Zero To Travel Podcast

Traveling with No Destination and No Goals: Lessons from a 3-Year, 38,000-Mile Solo Bike Ride Around the World with Jacob Lemanski

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Sep 23, 2025
Join Jacob Lemanski, an engineer-turned-adventurer, who embarked on a three-year, 38,000-mile solo bike ride across six continents. He shares the experience of traveling without a destination, revealing how this open-ended journey reshaped his views on presence and identity. Jacob discusses the challenges and rewards of extreme solitude, transformative encounters, and the beauty in living without a schedule. Learn how this adventure not only inspired his art and podcast but also led him to challenge conventional notions of success.
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INSIGHT

Go Until You Quit

  • Jacob set a simple rule: ride until he quit, without a destination or deadline.
  • That openness let him stay present and extend the trip far beyond his original expectations.
ADVICE

Plan A Financial Cushion

  • Jacob saved about $60,000 and spent $24,000 over 1,000 days, proving extreme travel can be cheap.
  • Plan a financial cushion and live frugally to maximize time on the road.
INSIGHT

Destination Changes Your Psychology

  • Not having a destination removed psychological pressure and made presence sustainable for hundreds of days.
  • When he later created a destination, the emotional weight of returning made the final months harder.
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