WHY I QUIT MY JOB TO TRAVEL THE WORLD

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[nickcarraway]

WHY I QUIT MY JOB TO TRAVEL THE WORLD

(New Yorker)

[struggle]

My best friend from college did this - divorced his wife, found some young thang, and is now traveling the world. Sadly, we all have to come home sometime.

[T-Bone Texan]

"...Everywhere I go, I meet such diverse groups of people. In hostels, I’ve shared beers with friendly British and Australian twenty-somethings. In hotels, I’ve sipped wine with friendly British and Australian forty-somethings. We all became lifelong friends, despite the language barriers...."

As a long term recipient, against my will, of The New Yorker I was prepared to hold you and this article in disdain.

Turns out I disdained incorrectly.

[PGR88]

I’m a free spirit, whose father owns a South American rubber empire.

Or you're a spoiled brat who has never had to commit to anything, or work for anything, in your life.

[Truth29]

Maybe not, if you get $60,000 per month forever for doing nothing.

[glorgau]

You know what they call people walking around witout a job? A bum. that's what they call them...

So you decided to be a bum (walk the Earth)

[irishjuggler]

Come on, folks. This is satire.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Another benefit of the Obama/Jarrett economic plan. More lifestyle choices, less jobs.

[2banana]

Steps to quit your job and travel the world:

1. Have a rich daddy...

[right way right]

I didn’t quit. I just went Gault.

[rfreedom4u]

This guy is doing it the right way.

http://www.greatbigscaryworld.com/

[Safetgiver]

my enormous true..... How could I so casually throw away everything I fought so hard to achieve?....Where is the sarc tag? I thought this was true for a minute.

[rbg81]

Yeah, that’s what I suspected. All it takes to be a “free spirit” is an enormous trust fund. Who’d have thunk it?

[kaehurowing]

Female equivalent:

“Steps to quit your job and travel the world:

1. Have a rich SUGAR daddy...”

[mountainlion]

I had my “Fun Travel and Adventure” so I don’t like to go to town to get groceries anymore.

[higgmeister]

I didn’t quit. I just went Gault.

You mean Galt, right?

[bicyclerepair]

I thank God daily for how richly he has rewarded this lowly soul.

[right way right]

Yes, I is a poor speeler and my grandma sucks.

[Gay State Conservative]

I did something along these lines...but with one or two noteworthy differences.1) I decided long ago to do some serious traveling during my vacation time (4 weeks...good employer) and 2) I only started the traveling as an avocation *after* I retired.

To do it the way the author describes is a bit self indulgent IMO.

[nickcarraway]

He went Gault: