We talked to Kim about
- Studying the stoner's degree that is music technology
- Not feeling he could focus enough to become a professional singer-songwriter
- Swapping music tours for travelling
- Enjoying the creative process
- Going to the Happy Startup School Summercamp five years previously when first looking to leave employment
- On the travelling bug and finding the places that other people don't
- Having a Mum and Dad who encouraged adventure
- The importance of a 'Buddy' (Nicola in Kim's case) when stepping outside a comfort zone
- Wanting to be a pioneer
- Travelling to Central America not understanding that no one speaks English
- Almost leaving Central America because it was too daunting
- On the words of Warren who becomes Kim's Central American Mentor "don't be soft"
- The kindness of strangers
- The fine line between trusting and being wary of strangers
- The adventure of moving from Bognor Regis to Brighton
- Being a confident version of himself and getting his first career job in social media
- Becoming bored and selling everything to go on another adventure when life was perfectly comfortable
- His obsession with islands
- Finding the edge's of the territory in which he's just arrived
- Not wanting to miss out on an experience
- The moment he realised he wasn't going to get another job again
- Arriving back in the UK with no money
- Living on a leaky boat with nappies on the ceiling to collect the drips
- The need for resilience when making a transition (for Kim, from employment to self-employment)
- Starting the adventure company 'Unknown Epic'
- The importance of direction / a goal when trying to make decisions
- Becoming a coach to friends who struggle to step outside their comfort zone
- The extent to which we all grow is in direct proportion to the uncomfortableness we experience
- Getting married one day and losing his father-in-law the following morning
- Losing confidence, depression and letting his wife down
- The importance of noticing rock-bottom
- The importance of asking for help, talking and therapy
- How Barry the Van became Kim's therapist and allowed him to focus on something other than his depression
- The benefits of living on a shoestring
- Setting up Touch Video Academy and learning about business
- The difficulty of balancing adventure and the environment
- Founding Unlost
- The constant challenge of balancing the need for money with the need for adventure
Derek Sivers Ted Talk covering the Leaders & Followers
Unknown Epic - Forgotten Valleys
Touch Video Academy
Unlost
