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30f - need perspective on quitting job to travel for 1 year.
Hi - I’m about to be 30 and seriously considering quitting my job sometime in the next year to travel for a year. However I wanted to hear from people who have done this or something similar because I’m sure I am idealizing it in my head and want a realistic outlook on it.
Please let me know thoughts or perspectives. Some info about me below.
Context: I have been to 31 countries so far. Last year was my first solo travel experience and I was in South America for a month (after grad school, before job started) It was the best experience ever and I didn’t want it to end but I had a new very good job lined up so I came back to start that.
I have lived in the US (I’m American), Canada, Spain, and Belgium.
Why I want to do this:
\- \[ \] I’ve wanted to do this since I was about 18
\- \[ \] Both of my parents died young - my mom when she was 45 and my dad recently at 59 - I want to do/see things while I am young, healthy, and able. I don’t see the point in hoarding money until retirement when you might not even make it.
\- \[ \] A year is enough time to do some slower travel, getting to know local cultures better than quick 1-2 week trips that I can take during working
\- \[ \] Expand my worldview, learn, meet people from all walks of life and learn from them
Why it makes sense relatively soon:
\- \[ \] Financially stable- no debt, no mortgage, no kids - my dog would stay with my stepmom and her dogs (he loves them)
\- \[ \] Could take the year of travel and come back and still have savings while searching for a job
\- \[ \] Career is stable but no big promotion opportunities in the near future (as far as I can tell) so would probably quit and switch to a new company in the next few years anyway
\- \[ \] I want to have kids eventually, if I don’t do it now or soon, I will have to choose between having kids or taking my year of travel (probably. Realistically I don’t want to have kids when I’m 35+ but who knows)
What’s stopping me:
\- \[ \] Fear - finding a job when I come back, fear that spending this much is irresponsible or a “waste”, how leaving for a year would affect my relationships
\-\[ \] feeling like maybe quitting my job right now is stupid - large part because my dad died recently and I know he wouldn’t be too pleased w me quitting at this moment but then again he’s not here so
\- \[ \] My relationship - my bf is supportive but we have only been together 9 months so I don’t know if realistically it could sustain this
\- \[ \] feeling alienated/depressed or having an identity crisis when I come back - it’s hard enough to come back after a 2 week trip and sit in my cubicle. How am I going to do it after a year?
\- \[ \] Health insurance
What I don’t fear:
\- \[ \] Regrets- if I do it I don’t think I will have many regrets
\- \[ \] Financial issues
\- \[ \] Being outside of my comfort zone traveling
\- \[ \] Being alone traveling
#travel
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Hi - I’m about to be 30 and seriously considering quitting my job sometime in the next year to travel for a year. However I wanted to hear from people who have done this or something similar because I’m sure I am idealizing it in my head and want a realistic outlook on it.
Please let me know thoughts or perspectives. Some info about me below.
Context: I have been to 31 countries so far. Last year was my first solo travel experience and I was in South America for a month (after grad school, before job started) It was the best experience ever and I didn’t want it to end but I had a new very good job lined up so I came back to start that.
I have lived in the US (I’m American), Canada, Spain, and Belgium.
Why I want to do this:
\- \[ \] I’ve wanted to do this since I was about 18
\- \[ \] Both of my parents died young - my mom when she was 45 and my dad recently at 59 - I want to do/see things while I am young, healthy, and able. I don’t see the point in hoarding money until retirement when you might not even make it.
\- \[ \] A year is enough time to do some slower travel, getting to know local cultures better than quick 1-2 week trips that I can take during working
\- \[ \] Expand my worldview, learn, meet people from all walks of life and learn from them
Why it makes sense relatively soon:
\- \[ \] Financially stable- no debt, no mortgage, no kids - my dog would stay with my stepmom and her dogs (he loves them)
\- \[ \] Could take the year of travel and come back and still have savings while searching for a job
\- \[ \] Career is stable but no big promotion opportunities in the near future (as far as I can tell) so would probably quit and switch to a new company in the next few years anyway
\- \[ \] I want to have kids eventually, if I don’t do it now or soon, I will have to choose between having kids or taking my year of travel (probably. Realistically I don’t want to have kids when I’m 35+ but who knows)
What’s stopping me:
\- \[ \] Fear - finding a job when I come back, fear that spending this much is irresponsible or a “waste”, how leaving for a year would affect my relationships
\-\[ \] feeling like maybe quitting my job right now is stupid - large part because my dad died recently and I know he wouldn’t be too pleased w me quitting at this moment but then again he’s not here so
\- \[ \] My relationship - my bf is supportive but we have only been together 9 months so I don’t know if realistically it could sustain this
\- \[ \] feeling alienated/depressed or having an identity crisis when I come back - it’s hard enough to come back after a 2 week trip and sit in my cubicle. How am I going to do it after a year?
\- \[ \] Health insurance
What I don’t fear:
\- \[ \] Regrets- if I do it I don’t think I will have many regrets
\- \[ \] Financial issues
\- \[ \] Being outside of my comfort zone traveling
\- \[ \] Being alone traveling
#travel
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