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Do you envy me, with my house-sitting and volunteering and living in glorious forms of free accommodation<\/a> around the world?
Do you think my life of full-time travel is glamorous, adventurous, and exciting?
Do you dream of creating a life like mine?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m here to crush that dream. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n

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This post was originally published in 2017. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content. <\/em>

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House-Sitting in Tokyo: Daily Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’m being dramatic; I’m not here to crush any dreams. But perhaps, after watching my utterly gripping (utter sarcasm intended) video below, you’ll have a different idea of what full-time world travel actually looks like on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember when I was house-sitting in Switzerland<\/a> (a three-month gig); after a couple of weeks one of the neighbours came over to check in on me. She was puzzled by the fact that I hadn’t done much more than take the train 15 minutes into Zurich to walk around and snap some photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou mean, you haven’t visited Museum X<\/i>, swum in Lake Y<\/i>, and climbed Mount Z<\/i>?\u201d She asked incredulously.
\u201cNope,\u201d was my unapologetic answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I was apologizing. I felt bad. She was almost offended that I hadn’t played the tourist by seeing and doing everything any other visitor to the area would have done by then.

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My Trip to Tokyo: Context<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every country is different for me. Since travel is so contextual, it depends on the five Ws:<\/p>\n\n\n\n