This year, Passports with Purpose is teaming up with nonprofit organization Room to Read to raise $80,000 to build two libraries in Zambia, and I’ve teamed up with Beyond Boundaries Travel to provide an amazing biking tour through Thailand.

Christmas markets are now up around Sweden. Decorations line storefronts. Twinkling stars hang in windows, including mine. You can definitely feel the holiday spirit here in Stockholm, even though snow has delayed its arrival.

This post isn’t about staying one step ahead of your purported “competition” as I personally feel your biggest competition should be yourself and not someone else who is living a totally different calling from yours.