Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺

me = solo travel + remote work + travel influencer + cranberry juice ÷ sunshine ( 🌺)

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

I want to co-host a travel reality show where women take their first solo trip and discover their independence and identity through the ups and downs of the adventure 🤞🏽

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

Someone on the subway said I smell rich today and that’s like the best manifestation compliment ever

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

If this moved you, follow me @packslight on Instagram. I’ll be sharing more stories, reflections, and resources for living a life of freedom and bold adventures into my 30s!

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

When I entered my 20s I had a checklist: Good job. Money. House. Marriage. But something shifted.. I felt a strong curiosity to travel. So I started small, I went solo... and it all spiraled from there

here’s what solo travel taught me—year by year—in my 20s 🧵

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

I hope my 30s are less about proving myself and more about enjoying myself. More grounding. More ease. More magic I don’t have to chase, just recognize when it arrives ✨

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

Solo travel isn’t glamorous. Sometimes it’s lonely, sometimes it’s awkward. And sometimes that's exactly what you need to grow. Savor the beautiful empowerment AND embrace the suck. Both are important

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

@Kokicchan I hear you fr just know it's never too late!

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

I won my first travel grant when I was 21—$20,000 to study Arabic in Dubai. Since then travel grants have taken me to more than 8 countries I didn't have enough money (or confidence) to visit myself... even *after* I graduated. Here's how (🧵)

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

When I finally realized that my 70% was the majority's 100%, I learned to rest

[LJ @ljmackjr]

Someone said “Nothing gives you a clearer look into someone than how they misinterpret things, every misinterpretation is a confession” and it’s so true because how people misunderstand things can reveal a lot about their perspectives and feelings.

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

@Kokicchan Only one of these was when I was a student though hahah that’s whole the point of the story 👀

[Gabby Beckford 🏄🏽‍♀️🌺 @packslight]

@TERRIficWords Thank you!