Many years ago I was backpacking around southeast Asia. One night as I drifted off to sleep, I saw the silhouette of a rat scurrying up the side of the window. I woke my partner at the time and said there was a rat in our room. He told me it must have been outside and that I was wrong. But my gut was screaming at me that I was right. I tried to hush that inner knowing and attempted to sleep.

A few minutes later, I heard a scrambling sound. I turned on the light and sure enough, there was a rat running across the floor, up the inside of the window and into a hole in the wall.

Give yourself the permission to trust your gut. Even if you might feel crazy or stupid, this inner knowing is so important. I learned from this experience to always listen when my gut screams at me and it’s helped me to lead an adventurous, wonderful life so far.

I had no concrete reason for moving to Iceland - I didn’t know anyone here or have any work lined up, but I just had this gut feeling and am forever grateful I listened to that. So whenever your gut tells you something’s off or inspires you to do something, listen to it and see what happens.