I've found that the best things in life start with a little push— or maybe just 20 seconds of insane courage.
For me it was 2020: inching toward the end of my 20s and stunted by the staleness of the pandemic, I was overwhelmed. Stuck in a mind-numbingly secure Fortune 5 job after losing my dream job in ocean conservation to a natural disaster, I realized that the most dangerous risk of all is spending life not doing what you want on the bet that you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.
I decided to say "f*ck it" and started traveling as much as I could. I finally saw those glaciers in Iceland, mini elephants in the jungles of Borneo, and crawled through the tunnels of an underground city from the Byzantine Empire. I crushed beers on a sunny day with a family in Cambodia, got horrific food poisoning scuba diving with dugongs in the Philippines, learned boxing in Indonesia, and was stranded alone in a cyclone in Australia. Travel expanded the dimensions of my mind, gave me insane courage, brought me profound joy, and completely transformed my worldview. I was obsessed with sharing it with anyone who would listen!
I masterminded my escape from my in 9-5 with a glass of wine (fine, 2!), launching my own business while working full time, saving every penny, and finally quit my job and never looked back. And nothing in my life has been more terrifying, yet more worthwhile.
My hope for you is that you’re inspired to just go and live your life wild, regardless what anyone else says or thinks. Because if you want to live a happier, fuller life, you have take chances- lots of them.
I've found that the best things in life start with a little push— or maybe just 20 seconds of insane courage.
For me it was 2020: inching toward the end of my 20s and stunted by the staleness of the pandemic, I was overwhelmed the feeling that I was in the wrong place in life. Stuck in a mind-numbingly secure Fortune 5 job after losing my dream job in ocean conservation to a natural disaster, I realized that the most dangerous risk of all is spending life not doing what you want on the bet that you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. I had wasted so much time people-pleasing my way off of my own path in pursuit of a "dream" that wasn't mine- and it was a hard truth to swallow.
I decided to say "f*ck it" and started traveling as much as I could. I finally saw those glaciers in Iceland, mini elephants in the jungles of Borneo, and crawled through the tunnels
of an underground city from the Byzantine Empire. I crushed beers on a sunny day with a family in Cambodia, got horrific food poisoning scuba diving with dugongs in the Philippines, learned boxing in Indonesia, and was stranded alone in a cyclone in Australia. Travel expanded the dimensions of my mind, gave me insane courage, brought me profound joy, and completely transformed my worldview. I was obsessed with sharing it with anyone who would listen!
I masterminded my escape from my in 9-5 with a glass of wine (fine, 2!), launching my own business while working full time, saving every penny, and finally quit my job and never looked back. And nothing in my life has been more terrifying, yet more worthwhile.
My hope for you is that you’re inspired to just go, regardless what anyone else says or thinks. Because if you want to live a happier, fuller life, you have take chances- lots of them.
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