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The year is 2026. The universe meets you at the ed

The year is 2026. The universe meets you at the edge of your audacity.

You do the big things. The scary things. Or perhaps, one small but meaningful thing that you kept putting off. The phone call. The health check. The big ask. The text you wrote but never sent. You decide to live. And to stop pushing your life off until later. Because it happens, and is happening, and has already happened, whether you choose to be in the driver’s seat or not.

📍 @mundukmodingplantation, North Bali

The date is February 7, 2026 and so far this year I have completed my 200-hr yoga teacher training and my 4th month of my Career Break abroad. I’m still funemployed, still don’t have a plan, and am perfectly content to just savor the chaos of it all as I go. After a month of long distance as I finished my yoga intensive training, I’m in the Philippines where I’ll be marrying my best friend... again! (swipe 👉) More to come 😊💍

Who are you when you strip away the job title? Are

Who are you when you strip away the job title? Are you confident in your identity outside of work?

These are questions I struggled with in the first ~3ish months of my career break abroad, but now, on month 4, I’m finally experiencing my own reawakening.

What does that feel like? And what can you do to find your own purpose-led compass, even if you never take a career break in your life?

We’re going to explore this in 2026 💪🏽

👋🏽 New here? Hi! I’m rachel and I took a DIY sabbatical aka quit my 6-figure job in my 30s to move from Los Angeles to Australia for a year. This is month 4 and I’m bringing you along with me every step of the way, so be sure to hit follow for more career break content!

#GoingForTheGap | Gap Year | Career Pivot | Career Break | Moving Abroad | Saving Tips

What does it take for you to find yourself again?

What does it take for you to find yourself again?

The you that’s unworried and unphazed. Not because you’re avoiding things. But because you’re choosing your inner peace and deciding to lead with calm, unhurried joy instead.

I often struggle, but I find that when I change my scenery I’m the most open to letting go of the things I hold onto. The “musts” and the “have tos” and the deadlines, self-imposed and otherwise. The way I’ve conditioned myself to believe things “have to” be.

My time at @mundukmodingplantation was restorative for me, because it came at a time in my life filled with so much change and transition. I felt permission to be curious. To sign up for classes and learn new things. To treat myself not because I ‘earned’ it but simply because I am a human doing her best to navigate this crazy planet.

And I wanted to share that with you ☺️

Because I think we all need this reminder once in a while, wherever we are.

That at any given time, we can remind ourselves to release from all the noise and the notifications in our lives.

That we can treat ourselves, simply for being alive.

What better expression of free will than that?

👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽 Comment ‘COFFEE’ if you want the link and a special discount code to stay here if you ever find yourself in Bali and in need of a ‘just because’ treat ♥️

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This is what it’s like staying at a luxury resor

This is what it’s like staying at a luxury resort-meets-working coffee plantation in Northern Bali!

PS - Comment ‘COFFEE’ and I’ll send you the link to this place! ☕️

Munduk Moding Plantation is located in a remote corner of Bali that begins where the crowds end. The roads are calmer. The clouds thicker. No acai bowl cafes or boutiques or conveniences in sight. But the higher we climbed into the mountains, the more I felt in my core: oh, this is going to be gooooood.

I love it when hotels go above and beyond to do things a bit unexpected. A bit harder, but worth it. And here, every single thing is meticulously thought out. The daily experiences that invite you to learn about Balinese culture and food. The natural way of growing coffee and working with local farmers. The creative ways plastic is recycled and used as decor in each of the rooms. The unbelievable menu that isn’t just ‘the hotel lobby restaurant’ but a whole exploration of northern Bali on a plate.

I even made my own Balinese dishes!!! And they might have been some of my best work ever! 🤌🏽

What I love most, I think, was that I truly felt that this isn’t the kind of luxury that separates you from where you are. It’s the kind that invites you in for a conversation over a warm cup of tea. And that felt, well, incredibly good.

📍 @mundukmodingplantation

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Over the next few days, I’d like to share this a

Over the next few days, I’d like to share this amazing, lesser-known corner of Bali with you. To get here, you have to have patience. 3 hours of windy roads and famous Bali traffic-level patience 😬

But if you’re willing to make the journey, you will absolutely be rewarded.

Follow along here and on Stories for a peek into North Bali and a really special eco resort worth going out of your way for.

Comment COFFEE and I’ll send you the link & a special promo code for a future stay ☺️

Thank you @mundukmodingplantation for both hosting us and blowing us away. [hosted]

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What happens when we return to a familiar place kn

What happens when we return to a familiar place knowing we are fundamentally different than before?

That’s what I asked myself when I returned to Bali at the beginning of this month. 6 years ago, I was here chasing all kinds of big dreams. To build up the confidence to prove I could succeed at having a great career and take crazy trips around the world at the same time. I was excited, but also burning the candle on both ends. Traveling nonstop with everything to prove, working in impossible time zones, and saying “yes” to everything that came my way. Even if it meant losing sleep. Even if it meant almost losing my job.

Oh, if only the girl on the last slide knew what was in store 🫶🏽 I wish I could tell her now that she’d prove everything she set out to and more. That she’d not only survive the career hurdles but grow in ways she never imagined. That she’d give up her apartment to see the world. That she’d show other women that a 9-to-5 is a great thing, but not the only thing.

Today, I’m back in Bali with a different mindset. And what a beautiful full circle it is, to see just how far i’ve come and know that for once, I feel I have nothing to prove.

When was the last time you glanced back to see just how far you’ve come?

PS - mini Bali series coming very soon ☺️

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