Unless you happen to be a Kardashian, you can only dream about working from the Swiss mountains, Parisian cafés or on a beach in Crete. However, Baker alumna Gloria Atanmo has turned this fantasy into a career of travel blogging across Europe and Asia.

The self-proclaimed Nutella-obsessed adventure junkie is celebrating the recent release of her first e-book, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World, and continuing to work on her blog, “The Blog Abroad.”

Atanmo began blogging at the age of 12, mainly writing about boys she liked and teachers she didn’t, but she turned blogging into a job opportunity during a semester abroad at Harlaxton College in England.

“I was hired as a Harlaxton blogger and ambassador, and when they offered me an internship position upon graduation, I started my own personal blog in the fall of 2013 as just a fun little corner of the Internet to share my thoughts and photos,” Atanmo said by email. “And look where it’s taken me! Unreal to think about sometimes.”

A single semester in Harlaxton wasn’t long enough for Atanmo, and after graduation from BU, she found herself back on a plane traveling across the Atlantic.

“I couldn’t jet off quickly enough! There was nothing keeping me in America,” she said. “I love my family and friends, but I knew that the opportunities I wanted to seek were on a global level. At the time, I knew the only way to chase them would be setting off on a one-way adventure two years ago.”

During the two-year time span since graduating from Baker University, Atanmo has visited approximately 30 countries. She said a milestone in her career came when her article “Stop Asking Me How I Afford to Travel” was published on the Huffington Post.

Atanmo thinks the Huffington Post platform was “the best thing to ever happen to me this year.”

“It’s such a powerful addition to your resume,” Atanmo said. “All of a sudden I found myself on the receiving end of brands and companies who wanted to work with me, instead of me trying to seek them out.”

While a career blogging, traveling or a mixture of the two seems unattainable for many students, Atanmo believes that this position will be in high demand in the upcoming years.

“Travel blogging is such a unique industry, because companies and brands are realizing how much influence we have, because people now look to bloggers first when it comes to reviews or travel advice,” she said. “This industry is so rewarding in more ways than one, and if you want your office view to be on beaches and mountain tops in foreign lands, this is a great way to make it happen. It obviously takes a ton of time, dedication and passion. But I promise you, it’s one of the best things you can do for yourself if you love to travel.”

According to Atanmo, the most rewarding part of travel blogging, is conversations with readers. She mentions that she has had readers pour their hearts out to her and accept her as their own. One reader’s mother likes to talk about Atanmo like they are cousins.

For students wishing mostly to stay home but have an occasional excursion, Atanmo suggests going for it, possibly starting in Montenegro, the Balkans, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain or Portugal.

“If you’re waiting for the right amount of funds or circumstances, then the time will never come. I moved to Barcelona with just $100 to my name back in the summer of 2014,” she said. “It’s never about money, because I’ve traveled with pennies to my name. It’s about having a dream and being stubborn enough to pursue it more than just a wish.”

She also encourages Baker students who wish to pursue traveling to know that her “email doors” are open to help. To keep up with Atanmo’s adventures, soon to be Vietnam and Cambodia, donate a jar of Nutella, or purchase her e-book From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World, visit her blog at theblogabroad.com.