I did this without quitting my job last year. In 2013 my then wife of 10 years and I divorced. From when my primary employer broke up till mid january, I trave

I did this without quitting my job last year. In 2013 my then wife of 10 years and I divorced. From when my primary employer broke up till mid january, I travelled Europe. Had a (mostly) great time too but it was a little too long. When I came back a leak had damaged most of my house, so I came stayed, fixed the leak, dried out the house in January and in February spent 6 weeks in Berlin. While there my ex-wife hadn't had that great a time so we agreed she'd stay in the old house and I'd travel for just over a year, knocking some cash off the divorce settlement in exchange. I'm only a few months away from moving back, and while I enjoyed travelling I'm looking forward to being in one place for a while. Thankfully I travel a lot for work anyway, so filling in the spaces on extra weekends and things wasn't hard. I mostly stuck to Europe, so time differences weren't a major issue for me. Partway through the year I met a girl in London, so I became more London based. Well, kinda. One of the things I found travelling was that the longer I spent moving between places the less connected I felt to anywhere. Sometimes I felt that everything was so transient it felt pointless making the effort to meet people. After so much travel, the UK felt like another temporary destination instead of home, so I returned more or less permanently-ish and moved in with my girlfriend. I'm still travelling a lot (this is my first full weekend at home in 7 weeks) but hoping to calm things down a little at least when I get my house back.