Destination: Trondheim

Why You Shouldn’t Quit Your Job to Travel

The coast at Cannon Beach, Oregon, where I lived and worked for 2 years

It’s almost the perfect fantasy. “Quit your job and travel the world!” I hear it all the time when travelling, and in the travel blogging community, the argument that one should quit one’s job and travel is almost de-rigueur. But what if I told you that you shouldn’t? About ten years ago, I was burnt out at work and so took 3 months of leave without pay to go surfing in the Maldives followed by 3 months of backpacking in Europe. I was about 3 weeks into the trip, when, one day in Norway, I got an email from my boss back home with some bad news. Read More →

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