Save your energy on what you can control
Jacquelyn Armour wants to share the world through the eyes of someone who has wandered the streets of 90 countries, learning about herself, and life along the way. Jacquelyn is someone who is curious, a keen bookworm, and who loves wandering around lost in a library. She’s a major Podcast listener, and an explorer, who has been fortunate to travel to 90 countries—mainly solo. She sees the world a little differently and loves joining the dots. She believes when your eyes and mind are open you receive more from the world.She is a runner. Through her running journey—5k to marathon distances—she has developed a strong growth mindset, and embrace the fear of failure. This is where you learn and grow. She loves photography, architecture, and street art. She is massively into healthy well-being stuff, a balanced lifestyle, and the art of happiness.As a lover of travel, she is constantly inspired by peoples stories, history, and the possibility of what could be. She lives by the philosophy, “you get from the world what you put into to it.”In 2020, she embraced a break in IT project work, due to COVID-19, to freelance and embrace her creative side.She received her first freelance commission as a content curator with Blinkist—every bookworm’s dream.In October 2021 she published her first travel memoir, Follow Your Joy, on her birthday. The memior focuses on how she lives her life by following the feeling of joy.The outcome we seek is never the destination or the goal, but is the journey we take when we do the stuff that brings us joy.You can find our more about the book below
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