que estoy momentáneamente alojada. Otra actividad económica que tengo es dar clases particulares de matemática por internet, pero debo decir que solo tengo algunas por semana, así que mi mayor ingreso sigue siendo las ganancias de este blog 😃.
Out of all this year, I was travelling for a total of 10 months. In between, I returned home to Buenos Aires twice for a month each time, in order to celebrate family birthdays and then my own birthday. I like being on the road but I also liked coming home to catch up with my loved ones. In short, this year I travelled more than 15,000 km back and forth, visiting places like San Juan, Ushuaia, Bariloche, El Bolsón, Esquel, Córdoba, Catamarca and Salta, from where I am writing this post. I find it all incredible, but this country Argentina is so beautiful that it makes you want to go everywhere 😂.
De todo este año, estuve viajando por un total de 10 meses. En el medio, volví a mi casa en Buenos Aires dos veces durante un mes cada una, para poder celebrar cumpleaños de mi familia y luego mi propio cumpleaños. Me gusta estar viajando pero también me gustó volver a mi casa para ponerme al día con mis seres queridos. En un resumen, este año me moví más de 15.000 km entre idas y vueltas de acá para allá, visitando lugares como San Juan, Ushuaia, Bariloche, El Bolsón, Esquel, Córdoba, Catamarca y Salta, desde donde estoy escribiendo este post. Me resulta increíble todo, pero es que este país Argentina es tan hermoso que dan ganas de ir para todos lados 😂.
Google Maps wouldn't even let me add that many destinations 😂
Google Maps ni siquiera me dejó agregar tantos destinos 😂
I think I still have enough energy to go on walking a bit more, because I like this kind of travel very much. I was able to meet a lot of new people, visit a lot of beautiful places and get involved with life in other provinces outside Buenos Aires. I'd be lying if I said that sometimes I'm not tired of this rhythm of life, but for days it's just a matter of staying in my bed resting for a while and then being able to see clearly why I'm doing this. I like to be investing this moment of my young life to live this experience, where I have enough resources to do. I don't regret it, and it continues to surprise me because it's something I wouldn't have imagined I could do on my own 😃.
Pienso que todavía tengo bastante energía como para seguir paseando un poco más, porque esta modalidad de viaje me gusta bastante. Pude conocer a un montón de gente nueva, visitar un montón de lugares hermosos e involucrarme con la vida en otras provincias fuera de Buenos Aires. Mentiría si dijera que a veces no estoy cansada de este ritmo de vida, pero por días solo es cuestión de quedarme en mi cama descansando un rato para luego poder ver con claridad por qué estoy haciendo esto. Me gusta estar invirtiendo este momento de mi vida joven para vivir esta experiencia, en donde tengo los recursos suficientes como para hacer. No me arrepiento, y me sigue sorprendiendo porque es algo que no me hubiese imaginado que podía hacer sola 😃.
In terms of travel methods, during this time I have met many travellers who do the same as I do, but no other traveller who pays for their trips thanks to cryptocurrencies or something similar. I think our society is still quite suspicious about this, but when I tell them that it is real and that the fact that I am doing all these trips is made possible thanks to the digital economy, they can't believe it. I will never tire of thanking Hive for this incredible year and for financing my trips in this way: I like to spread the word about our platform so that more people can benefit from it as I have been doing for more than four years ❤️.
En cuando a modalidades de viaje, en este tiempo conocí a muchos viajeros que hacen lo mismo que yo, pero ningún otro que solvente sus paseos gracias a las criptomonedas o algo parecido. Pienso que nuestra sociedad aún se mantiene bastante desconfiada frente a esto, pero cuando les digo que es real y que el hecho de que yo esté haciendo todos estos viajes es concretado gracias a la economía digital, no lo pueden creer. Nunca me voy a cansar de agradecer a Hive por este año increíble y por financiar mis viajes de este modo: me gusta divulgar nuestra plataforma para que más gente pueda beneficiarse de ella así como yo lo estoy haciendo desde hace más de cuatro años ❤️.
❤️ Hope you liked this post! Thanks for reading. ❤️
❤️¡Espero que les haya gustado este post! Gracias por leer. ❤️
Lau 💕.
📸 Portada creada en Canva. Todas las imágenes son de mi propiedad 💕.
Happy first year as a nomad, dear friend @lauramica
Many beautiful things have happened in just these 365 days since you started this new way of living. Congratulations for having the courage to make this dream come true
Have a beautiful afternoon
Thank you very much Luis ❤️❤️
Más de 15 mil km recorridos no es poca cosa, cuando se quiere se puede y la fuerza de voluntad vale mucho. Lo importante es que lo has realizado y te has divertido mucho durante este año de aventuras. Felicidades y que los viajes no paren
Muchas gracias Omar, fue un año increíble ❤️❤️
Congratulations to you
Thank youuuu 💞
Good evening my auntie♥️
You captured this beautiful moment very well, I am very entertained by your post.
Ecency vote.
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That’s awesome. We are doing the same in Canada.
That's great! Nomad life is interesting 😁
Congratulations on a fantastic year of adventure and personal growth 🥂.
!INDEED
Hive is truly special as it allows even non-crypto creators to participate in the economy, earn, and thrive. Looking forward to more of your adventures! :)
Thank you very much ❤️❤️💞💞
You’re welcome. Have a great day
I love are write up , thank you someday I too would go on Trip sponsored by crypto currency 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I hope you could do it too 😁❤️
I hope so, thank you
Well done on your adventures. Not many people are so brave to take the plunge Bute if you don't do it now, you will probably regret ina few years time when you settle down and have a family. Now you can always look back and share your experience with your kids in future.
Argentina is still very top on my bucket list, but I want to go to Antarctica as well, but that's quite expensive. And if I go all the way to Argentina, I want to go to the Falkland Islands 😄
Thank you very much ❤️ I strongly believe that the time is now because all the conditions are in place and I am glad to be taking advantage of the opportunity.
I hope you can come and visit us one day.... I don't know how is the tourism to go to the islands, but I heard about trips to Antarctica departing from Ushuaia. They are very expensive but you can find good last minute deals if you are already there. Last year I met a traveler who paid half the price of the trip because the ship was leaving in 2 days and the agency wanted to fill the quota.
Congratulations, happy to see you and enjoying life with Hive support.
Thank you very much ❤️
Qué linda experiencia. Lo importante es que te hayas divertido y pasado bien.
Sii, así está siendo ❤️
You're insanely lucky to be able to fund your travels through Hive. I can barely afford a haircut with a week's worth of my earnings. 😅
Haha oooh :/ Maybe Argentina is cheap for this lifestyle 😅
This! This is what I want to do, try and go out in my comfort zone but it's too hatd for me too even start. So brave of you to try and now look what you become. I guess you are happier now that the barriers you thought you'll never get past is now easy for you to break, I mean climb up. Wish I am a little braver like you but I need more courage to do that. Good luck on your journey. You are doing really great now ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ
Wow, what an inspiring journey! It’s amazing how you’ve been able to sustain such an adventurous lifestyle for a whole year through the support of Hive. It’s not easy to step out of your comfort zone, especially to travel alone, but reading about how you’ve made it work is really motivating. The work-for-housing exchange sounds like such a great way to see new places and immerse yourself in different communities. I can only imagine the experiences and people you've encountered along the way. Your story really highlights how innovative and life-changing the Hive platform can be. Here’s to more adventures and incredible memories ahead! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Que bueno que ya cumples un año de este estilo de vida bastante envidiable jejeje y lo mejor de todo es que Hive contribuye mucho a eso.
Lovinghive ❤️