On the Tenth Anniversary of Quitting(medium.com)
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On the Tenth Anniversary of Quitting
https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/a1ba4aec950
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Amazing story - I applaud the intestinal fortitude. I have long though about doing this myself. I have travelled quite a bit more then any other 24 year old that I know, and while I love travelling, I also love too many things about home to become a permanent traveller. I love the adventure of travelling and meeting new people, there is also tons of value in long term relationships with family and friends, and those are things I could never give up. Satisfying the travel bug while still maintaining strong long term personal relationships is hard!
I love reading things like this and it inspires me to travel and be different. However, as much as this appeals to me and I want to quit and travel, doing something like this is definitely a career wrecker. That and student loans are my biggest hindrance.
As someone aged 25 - who is really just beginning on the exact same journey, and feeling the freefall a little strongly - this couldn't have come at a better time.
Fantastic piece!
Fantastic piece!
Very good piece of writing. Describes a feeling that many people share without admitting, IMHO.
What I also realized when I did get back to work (and satisfying work at that) was all the philosophical stuff took a back seat and that was not a bad thing.
Uncertainty imho doesn't correlate very well with long term happiness.