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Quit my "dream job", sold/gave away everything I owned, just hopped on a plane to a new continent (Wednesday last day at work, Thursday morning flight went) an
by kinai 10y ago
Quit my "dream job", sold/gave away everything I owned, just hopped on a plane to a new continent (Wednesday last day at work, Thursday morning flight went) and see how it goes. First week I sat mostly alone around at some beach, contemplating about what I had done and whether it was the stupidest thing ever. It was a personal challenge. Best decision of my life. That was nearly 3 years ago now.
One can only grow if faced with challenges. I learned a lot about myself and life.
- iamcreasy 10y agoWhere did you go? Would you mind sharing what you have learned?
- kinai 10y agoI learned to be grateful and enjoy the small things in life, to worry less, to calm my mind (which is still a challenge) and to not overthink everything. It sounds very generic, but putting in words how your character changed is not so easy, I figure I'd have to ask family/old friends.
- dmcginty 10y agoIf you don't mind me asking, what are you doing now? Are you back to work or are you still traveling?
- wallzz 10y agowhat are you doing now ? where did you go ? what was your work ? could you please share your story
- kinai 10y agoI am still traveling (usually switch country every 1-3 months) and freelancing/RemoteWork earning 3 times what I made before and enjoying being my own boss :) And no, I am not a coder/programmer, but IT field, which makes this remote work thing obviously much more easy.
- fsloth 10y agoWhat does 'IT' in this case mean? Remote configuring servers and administering user accounts? I have very little experience of Big Orgs so I have no idea if that's the scope or something more.
- NicoJuicy 10y agoMake a blog post, i'm interested... Similar story by https://levels.io/ https://levels.io/ here https://levels.io/reset-your-life/ https://levels.io/reset-your-life/ ( i actually loved the post) PS. He's a fellow HN'er also :)
- kinai 10y agoVery similar story yes, nearly identical actually, I also had issues with anxiety and depression before I left, it was one of the reasons.
- shujito 10y agoIn about two months I'll quit my job, I'll start a business with a friend, we'll see how it goes. I'm really interested on how it went for you.