Why 'Someday' Is Stealing Your Dreams (And How to Stop It in 2026)

Stop letting "someday" steal another year of your life. If you're a woman over 40 who's been putting off that bucket list travel for "when the kids are grown," "when I have more money," or "when I find the right travel companion," this episode is your wake-up call.

Hosts Heidi Brandes and Nicky Omohundro expose the three biggest reasons women delay their travel dreams—and more importantly, share the science-backed strategies that actually work to break the someday trap. From solo travel confidence building to budget-friendly adventure planning, they reveal how to book your dream trip before you feel "ready."

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why waiting for the "perfect" time guarantees you'll never go
• The psychology behind implementation intention and how to use it
• Three proven strategies women over 50 use to turn dreams into booked trips
• How to start building travel confidence with stupidly small adventures
• Why solo travel is actually the fastest path to midlife adventure
• Real stories from women who stopped waiting and started exploring

Perfect for women's empowerment seekers, empty nesters ready for their next chapter, and anyone tired of making excuses about travel over 40. Whether you're dreaming of Europe, an African safari, or simply a weekend away alone, this female travel podcast episode gives you permission to prioritize your own travel inspiration.

Your homework: Ask yourself what trip you'd book if you trusted yourself more—then take one small action this week. Because the best time to book was yesterday, and the second-best time is right now.

2026 is your year. Stop stealing from your future self and start planning your adventure today.

Keywords: women travel, solo travel, travel over 40, travel over 50, travel confidence, adventure travel, female travel podcast, travel inspiration, travel planning, bucket list travel, women's empowerment, midlife adventure, travel dreams, solo female travel

Connect with us: @untetheredwanderwise on Instagram for daily travel inspiration and tips that prove adventure has no age limit.

Transcript

[00:00:00] Hello and welcome to Untethered and Wander Wise, where adventure has no age limit and neither does your passport. I'm Heidi Brandes. 

[00:00:09] And I'm Nicky Omohundro. Grab your coffee, your wine, whatever you're sipping on today because we are diving into something that might hit a little close to home.

[00:00:19] Oh, it definitely will. Today we're talking about those two little words that have probably stolen more adventures from women than lost luggage and delayed flights combined someday.

[00:00:32] Mm. As in I'll go to Portugal someday. Someday. I'll take that safari someday. I'll finally learn how to scuba dive someday. Ugh. I feel called held already. Heidi. Oh girl. Don't we all? We have all been there and that's exactly why we're doing this episode as we head into 2026. 'cause if there's one thing we've learned from talking to hundreds of women travelers.

[00:01:00] It's this someday is not a day of the week.

[00:01:05] It really isn't. I've checked my calendar, I've checked my digital planner and it's not on there. There's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but there's no someday.

[00:01:18] And yet we've all treated it like it's this magical future date. When everything will perfectly align, you know your kids will be settled. The bank account will be overflowing. The perfect travel companion will materialize out of thin air, and our bodies will suddenly be ready for anything.

[00:01:38] Yeah, spoiler alert, that day doesn't come on its own. You have to make it happen. And I know that's especially true that I've learned the hard way the last two years, and today we're going to talk about why so many of us, especially women over 45, fall into this someday trap, and more importantly, how to break out of it in 2026.

[00:02:00] So settle in. This one might be a little uncomfortable at times, but I promise you it's going to be worth it. Okay, so let's start with the big question. Why do so many women put travel on the back burner? And I'm not talking about temporary delays, I'm talking about years and sometimes decades of I'll do it someday.

[00:02:25] You know, Nikki, I think about this a lot and I think it comes down to a few really common things that we hear over and over again from the women in our community.

[00:02:36] I agree with you.

[00:02:37] So let's break this down because I bet our listeners are nodding their heads right now. Number one, and this is huge caretaking.

[00:02:47] Women, especially women our age, are often stuck in the sandwich generation, and we're talking about taking care of aging parents. We're still helping out adult children. We're raising grandchildren. We're the ones that everyone calls when there's a crisis. I can't tell you how many women have said to me, I can't leave for two weeks.

[00:03:09] What if Mom falls? What if my daughter needs me? What if something happens while I'm gone? It's always something for somebody else. Yeah, and here's the thing, those concerns are valid. We're not dismissing them. Caregiving is real. It's exhausting and it's often. Invisible labor that no one else sees or appreciates.

[00:03:34] I was going through that this year taking care of my ex who had ALS and caregiving takes a lot out of you and you feel so responsible. Exactly.

[00:03:47] I have three children, they're all young adults now, ranging between 18 and 23. My youngest is still at home and I still feel responsible.

[00:03:56] Oh, I can't go because we've got school things when they were in school that we have ballet recitals or we have college applications. Or, or, or it was always something for somebody or my adult daughter just went through a breakup and she needs me right now. Yes. Which hopefully is not the case at the moment. No. This really is important. It can also become a reason we hide behind this idea of caretaking for other people, because sometimes the caretaking becomes our entire identity, and that thought of stepping away even briefly feels selfish or, sometimes even irresponsible. I've talked to women who haven't taken a real vacation in 15 years because they felt like they couldn't leave their responsibilities.

[00:04:42] 15 years, Nikki. And when I ask them, have you ever asked someone else to step in for a week and help out? That answer is usually no. But we're conditioned to be the reliable ones, the ones who show up, the ones who sacrifice. And there's this unspoken belief that if we take time for ourselves.

[00:05:03] We're somehow failing everyone else who depends upon us. I remember reading a while back that a lot of people that have full-time jobs are afraid or feel bad about taking their vacation. They don't want their work to fall on someone else ,even though they need that vacation.

[00:05:21] Uh, that's a real epidemic. Of Americans not taking the vacation time that's owed to them.

[00:05:25] Where Europeans were like, I'm taking two weeks, I'm taking a month. Because I'm entitled to it and it's good for my mental health. And taking that vacation really is taking care of ourselves. You can't pour from an empty cup, as they say. Exactly. So that's caretaking. What's the second big reason? Finances money. That dreaded budget question, that I can't afford to travel.

[00:05:52] That's probably the number one thing we hear is I don't have the money. I can't afford to go travel. And look, I want to be really sensitive here because financial constraints are very real. Not everyone has disposable income for international trips and we never want to come across as out of touch with reality.

[00:06:11] Absolutely. But here's what I've noticed. Sometimes I can't afford it is a genuine limitation. Sometimes it's a story we tell ourselves 'cause we've decided travel is a luxury we don't deserve or we haven't really looked at what's actually possible within our budget constraints.

[00:06:32] Exactly. I mean, you can always find a flight deal. You can find a road trip, you can do a weekend getaway, you can do a staycation. And I know I've talked to women who say that they can't afford travel, but when we dig deeper. They've spent the equivalent of a plane ticket on things that they didn't really need or want.

[00:06:51] Not judging. I mean, I know we talked about there was a flight deal to, Germany. 25,000 miles on Delta. Fees were 180, and I'm like, no, I really can't. But then I go and spend 120 on this 90 minute massage. Yeah. So, you know, there's no judging. We've all done it. I did it recently, but it's about priorities.

[00:07:13] It's also about perception. We think travel has to be this big expensive production. Two weeks in Europe, a luxury safari, first class, everything. But there are so many ways to explore that don't require going into debt. There are? Road trips, camping, house sitting, off season travel, credit card points.

[00:07:37] There's also that Greek island where you can stay for free if you take care of cats, which I wanna do. Yeah, same here. Yeah. But we'll get into all of the things that you can do a little bit later with those solutions.

[00:07:49] But the point is, sometimes I can't afford it is a door we've closed without really testing whether it's locked in the first place. And then there's the third big reason women delay. Which is one that frustrates me the most. Waiting, waiting for the right person. I'll go when I have someone to go with or my husband doesn't like to travel, or my friends can never get their schedules together. I'm waiting for my little sister to retire, to go with me.

[00:08:20] Oh, the waiting game. I've played that one myself. Haven't we all? And I get it. Travel can be more fun with a companion. You and I have a great time. When we travel together. Uh, I have a great time with Emily when I travel with Emily.

[00:08:34] Having someone to share those memories with, to take photos of you with and split the costs with, those are real advantages.

[00:08:42] Yes, but there's a really cold, hard truth. If you wait for someone else's schedule, budget, interest level, or energy to align with yours, you might be waiting forever.

[00:08:54] I have a friend, and I won't name her, who has been waiting for her husband to want to go to Italy for 23 years. That's the age of a young adult child. Yeah, 23 years. He has never wanted to go. He's never going to want to go. He's a homebody. And you know what, that's fine. That's who he is. Some people don't want to travel.

[00:09:18] But if you think about it, she's never gone either, right? She hasn't gone. And every year she says, well, maybe this year he'll change his mind. And that just hurts my heart. Meanwhile, she's now 68 years old, and her mobility isn't what it used to be. Those cobblestone streets in Rome or the stairs at the Coliseum, they're getting harder every year. She waits.

[00:09:41] Hmm, and the 667 steps up the Eiffel Tower. Gets a little harder every year. You found that out, didn't you? I did that for my 50th. Yeah. Can you imagine if it would've been different at your 30th? Maybe, maybe not, maybe not. But the point is that you don't know if you don't go. Yeah. So, and that's the thing we don't like to talk about time isn't infinite.

[00:10:05] Our health isn't guaranteed the someday window. Doesn't stay open forever.

[00:10:11] Which brings us to our next part. We've talked about why women delay. Now let's talk about what happens when they finally wake up and realize they've been waiting too long. And I wanna say upfront, this part of our conversation might feel a little heavy.

[00:10:30] It's important 'cause these wake up call moments, change everything. Almost every solo female traveler I've talked to has had one of these moments, some catalyst that finally made them say, enough I'm doing this. And right now, for some women it's a health scare, their own or someone else's.

[00:10:50] There's a diagnosis that reminds them that bodies don't last forever. And I've heard so many versions of this. My best friend got cancer and suddenly I realized we'd been talking about our girls trip for a decade and never booked it, or I had knee replacement. My doctor said this will give me 10 more good years of mobility, so I should use them.

[00:11:17] 10 years. That puts a timeline on things really fast. It does. And for some women, it's losing someone that could be a parent, a spouse, a friend, someone who was supposed to be part of their someday plans. This one hits me hard. I've interviewed so many women who started traveling solo after they lost their [00:11:40] husband, and so many of them say the same thing.

[00:11:44] I wish we hadn't waited. Oh, because they all have these plans when you retire. We're going to Europe when the kids are grown, we'll take that cruise, and then suddenly their partner's gone and they're left with a list of places they never went to together. What's complicated is some of these women feel guilty for traveling after their loss, like they don't deserve to have those experiences without their person, or they just don't want to have those experiences.

[00:12:15] Without their person. I can understand that. But many of them also say that travel became part of their healing process. It was a way to honor their loved one, to prove that life does in fact continue, and they found themselves again after that loss. You know, there was this woman I met at a travel conference.

[00:12:34] I'll never forget this. She lost her husband of 40 years, very suddenly, heart attack, no warning. She just told me that for two years she didn't go anywhere. After his death, she just existed. That is so very common. But then she found an old journal where they had written down all the places they wanted to visit together, and she's decided she was going to visit every single one of them in his honor.

[00:13:03] Oof. That just gives me chills. Yeah. She visited 17 countries in the last five years. She takes a little photo of him everywhere she goes, and she said, I wish we hadn't waited, but since we did. I'm not gonna waste another day. And I do the same thing with my mom's ashes. Everywhere I go, I take a little teaspoon of my mom's ashes and leave her in all these beautiful places around the country and the world because she always wanted to travel.

[00:13:33] But she never got the chance or the motivation to do so. So she wasn't able to travel while she was living. Now I'm taking, or traveling with me everywhere I go. Hmm. Which is great. And just recently I, found out that there are something called cremation stones. Or memory stones. And after someone has passed, you can have these made and.

[00:13:54] Their honor and a family that I know, they lost a member of their family quite young. He had never had the opportunity to travel as much as they all would've liked. And they went to some place this summer and left a cremation stone at those places. And they planned to do that moving forward. And I think that's beautiful.

[00:14:13] Sometimes things shift that someday illusion breaks, and it's not always death or illness. Sometimes it's quieter than that. Sometimes it's a milestone birthday, like your 50th and we went to Peru. Um, you know, when you turn 50, you suddenly realize half your life is probably behind you at this point.

[00:14:35] Yeah. If not two thirds of it, unfortunately. Watching our kids go off and live their lives, like I said, I have three, seeing them do that. Taking a gap year, studying abroad, backpacking through Southeast Asia, and thinking to myself, wait a minute. When do I get to do all that fun stuff?

[00:14:52] 'cause I didn't do it at their age. Or sometimes it's just this creeping awareness that you've been putting everyone else first for so long that you've forgotten what you actually want.

[00:15:05] It kind of sounds like me in therapy after my divorce, but here's the big thing. I think a lot of women wake up one day and realize they don't even know what's on their bucket list anymore because they've been so focused on other people and their family's bucket list.

[00:15:23] Here's what I want to say to anyone listening who's had that wake up call or who's feeling that stirring right now, that feeling. That restlessness, that whisper that says there has to be more. Listen to it, because that's your soul telling you it is time. So, okay, so we've talked about the problem.

[00:15:46] We've talked about the wake up call. Now let's get practical. How do we actually break out of this trap? Get your notebooks out or your notes app, or just listen really carefully. Because we're about to give you three strategies that actually work to break the someday cycle. And these aren't theoretical.

[00:16:08] These are the things we've seen work over and over again with real remnant in our community. And they're also things that we've tried ourselves and they're backed by science. So strategy number one. Book that trip before you feel ready. Ooh, this is scary for a lot of people, but it's also the most effective, right?

[00:16:30] So here's the thing, you'll never feel completely ready. There will always be a reason to wait. The timing will never be perfect. So stop waiting for perfect and just. Book it. I call this commit first. Figure it out later. And I know that sounds reckless, but hear me out when you book something, when you put money down and have a date on the calendar, everything changes.

[00:16:58] You go from dreaming to actually planning from maybe someday to, okay, I need to get my passport renewed today. There's actual psychology behind this. It's called implementation intention. When you set a specific date and make a commitment, you're way more likely to follow through than if you just have a vague goal.

[00:17:21] Here's the trick. Spoke something with a really good cancellation policy. Lots of tours and hotels now offer free cancellation up to a certain date. So if you really can't go, you have an out. You could have, your mother might fall right before your trip or you may have an emergency, but nine times out of 10, once that trip is booked. You make it work.

[00:17:48] Yeah. I did this on several of my trips. Also, if you get canceled for any reason, writers on your travel insurance policy, same thing. So, my first big solo trip, I was terrified. I had every excuse in the book.

[00:18:03] I booked my flights during a sale and I was committed and I was going to make it work. I did this on my first big solo trip, which was about 10 years ago. I had always dreamt of going to Africa and the stars aligned to where I was like, I need to escape right now. I found a tour. It was 21 days and it was just me going, there would be other people on the tour obviously,

[00:18:30] instead of thinking about all the fears that there were plenty of fears. Trust me. Well, you were, I just booked it. I, I just Yeah. Went tell with it and I just booked it. and you ended up eye level with, you know, hippos. Yeah. In your campsite, it was quite the trip and once you're committed, your brain stops looking for reasons not to go and starts figuring out how to make it happen.

[00:18:52] And that's. Truly this beautiful magic part about it. Exactly. You start problem solving instead of problem finding. So that's strategy number one book before you feel ready, even if your heart is racing and when you hit that confirmed purchase button. Well, especially if your heart is racing.

[00:19:13] Exactly. It's a good thing. It's an excitement. It's not, shouldn't be a fear.

[00:19:17] Strategy number two, start smaller than you think you need to. I think this one is so important. A lot of women have these grand travel dreams and that's wonderful, but then those big dreams feel so overwhelming that they could never take that first step, right?

[00:19:35] Like you dream of a month in Southeast Asia, but that feels impossible. So you don't even do a weekend getaway to a nearby state. You're so focused on the ultimate goal that you forget about all the smaller adventures that are completely achievable right now.

[00:19:52] Yeah, so our advice start stupidly small. And I really mean it. Pick something that feels almost too easy. Maybe it's a solo lunch at a restaurant you've always wanted to try. That's travel practice. You're getting comfortable doing things alone.

[00:20:10] Maybe it's a one night stay at a really cute bed and breakfast two hours away. You pack a bag. Drive there by yourself, explore a new town.

[00:20:20] Maybe it's a day trip to a state park you've never visited, a new museum in a nearby city, an overnight train ride somewhere. Yeah. The point is you start building your confidence with low stake experiences before you tackle the big stuff.

[00:20:35] And if you're a parent with kids, it's the same thing. You didn't start them on an international flight to Tokyo. You probably started with a road trip like from the hospital to your house.

[00:20:46] You do something small, you survive. You even enjoy yourself, and suddenly the bigger stuff doesn't seem so scary or overwhelming.

[00:20:56] It's like strength training for your travel muscles. You don't walk into the gym and try and deadlift 300 pounds on day one. You'd hurt yourself, you start with what you can handle and you build up from there. I've seen women who were terrified to fly alone, start with a road trip, then a domestic flight. Then an international trip to English speaking country. Eventually they're backpacking through Vietnam. Like it's nothing.

[00:21:23] Oh, that sounds awesome. You know, every step teaches you something. You learn what you like, what you don't, what you need to pack, how you handle stress, how you feel about being alone.

[00:21:36] Those smaller trips, they're not. Lesser because they're close to home or short. They're real adventures and they count. Absolutely. Stop gate keeping yourself, ladies. A weekend in a cabin in the mountains is still travel. That sounds great. A solo trip to Austin or Savannah or Santa Fe is a great adventure too.

[00:22:00] Okay, so strategy number three, and this is the big one. Go alone before waiting on others. Oof. This is where we lose some people. I get it. Solo travel is scary. The idea of eating alone, navigating alone, being in a foreign place, whether that's overseas or just the city next door to your city with no one else to turn to.

[00:22:26] It can feel very intimidating. But it's also so liberating. You can be your own best company and the truth is, if you keep waiting for someone else to be available, be willing, be financially ready at the exact same time as you, you might never go because that day will never happen. Yeah. I mean, other people have their own lives.

[00:22:47] They have their own priorities, their own fears, and those might never align with yours. I'm not saying to ditch your friends or never travel with companions. We travel together often. We have a great time. Travel buddies are wonderful, but they shouldn't be requirement.

[00:23:04] You have to be willing to be your own travel companion. Your own adventure buddy. Your own best company. This is great advice, not just for travel, but for life. Be your own best company. [00:23:20] Stop relying on outside influences and people to give you validation, give you comfort to give you worth.

[00:23:27] I mean, once you become your own best friend. Everything becomes easier, not just travel. Exactly.

[00:23:35] And here's a secret that experienced solo travelers know. You're never really alone out there. Oh, and that is so true. When you travel solo, you're so much more approachable. Other travelers talk to you. Locals engage with you. You join group tours and meet people from all over the world. Yeah. When I did Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands, I met some great people and I still talk to them on a fairly regular basis.

[00:24:06] And some of my friendships started as random encounters on solo trips. I meet people in hostels, on tours, in restaurants. There's something about solo travel that opens you up. When you don't have a built in companion, you become more curious, more present, more willing to connect with strangers.

[00:24:28] Yeah, and honestly, sometimes you just need silence or solit. Sometimes the best part of solo travel isn't the other people you meet, but you don't have to answer to anyone. You do exactly what you want. You eat when you're hungry, you linger where you wanna linger. No compromises?

[00:24:46] What do you wanna do? I don't know. What do you wanna do? I don't care. Whatever. Are you sure you wanna do this?

[00:24:53] Sometimes I wanna go to bed at eight. Because I'm tired and I don't wanna hold anybody back who wants to go out and party all night. But sometimes I wanna party all night. And I don't wanna have to drag a friend who's like, no, I don't feel up to it.

[00:25:07] So there is a freedom to being on your own when you travel. Definitely. There's something incredibly powerful about all of that, especially for women who have spent decades negotiating and compromising and putting other people in their life first, right?

[00:25:22] Solo travel is like a reclamation. You're reclaiming your own voice, your own preferences, and your own time, and you discover things about yourself that you didn't know. You find out you're braver than you thought. More resourceful. More adaptable. I always say the woman who comes back from a solo trip is not the same woman who left.

[00:25:48] I change every time I come back. That's so very true. So, let's do a quick recap of the three strategies.

[00:25:56] First book before you feel ready, commit. First, figure it out later.

[00:26:02] Two, start smaller than you think. Build your confidence with low stake adventures.

[00:26:08] Three. Go alone before waiting on others. Your travel dreams shouldn't be held hostage to someone else's schedule.

[00:26:16] We're getting close to the end of our episode, and this is the part where we give you some homework. I know, don't groan. You're actually going to enjoy it, I promise. It's gentle homework. No grades involved.

[00:26:29] We want to leave you with the question to sit with and we really want you to take seriously. Maybe even pause the podcast right now. Grab a pen and paper. Open up your notes app and actually write down your answer.

[00:26:43] Okay, so here's the question. What trip would you book if you trusted yourself more? Let's that sink in for a minute. What trip would you book if you trusted yourself more? Not if you had more money, not if you had more time, not if you had a travel companion. If you trusted yourself. Because I think for a lot of us, the real barrier isn't external circumstances.

[00:27:18] It's this deep down belief that we can't handle it, that we're not capable, that something will go wrong and we won't be able to deal with it. We don't trust ourselves to navigate a foreign city, to figure out transportation, to handle an emergency, to be okay on our own, but here's what I know about you.

[00:27:41] You have handled hard things your whole life. You've raised children, navigated careers, dealt with loss, heartbreak, health scares, and financial setbacks, and you've figured it out every single time. Maybe not perfectly, maybe not gracefully, but you've survived every difficult day so far.

[00:28:03] Your track record for getting through tough shit is a hundred percent. Think about that. So when it comes to booking that trip you've been dreaming about, the question isn't whether you can handle it. You can. You've proven that over and over. The question is whether you'll give yourself permission to try.

[00:28:25] So, back to our question. What trip would you book if you trusted yourself more? Is it that solo trip to Paris you've been fantasizing about since you read your first novel set there? Is it a hiking trip to Patagonia that you dismissed as too adventurous for yourself? Is it that African safari you've waited on since you were 12 years old and watching nature documentaries? Is it simply a weekend away alone at a place that has nothing to do with caregiving or work or family obligations? Whatever it is, name it. Say it out loud, write it down. Tell a friend, tell us in our dms. Because naming it is the first step to making it real.

[00:29:12] And here's your actual homework. I want you to take one small action this week. Just one. Maybe you look at flights to your dream vacation. You don't have to book them. Just look. Or maybe you start to follow a travel blogger who goes to places you want to visit. You get inspired by reading what this person goes through.

[00:29:36] Maybe get a passport. If you already have one check, if it needs renewing, or maybe you open a savings account specifically for travel. Even if you only put in $10 to start, or a dollar a week, start doing that little savings account, those little actions create big rewards and eventually it becomes a trip.

[00:30:02] There's an app called Capital that I use, and every time I use my debit card, it rounds up my purchases and by couple cents and stuff, and it puts it into a savings account. Now, it's not an investment account, it's not a retirement account like Acorns, but it is a secret little savings account and you don't notice those.

[00:30:23] Little pennies or a dollar here or $4 there that you've rounded up. I looked at mine and over the course of the year it's, got a big chunk of money in it right now. Nice little thing. Well, we should talk, 'cause I saw flights to Japan. I'm thinking birthday.

[00:30:40] So maybe you tell someone out loud. I'm going to go to Japan in 2026 or wherever you wanna go. Speaking it out loud makes it real. One small action. That's all we're asking because momentum matters. Once you take that first step, the second one gets easier, and the one after that gets easier and the one after that gets easier. Before you know it, you're not talking about someday anymore.

[00:31:08] You're looking at a confirmation email with your name on it. For, let's say a Tuesday in October. Friends, we have covered a lot today. This might be one of our most important episodes yet. In fact, I've really enjoyed this episode so far. I really think so too, because we can give you all of the backing tips and destination recommendations in the world, but if you never actually book the trip, none of it matters.

[00:31:34] The Someday Trap is real and it's. Steal years from us if we let it. Yeah. And here's the beautiful thing. A trap is also escapable. Every single one of those women we've talked to who finally started traveling, they were once trapped too. They got out and you can get out too.

[00:31:55] 2026 can be the year you stop waiting. Not the year you become reckless or irresponsible, although that may make for a really good story. It's not the year you're abandoned your obligations, but it's the year you decide that your dreams matter too. It's the year you stop asking permission the year you trust yourself.

[00:32:20] We believe in you. We really do. And we want to hear about your trips. The small ones, the big ones, the scary ones, and the triumphant ones, and especially the funny ones. So tag us on Instagram at untethered Wanderwise. Send us your stories.

[00:32:36] Let us cheer you on because we really want to. Yes, and because that's what this community is all about, women supporting women. Adventures at any age.

[00:32:47] Okay, so to recap everything we've talked about today, women delay travel because of caretaking, finances, and waiting for the right person. But those reasons can become excuses if we're not careful.

[00:33:00] The wake up call comes for all of us, eventually a health scare, a loss, a milestone birthday, reminding us that someday isn't guaranteed.

[00:33:10] To break the cycle book before you feel ready. Start smaller than you think and go alone before waiting on others to be ready to go with you.

[00:33:20] And remember, this is not painful. You'll actually enjoy it. Trust me. Ask yourself what trip you'd book if you trusted yourself more than take one small step toward it this week.

[00:33:33] All right, beautiful people. That's our show for today. Thank you so much for listening to Untethered and wander wise. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcast and leave us review if this episode resonated with you.

[00:33:48] Check us out on Instagram at @untetheredwanderwise, that's no and in the middle for even more travel inspiration and tips. Yeah, and share this podcast with a friend who keeps saying, someday I'm going to fill in the bank.

[00:34:05] And don't forget, the best time to book was yesterday. The second best time is right now.

[00:34:11] Until next time, keep exploring, keep dreaming, and keep trusting yourself. Happy travels friends. Bye bye.