For the last 16 years I’ve been creating holiday wrap up videos in place of sending holiday cards. This is one tradition I’ve been able to keep up since I started traveling in 2006. It’s great to have all of my year in review travel videos all in the same place!
Each year I have to sit and relearn how to use the damn video editing software – which normally leads to me drinking a bit too much eggnog. But hey – the eggnog and the millions of times I’ve listened to the holiday soundtrack while trying to edit normally puts me in the holiday spirit. Woohoo Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years!
As much as I hate the video editing process (yes – the fact that I continue to do it tells you just how much I love you dear readers), it is fun to sort of relive my year of travels each year.
Grateful for my Travels Each Year
It never fails as I end the day of holiday greeting editing – I feel so ridiculously grateful for the life I live, my friends & family, people I have met along the way, and new experiences. And this year was no exception.
It’s fun for me to take a walk through the year and get perspective. However I realize that watching a video like this can be sort of like being forced to watch someone’s wedding video…gag (I don’t care if you are family). So – if you want to skip the video (and pretty pictures), then just take this message with you – Happy Holidays to you and your family from Ottsworld!
My Current Travel Year in Review Video – 2022
This year I spent more time exploring the US for the first part of the year. I finally made it back to Canada, and I went back to Europe for the first time in 3 years and it was super to be back! I ended the year with an epic expedition cruise heading to 3 new countries in the remote South Pacific.
I kicked off a long term biking project, Capitol to Capitol, with a special connection to my family which I’m excited to continue next year.
It was a good year of travel, I traveled A LOT…maybe too much (yes that is actually possible)! I realized that the industry for me isn’t quite back yet. In addition, one thing that became clear to me this year is that I am ready to make some changes in my life again. Next year I don’t plan to travel as much and instead focus on some other little projects that I want to do. Sometimes you just need to mix things up in your life a bit and see where you land – and that’s my only plan this coming year.
This year I looked at my…
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