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Welcome to My Travel Atelier

Hi, I am Christina. A 32-year old Spanish- Danish travel writer, mother and wife. I have written here on My Travel Atelier since 2015 alongside my “real” job in the hotel industry. By the end of 2018 my husband & I jumped right into an uncertain future when we quit our 9-5 jobs to travel in Latin America and work online. Since then, my posts are mostly evolving around travelling with a toddler, working online and all the fabulous and not so fabulous things we experience along the way.

Welcome!

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“Should I show myself more in my business?”⁠

Do you have a passion you’d like to make your jo

Do you have a passion you’d like to make your job one day?⁠
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I always knew I wanted to do something by myself, but I wasn’t sure what.⁠
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Back in 2015 I created my first website in WordPress. It was for my travel blog. It wasn’t fancy and it didn’t have many visitors.⁠
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I could easily have told myself back then: The blog is a failure. ⁠
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But I didn’t. Because it wasn’t.⁠
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All the hours I spent on that blog taught me how to: ⁠
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Build websites⁠
Edit pictures⁠
Write interesting stories⁠
SEO optimise⁠
Plan content⁠
Pitch ideas ⁠
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The blog didn’t have many visitors, but it did something else that was much more important: ⁠
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It reflected me. ⁠
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It became my ticket to start writing for Danish magazines and newspapers. ⁠
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I used my blog as a reference when I pitched stories to the editorials, and guess what: Except for one story, I have sold EVERY single travel story I have ever written.⁠
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Thanks to my (un)successful blog it was easy for anyone to quickly get a taste of me and my writing. ⁠
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My best tip for you, if you’re thinking about starting your own business, is to slowly start building a platform around yourself (if it’s a personal business of course). The most important thing is to start. Simple as that. Just do something, anything. Start.⁠
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If you need help to get started creating content and visuals that reflect you, let me know. I offer a free 15 min clarity call for all lovely aspiring or established, business owners.⁠
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Pic by @jul.malinowska ⭐️⁠

When it's good, it's really good: Summer in Denmar

When it's good, it's really good: Summer in Denmark. The fields, the sea, the sweet island life🌱 ⁠
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This week I'm working super structured every morning from 6 am - 1 pm, so I can enjoy the rest of the day with my little family. It feels like a luxury to get 7 hours a day to work on my business and for my clients without interruptions🙌⁠
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I'm longing for routines. For daycare to open again once we return to Barcelona. For now, I'm enjoying this week, until husband starts working again on Monday and I'm back to juggling a 3-year old and my little business. We've done it since March 13th, so we can take another month and a half until school/daycare opens in Barcelona on September 14th if everything goes well. ⁠
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2019 was a year to remember when we traveled around Latin America. 2020 kind of beats it, not in a positive way though, but it's okay. When we get older and Julian is a teenager and never home, we'll say "Do you remember the year there was no daycare for 6 months?". And we'll probably miss all the hours we had together❤️ ⁠
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We'll also remember this summer as the one we enjoyed coming to the island more than ever. The view to the fields we didn't see in 2019 because we were on the other side of the globe 🌾 ⁠
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Life ✨

“Am I superficial if I worry about creating a ni

“Am I superficial if I worry about creating a nice visual environment?”⁠
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Have you ever thought something like that?⁠
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I always loved playing around with colors, testing different interiors, or outfits. I used to believe it was superficial, and not until recently I realized that it was more about creating different environments and stories than about owning.⁠
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Visuals are often connected with something superficial, but it shouldn’t be. A cohesive environment that really reflects who you are makes it easier for your potential clients to get to know you, and more importantly, it can lift your confidence, both personally and in your business. And with more confidence, it becomes much easier to sell your product💫 ⁠
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Do you feel a difference in your confidence, when you pay special attention to the aesthetics?⁠
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Picture by @jul.malinowska⁠

My view these days🌿 Few places can get me into

My view these days🌿 Few places can get me into a mindful mood like this place can (even with in-laws and lots of kids around...). Maybe because it’s an island and the time on the ferry equals letting go on a mental level? Whatever it is, it’s wonderful.

And better yet: My husband is on vacation now (he has been working full-time online since we arrived to Denmark), so I get to work 100% focused every morning next week as he’ll do vacay-stuff with our son, while I work. You know you love what you do, when you can’t wait to get up at 6 am monday morning to start creating 🙌🏻

Being a Marketing Director is probably the role I

I did this guide including photo material for @fem

I did this guide including photo material for @feminadk last summer and on Thursday we’re heading there again: The pretty island of Bornholm. We have spent a week there every summer since I met my husband (his mom is from the island). Still, there are many places I haven’t seen yet, so with two full weeks, this year will hopefully be the year we uncover the bits we don’t know yet (incl. eat icecream from @kalasbornholm 🍦). ⁠⠀
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Where are you spending Summer this (weird) year?⁠⠀
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Share your travel or staycation plans in a comment - I'd love, love, love to read about it and get inspired 😍 ⁠⠀

I remember sitting at the office in my previous jo

I remember sitting at the office in my previous job, thinking: What if I could have a job where I decided when and where to work. Where I could decide whether to wear pajamas or a fancy dress. Or start the day at a coffee shop with a fellow freelancer💭⁠
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Not that I wasn’t happy where I worked, because I definitely was (having colleagues is 🙌), but I always longed for the freedom to decide when/where/with whom to work.⁠
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Fast forward to now where I’m the CEO of my own online biz, and many of the projects I do require creative thinking. Sometimes I schedule walks for that. I just walk and know that ideas will flow when I detach myself from the desk.⁠
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City life inspires me endlessly: The buildings, the people, the colors, the outfits, the tiles... I eventually stop to make a note on my phone or record audio with my ideas, and then I put it all together in texts or visuals when I return to my laptop💻⁠
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Two years back I would have been like: “is that possible? Can part of my job be to walk in the streets of Barcelona?”⁠
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Yes, it can.⁠
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It’s only been 18 months since I left classic corporate life, and yet it feels like a lifetime. It’s incredible what you can accomplish once you decide to act on your dreams✨⁠ ⁠
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📸 by @jul.malinowska ⁠
🏠 by Gaudí

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