{"id":13969,"date":"2021-06-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=13969"},"modified":"2024-06-18T07:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:33:13","slug":"travel-writing-full-time-travel-leif-pettersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/travel-writing-full-time-travel-leif-pettersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Into (and Out Of) Travel Writing and Full-Time Travel, With Leif Pettersen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I met Leif Pettersen at a travel blogging<\/a> conference in the relative infancy of such conferences. We were both early adopters of full-time travel and travel writing in that sphere, and as such it served us both very well. But things shifted, and Leif eventually returned home and got out of travel writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this interview, we discuss being ahead of our time (he also filmed a travel tv show that flopped but 10 years later would have been a sensation), his nomadic travel writing career, how the industry shifted (taking him out with it), what it’s like to return home after years on the road, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jump right into my Awesome Interview Series videos on YouTube here<\/a> – and please give it a thumbs up, leave comments and subscribe! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Interviews You’ll Surely Dig: <\/strong>
<\/strong>How to Create a Location Independent Lifestyle, with Jason Moore<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/a>21 Years of Full-Time Travel, with Wandering Earl of Remote Club<\/strong>
<\/strong><\/a>Getting out of Blogging and into Podcasting, with Gary Arndt<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing: Leif Pettersen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Leif Pettersen is a freelance writer, author, humorist, world traveler and award-winning travel & tourism marketing professional from Minneapolis, Minn. He has traveled through 57 countries and lived in Spain, Romania and Italy. His latest book, The First (Failed) Travel Food Show<\/a>, is available on Amazon along with Throwing Up: Notes From 35 Years of Juggling<\/a>, and his travel memoir Backpacking With Dracula<\/a>. And you can find his various musings on the site Killing Batteries<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pettersen was a silver medalist at the 2014 International Jugglers’ Association championships, loves chocolate, hates pickles, types with exactly four fingers, and can escape from a straitjacket. He has not vomited since 1993, making him a consummate travel journalist and excellent party guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the introduction I read out at the start of our video interview, and the conversation continued to cover an equally eclectic variety of topics. Below are a few. 

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Watch My Interview With Leif Pettersen Here<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Click here to watch our lively discussion<\/a>, or watch below. Please leave a comment and give it a thumbs up if you enjoy it \u2013 this is imperative in giving my series exposure to other people on YouTube who would be interested. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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