I read these topics of girls who want to quit their jobs and
want to travel: Yes or No?? I would say go for it.
My problem is: I finished uni when I was 25 and I left for
Asia and worked a year in Australia. I'm 28, came back one
year ago, but feel strongly I want to travel again. It's a
passion and I like to work while travelling.
But my fear is that I'm getting older and still didn't work
for a long time, same job etc.
Suddenly I feel a clock ticking. Is it time to start the
serious thing?? I'm free to go, but scared the longer I stay
away, the harder it gets to come back home, the older I get
not that much experience in jobs, so it might be hard to
find a job, bla bla etc. The circle continues.
For me it's a dilemma at the moment. Hard to make a choice,
makes me depressing. Ok, I just like to hear from all these
travellers. For sure some will find the same dilemma.
Happy travels.
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Hi Eva!
Wow! I am feeling very similar feelings to what you
describe! What field are you in? I work for the provincial
government in Canada. I went on a 2 month trip right after
graduating a couple years ago (I am now 25) and I have an
unbearable desire to travel more! I recently requested a
year long leave of absence and got it...surprising since I
have only been at the job for a year. Anyways, I am off to
Oz for a year in December to work and travel. I too am a
little freaked about it all....what if I don't want to come
home, I'll be terribly homesick for family, should I find a
stable long term job, should I migrate somewhere else for a
few years?
If you get a chance, write to me and let me know yourplans!
Yes,I know what your going through. I'm 24 and just started
Uni. I've travelled during the last 4 years and suddenly I
got scared-no education, no proper job!
But I can tell you that I seriously hate it-the Uni that
is...and I envy you since you have the exact freedom what I
wish I had at the moment. I'll be 28 when I graduate and
after that I'm going to travel again as long as I have the
energy and the willingness. Don't worry about the rest of
the world. I know it is hard.....maybe you find "home"
somewhere along the way and the person you want ot spend the
rest of your life with. Anyway, I'm counting on that.
Well, this doesn't really help you but I just want it to
tell you that I know how you feel. Today's way of life
insists that you do as everyone else does: career, house,
kids,etc. Well, screw them! I am me, and if I'm not part of
the mainstream then let it be so!!!
I also am quitting my job to go travelling. This will be
the third time I have done this. If it makes you feel
better, I'm 30, and leaving a job of five years. I think
as long as you do what makes you happy, you'll be fine.
After all, isn't that what life is all about? You have
many years to do the 9-5 thing, and once you have kids,
hubby, morgage etc, you won't even have the freedom to make
a choice like this anymore. Travelling is also
education...you never know what might be in store...
I know exactly how you feel. I lived abroad for 2 years when
I was in my teens and that's when the whole thing began.
I've got to go and live as an expat with regular intervals!
I finished university at 27 after having lived also 1,5
years in Canada - hard to find a proper job etc. Now I have
worked for the UN in the former soviet union two years (am
now 31) and feel completely happy about returning back
"home". Can't wait to have a family and all of that now. You
should just always follow your intuition, you will be
miserable if you don't do those things and make the choices
that you always felt were right for you. Sounds like a
cliche but it's true. You're still very young - another 5
years out in the bush won't hurt you and so what if you
don't want to go back? There are many "homes" in this small
world that you can settle down in eventually. Good luck!
Scary isn't it...it worries me that travelling is
essentially escapism, no matter how much you get out of it,
culturally or 'personal development'-wise. I love it more
than anything else, but I also have other ambitions! Only
problem is, I hate being tied down, and can't bear the
thought of working in an office for the rest of my life. You
may end up with all the material possesions you desire, but
what's the use if you only have 4 weeks a year to enjoy
them? I'm very conscious of the fact you only have one ONE
life (as obvious a thing as that may be to state), and only
one time you're young at that, without the responsibilities
(kids etc.) that can so easily tie you down. I'm in the same
dilemna - get my teeth into a career and truly join the
'real world', or go off travelling again to another
fantastic country. My decision? I leave for India in
October! The reality of your world is, after all, only what
you make it, so why stick to what everybody else does?
It's reassuring to know there's a few of us out
there!
.. that travel might be your "serious thing", and you might
never bother with the mortgage, kids, career thing. It's
geting more and more common these days, and I really don't
see that it's a problem if it makes you happy.
I'm a bit older and most of my friends are in their 30s or
even 40s, and a lot of them are changing lifestyles. Even
people who thought they were settled suddenly find they
aren't, through divorce, redundancy, illness or whatever.
Do what feels right for you, don't compare yourself too
much with other people, 'cos their lives may not be quite
what they seem on the surface ........
The average age of starting work is a lot higher in some
places, so it wouldn't be considered unusual to be 28 and
not have much work experience.
In some places, eg. Germany, it's quite common for students
to be at Uni until they're well into ther 30s - don't ask
me how they finance this, but the ones I know don't seem
too badly off.
Also, tuition costs are so high in many countries that
students can only study part-time whilst working at the
same time, so consequently it takes much longer to finish a
degree.
And in Australia and NZ it seems to be almost obligatory to
take a couple of years off to "do" the rest of the world.
I'm just so happy with this internet thing (had to learn it
while travelling in Indonesia)
If I couldn't read all this, I would have felt completely
lost in my country. Thanks for the writings. I only have to
find a bit more courage to leave again.
I was once a young adventure driven traveler. Now, I'm
still young at heart(42 years of age), still adventure
driven and feeling like I chose a career that allows me to
satisfy both my need for adventure and my need for security.
I don't know how it is in other countries but school
teachers still get 2 months off in the summer and 3 weeks in
the winter in the United States. And, they have all these
cultural exchange program to work in other countries for a
year. It's something to consider. Good luck.