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I'm Gabby “Packs Light”—award-winning Gen Z Travel and Opportunity Addict Expert 🤓✈️ I took my first solo trip at 17 and part of me never came back. My story is one of delusional confidence (my TEDx Talk topic!), perseverance, adventure, and curiosity, and wonder.

 

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I did 5 days in Okinawa solely on a mission to see the unseen.

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I call it “exploring the second page of Google”. Okinawa is famous for its beaches and that’s all that tourists usually do.

people just “beach, eat, bye 👋🏽”

but I always want… more. new. deeper. so I hiked, biked, cooked, drank, asked questions, listened, and may have learned the secret to living to 100+ years

…ok and I swam a LITTLE bit 🐠

vlog Part 1/6 drops tomorrow - I can’t wait to share Okinawa with y’all!!!

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a few more of my favorite words I’ve learned in a few more of my favorite words I’ve learned in Japan:

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生き甲斐 “ikigai” - I learned about this in Okinawa while in one of the Blue Zone towns, famous for its elders living to 100+! Ikigai is one’s reason for being, and having ansense of purpose in life. It’s one of the secrets to Okinawans longevity, and it’s often as simple as “appreciating nature” or “time with friends and family” 🥹🫶🏽

物の哀れ “mono no aware” - used to describe the bittersweet fleetingness of life and beauty

細氷 “saihyo” - the phenomenon of “diamond dust” basically when humidity freezes midair and looks like floating snow crystals in the air 😍❄️ can be seen in Hokkaido on especially freezing, windless days and is now a burning reason for me to come back to see it!

花水月 “kyouka suigetsu” - translates to “flower in the mirror, moon on the water” and describes something visible but untouchable. It describes the things that can’t be expressed in words, only felt and admired

Traveling and experiencing the world is truly my ikigai 🥹 and Japan is a country you can gain so much from if you travel slowly, intentionally!!!

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