When you have the travel bug, it's almost impossible to shake it. For Tracy Komlos, her love for travel began at an early age, thanks to her parents who valued experiences over things. At the age of 19, she took off on a solo-volunteer trip to India and immediately realized that she wanted to build a life around travel. But how?

She studied communications and history in University, quickly coming to the conclusion that she didn't want to work for anyone else but herself by the time she graduated. Armed with a love of photography and content creation, she began reaching out to brands around the world and building partnerships that would be mutually beneficial. Her production company created the content for these brands and ultimately, she was able to build a life that was on her terms. She could now go wherever and whenever she wanted.

This was way before we even knew what the word "influencer" meant or even digital nomad. Tracy was a bit of a trailblazer, without even knowing it. She built her dream life by a lot of persistence, trial and error and sheer determination. Find out how you can, too!