If you say you’re the thing, and you do the thing, then you are the thing. . Don’t let anyone ever make you doubt yourself and your potential. I’ve repeated the above quote to no less than 5 people this week. So I thought I should share it with y’all. Early in my career I started getting flack for doing what I love to do best, covering travel. Even though I had been around the world before I was even 19. Even though I’d been traveling solo since I was 8. Even though I’d forgone a large wedding to honeymoon on the other side of the world for three weeks. Even though I lived and breathed a passion for travel. People still wanted to tell me how I wasn’t enough. How someone better should be doing my job. They would even call news studios to complain. Who did I think I was? . I thought then, and I still think today, that I’m a passionate person who wants to infuse whatever audience I can with joy, happiness, and an equal love for exploring this great big world we call home. . Shake those haters off, do your thang, and laugh your happy ass all the way to the bank. Because no one can hold you back, unless you let them. . Top by @Bishopandyoung Watch by @danielewellington Download the LIKEtoKNOW.it app to shop this pic via screenshot http://liketk.it/2xid1 liketkit @liketoknow.it LTKunder100