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Here are 5 quick and dirty facts you need to know: 1️⃣Every hour 500,000 animals are killed for meat consumption in the US 2️⃣It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce ONE pound of meat, where it takes only 25 gallons of water to produce one pound of wheat 3️⃣Grain that is used to feed livestock can be used to feed approximately 1.3 billion people instead, but it’s not... 4️⃣Processed meat has been scientifically proven to be a class 1 carcinogen, aka it’s just as deadly as smoking cigarettes 5️⃣A vegan diet can change 500 genes in your body within just three months that can activate genes that prevent disease and deactivate genes that causes various types of cancer 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌍🌏 If going vegan can prevent the killing hundreds of thousands of innocent animals, can save our planet from being destroyed, and can literally add years to your life by improving your health tenfold, why wouldn’t you do it?! (at Sherwood Queenstown)

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Guess what?! It’s Kiwi Kit Wednesday!!! 🥝🥝🥝 As we were outlining our move-to-New-Zealand money-saving strategy, we realized it was a lot of info to take in. 🤓🤓🤓 In order to avoid any overwhelm, we broke our strategy up into three parts. 💰💰💰 Now don’t laugh, but we did it to mirror the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. 😂😂😂 This week on @the_kiwi_kit you’ll find Part One {to rule them all}. Each part following will build on the last. 💍💍💍 Click on the link in my bio for this nerdy, but helpful, article on saving money to move to New Zealand. ⛰ ⛰ ⛰ #thekiwitkit #movetonewzealand #eternalexpat #liveabroad #expatlifestyle #savetotravel #saveyourpennies #moveoverseas #moveabroad #travelnewzealand #explorenewzealand #newzealandadventures #movingabroad #lordoftherings #lotr #hobbit #hobbiton #cravingapeace #the_kiwi_kit #traveltheworldtoday #traveltheworldtogether #womenwhotravel #globalwomen #girlswhotraveltheworld (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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Coming up on @the_kiwi_kit tomorrow: Money Saving Strategies for Your Move to New Zealand! 💸 Are you as bad at saving money as I am? 🙋🏻‍♀️ I haaaate to admit that I’m a crappy saver, but the truth is, if I don’t have my eyes set on a prize (like a plane ticket or a new camera lens) I have a hard time saving lots of money just because I should. 💰 Before I moved to New Zealand, I knew I needed to have at least $4,200 in my bank account due to visa requirements [and to stay alive here and all]. 🤑 With a tangible number to work towards, I did a much better job at saving than just putting aside some random amount of money to live in New Zealand. 🤑 If you’re like me and need a solid guideline to saving money, check this space tomorrow for some tips, tricks, hard truths, and templates for saving based on your specific spending habits. ⚖️ I can already tell you that by putting some of these practices in place, my spending & saving habits have shown sooo much improvement. 👏🏽 New Zealand can be expensive, but moving here is one million percent worth it. See you tomorrow, Kiwi savers! 🥝 🥝 🥝 #movetonewzealand #travelnewzealand #explorenz #kiwilife #the_kiwi_kit #kiwipeople #travelnz #savemoney #expatlife #eternalexpat #savesavesave #savefortravel #havemoneywilltravel #buythatplaneticket #gotonewzealand #queenstownlife #aucklandcity #christchurch #wellingtoncity #nelsonnz #dunedinnz #invercargill #newlifenewzealand (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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To all my vegans or even the veg-curious out there, what if I told you most products you use around your home, in your hair, on your body, and even on your nails may be made with animal products? 🐷 If you’re an artist or a musician, your tools or instruments usually will derive from an animal’s body parts. It’s inescapable! 😫 On the blog this week, you can find a list of 215 surprising things that aren’t vegan. The more I’ve learned the more shocked and disheartened I’ve become. 🐥 They say knowledge is power, so take just a few minutes and have a peek; could learn ya somethin’ good. It changed the way I consume and hopefully does the same for you. 🐟 Head to the link in my bio to see what I’m talking about. 🍷 🍺 🥂 #govegan #learnstuff #crueltyfreeliving #noanimaltesting #veganblog #veganblogger #veganblogging #travelvegan #vegantravel #vegantraveler #spreadtheword #eatplants #pineapplesareinmyhead #watermelonart #fruitarian #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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Are you ready for the next piece of The Kiwi Kit!? 🥝 Article #2 has been added to the spread and it’s all about which island to choose when moving to New Zealand. 🌴 Believe it or not, there are more than just two islands that make up the Kiwi archipelago. In this week’s Kiwi Kit article, I break down the main highlights of the top five most inhabited islands of New Zealand. 🏔 There are pros and cons of each and only YOU will know which one will suit you best. Plus, you can always trial and error and see which will suit your needs best during your chapter here. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Head to my bio and click the link there for the full article. Hopefully it’s a useful tool to guide you to your slice of Kiwi paradise. 🇳🇿 🇳🇿 🇳🇿 @the_kiwi_kit #the_kiwi_kit #movetonewzealand #moveabroad #liveabroad #traveltheworld #seetheplanet #exploreeverywhere #goadventure #kiwilife #newzealandlife #bestcountryintheworld #ilovekiwis #ilovenz #ilovenewzealand #kiwiparadise #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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Hey guys, I have a little *announcement* for you! 📣📣📣 If I haven’t told you in person, you may not know about the special project I’ve been working on for the last few months. If all goes to plan, this project should be released at the beginning of May. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽 I’ve had some incredible people help me out with it — friends and family — and I cannot wait to release this unique undertaking with to you. Wanna know what it is?? 🧐 **DRUM ROLL PLEASE** 🥁 🥁 🥁 In May, I’ll be releasing my first, FREE... 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 VEGAN EBOOK!!!! 🍑📕🍋📘🍍📕🥑📙🥦 Wahooooo! I cannot wait to share it with all of you!!! BUT, there’s still lots to get done, so now it’s time to put my hair up, buckle down, and get to work so it can be ready for launch in three short weeks! ✨ ✨ ✨ #veganebook #veganblog #veganblogger #travelvegan #vegantravel #vegantravelblog #vegantravelblogger #govegan #friendsnotfood #hustletime #getshitdone #letsdoit #plantbasedlife #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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When I first arrived in New Zealand, I was going to setup my life in Wellington. The energy, the colors, the creativity of the city are so welcoming and I knew I could picture a sensational life there. 🎭 You can get lost in the Te Papa Museum for weeks and you can most definitely write home about the craft breweries and street art. 🍻 Before I unpacked my bags completely, the curiosity I felt for a notorious place called Queenstown was chirping in the back of my mind. I had never been there and a part of me had already fallen in love with windy Wellington —what to do!? 🌬 We all know how the story ends, but not everyone who moves to New Zealand will follow the same path. On Wednesday, another piece will be added to @the_kiwi_kit to help anyone deciding which island to live on during their big move to New Zealand. Spoiler alert: Can’t go wrong no matter which one you choose! 🥝 🥝 🥝 #newzealandlife #newzealandguide #expatinnewzealand #eternalexpat #nz #explorenewzealand #wellingtonnz #queenstownnz #northisland #southisland #waihekeisland #the_kiwi_kit #movetonewzealand #kiwis #bestcountryintheworld #bestcountryonearth #traveleverywhere #liveabroad #workabroad #cravingapeace #kiwiexperience (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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When you host a vegan dinner for hard-core meat eaters, you get fresh flowers to distract them from all the vegetables. 😜Vegan dinner for six for under $140. Gonna have to blog about this one! 🥦 Six-course vegan meal for three couples tonight, all plant-based. Cauliflower bites, kale chips, kumara stacks, tofu lettuce wraps, portobello mushroom burgers, corn fritter, fresh cookies and nice cream. 🥙 Cannot wait to see what they think! 🥕 🥕 🥕 #vegandinner #plantbaseddinnerparty #dinnerforsix #veganblog #veganblogger #veganlife #livecrueltyfree #plantbasedliving #friendsnotfood #veganwriter #goveganfortheanimals #goveganfortheplanet #goveganforyourhealth #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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Since becoming a traveler, my eyes, heart, and soul have been opened to a variety of intriguing cultures, numerous ways to express oneself, diverse standards of living, an array of wild beliefs, and more beauty & pain than I can articulate. ✈️ Being a vegan has opened my eyes, body, soul, and spirit to what it means to live compassionately and consciously to do my part to make the planet a better place. 🥑 Combined, traveling and being vegan has taught me how to live a purposeful, awakened, and intentional existence. It’s not just a diet, it’s not just a hobby, being a vegan traveler is my way of living a meaningful life. 🌸 What brings your life meaning? Is there anything that has spurred a light inside you to live a full and compassionate existence? ✨ You may think I’m speaking nonsense, but when only on your death bed this stuff makes sense, I feel sad you didn’t join me sooner in living your best life. 🦋 Double tap if you’re working on being your best self no matter how unique, weird, normal, far-fetched, black-sheepish, or freaky that may look. 🦄 🦄 🦄 #beyourbest #liveyourbestlife #vegantravel #vegantravels #vegantravelblog #veganlifestyleblogger #travelblogging #iamtb #writeyourbeststory #eternalexpat #seetheworldwithme #womenwhotravel #global_travel #girlswhotravel #exploretheplanet #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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It’s here! Today I reveal the first piece of The Kiwi Kit! 🥝 Sooooo many people ask me how I moved to New Zealand. How did I get a visa? Which visa should they choose if they want to live here? Are they too old for a visa? What if they can’t find a job in their career? 💡 It’s not as complicated as people think, but it is a brand new endeavor, so I totally understand the need to ask a million questions. The whole process can be very intimidating. 🚧 In order to help those wishing for a step-by-step guide to moving to New Zealand, I’ve created a multi-piece puzzle within The Kiwi Kit to help you out every step of the way. Today you get your first piece: Which New Zealand Visa is Right for You? ✈️ Click on the link in my bio for the article on the blog. Comment below for things you may want to know about moving to New Zealand. A new piece out every Wednesday! 🔑 🔑 🔑 #thekiwikit #newzealandlife #expatlife #eternalexpat #liveinnewzealand #moveabroad #movetonewzealand #movedownunder #getavisa #getonaplane #iamtb #travelblogging #exploreexpatlife #womenwhowander #womenwhotravel #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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If I had a blueprint to follow on “how to move abroad” when I was ready to start a new chapter overseas, I would’ve seriously appreciated any assistance I could’ve gotten...’cause I was plain clueless. Now that I’ve lived in Thailand, Ghana, Australia, and now, New Zealand, I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks here and there that have come in handy along the way. 🎒 What to pack, how to pack, what not to bring (my weak spot), what to do before leaving, how to navigate a whole new life in NZ, how to find a job, a place to live, friends, a car...the list goes ON! 🙈 Instead of wishing I could go back and smack myself in the head for being so naïve, I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned so you don’t have to make the same mistakes as I have. 😬 Over the next few weeks we’re going to introduce a series called The Kiwi Kit! It’s a step-by-step guide to living amongst the kiwis as an expat. We cover everything from what to do the moment you decide to move to New Zealand to departure from home to even doing your kiwi taxes. 💸 We’re kicking off the series tomorrow with “Which New Zealand Visa is Right For You?” as our first piece of the roadmap. Stay tuned for your play-by-play guide on moving to the best country in the world, each piece being released every Wednesday. 🥝 🥝 🥝 #thekiwikit #eternalexpat #newzealandexpat #liveabroad #workabroad #studyabroad #queenstownlocal #queenstownlife #kiwilife #newzealandlife #womenwhotravel #girlswhotravel #iamtb #travelblogging #travelwriting #cravingapeace #newzealandadventures #livedownunder (at Arthurs Point, New Zealand)

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He said: “Don’t you feel lonely living in your own little world?” ✨ She whispered: “Don’t you feel powerless living in other people’s worlds?” - F.G. ✨ This year, I’m becoming an entrepreneur. I never, ever thought I’d say that I wanted to work for myself, but 2018 is the year I decided to chase a wild dream and make it my reality. ✨ I don’t know what took me so long to realize that deep down I’ve been scared to start living out my own goals and I’ve been distracting myself by building someone else’s. It tends to be easier when someone else is guiding you, teaching you, even paying you to create their dreams, but the moment you decide to do the work and be your own guide, teacher, and boss, things start shifting. ✨ What wild dream(s) are you chasing? If you haven’t started the process of making your #1 goal your first priority, what are you waiting for? What’s holding you back? ✨ Let’s do it together. ✨ ✨ ✨ #goalchasers #dreamerdoershakermover #girlbosses #entrepreneurmindset #taketheleap #workharder #hustleforyourdreams #iamtb #travelblogging #veganblogger #vibrantlife #liveyourbestlife #carpediem #fuckfear #cravingapeace 📸: @aleashniche miss you, boo

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*New blog post up and full of goodness* 📝 📝 📝 This week: How one Queenstown restaurant made an awesome comeback after a vegan fail! Spoiler alert: they knocked it out of the park. 🍓 🍷 🌶 Full story can be found through the link in my bio if you’re curious! ❓ ⁉️ ❗️ #veganblog #veganblogger #crueltyfreelife #donteatanimals #queenstownvegan #newzealandvegan #veganlifestyleblogger #travelvegan #vegantravel #eatplants #sherwoodqueenstown #vegansinqueenstown #veganismo #expat #eternalexpat #liveabroad (at Sherwood Queenstown)

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Who here likes to travel?! Do you do it for the adventurous feeling that lights you up inside? Do you do it for the photos? Do you do it to learn about the world? To learn about yourself? Or do you do it to feel what it’s like being somewhere brand new? To reinvent yourself in each new location? To see the colors, hear the stories, smell the smells, taste the flavors? To get a tan or buy a new outfit? To escape something? 🛫 Tell me. What’s your favorite thing about traveling? Be honest. I’m soooo curious. It’s the fuel to my fire, my drug of choice, and I want to know why my fellow wanderlusters do it, too. 🌍 🌎 🌏 #travelholic #exploretheplanet #womenwhotravel #girlswhotraveltheworld #iamtb #seetheworldaroundyou #wanderingwomen #travelblogging #travelwriting #carpediembaby #worldtraveller #traveltogrow #exityourcomfortzone #cultureisking #goeverywhere #cravingapeace (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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I witnessed a pretty brutal car accident today and it sobered me right up. Not in the boozy sense, in the shit-that-could’ve-been-me-or-someone-I-love sense. There was something there in that sobering moment; an electric vibration that zapped me even more awake than my morning coffee ever could. ✨ This energizing moment created a new kind of hyperawareness in my day. Every interaction felt special, every cup of tea tasted comforting, and every song that came on the radio suddenly had more meaning to it. What if today is my last day? What if this is my last year on earth? Am I doing everything to live a meaningful life? What if that was me in the car? ✨ Not to get all existential on you, but sometimes it’s important to have those thoughts as scary as they may be. I want to leave this world a better place than how I found it. I hope you’re doing the same. A world full of people living fully and compassionately would make this earth a whole lot more peaceful. ✨ ✨ ✨ #cravingapeace #livefully #carpediem #bekindalways #thoughtfulliving #travelmoreworryless #iamtb #womenwhotravel #womenwhowrite #girlbloggers #girlswhotravel #beyourbestself (at Queenstown, New Zealand)

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The other day at work, a customer was pretty much crying on our jump deck talking about how scared she was to do her bungy. She had signed up, checked in, walked to the deck, got a harness on, came in the gates, then stopped dead in her tracks. • Her fear totally paralyzed her. My guess is that she didn’t expect to feel as scared as she did when she got to the edge. She kept waiting and waiting for the right moment, thinking it would get easier. That moment never came. • She left the deck after almost 20 minutes of us encouraging her to embrace the fear. She’d get a little closer, then back off and wind up right where she started at square 1. • She spent hours, no joke, hours, watching dozens of other people jumping and swinging. Finally, towards the end of our day, she came back to the deck with a brand new determination to do it. She had her eyes set on that jump. She paid all that money; she wanted it. • She came back in the gate and she got a countdown “3...2...1...” and she didn’t move. What the hell? Where’d that determination just go?! • I watched her as she had a momentary internal conversation with herself: “Are you going to be the girl to get to the edge and chicken out time and time again? Or, are you going to be the girl who sees the fear, hears the fear, and jumps anyways?” • I’ll let you decide how the story ends... • You always have a choice when it comes to your fear. Run from it, stare at it, or embrace it. You only get one life; I highly recommend not letting fear dictate your existence. There’s too much living to be done on the other side of fear. Just jump. • • • #ajhb #ajhackettbungy #livemorefearless #lovemyjob #LBBTID #ajhackettbungynz #queenstownlife #expatlife #liveabroad #workabroad #liveyourdamnlife #womenwhotravel #girlswhotraveltheworld #globaltravel #wanderingwomen #cravingapeace (at Ledge Bungy & Swing, Queenstown, New Zealand)

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My end goal in life is to be that old lady with a million crazy stories. Tales about the unique places I’ve lived, the intriguing people I’ve met, and the random situations I’ve gotten myself into. ✨ One of those chapters in my story will be about New Zealand. This installment of the narrative includes a beautiful South Pacific paradise that has shown me how to create a life worth living. It’s not about going to places just to say you’ve been there, it’s about spending quality time exploring, listening, learning. 🥝 I hope you’re thinking about the chapters you’re writing right now and I hope one of them includes some time in New Zealand. In my opinion, NZ exists how the rest of the world should. Humble, kind, balanced, and adventurous is how I’d describe most kiwis. Plus, the landscapes are more stunning than words can truly describe. ✨ If you’re interested in visiting New Zealand or even moving here, my blog can serve as a resource to you in the planning process. With posts out every week, I’m sharing all the tips I wish I knew before I arrived. 🥝 Check it out here: www.cravingapeace.com and if you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to email me (click link in bio). ✨ ✨ ✨ #happytraveling #explorenewzealand #visitnewzealand #travelblogging #iamtb #queenstownholidays #queenstownlife #queenstowninsider #globalexplorer #ZQN #newzealandadventure #kiwiland #wanderingnomad #carpediem #cravingapeace 📷: @onlythegreek (at Queenstown, New Zealand)