I spent the early half of my twenties working toward a career I thought I wanted. After a few years of office work with the job title I thought I wanted, I realized something….

I’m not cut out for the 9 to 5. So I quit my job…

…I sold my stuff…

…and bought a plane ticket to SE Asia.

Here’s my list of reasons why.
The Purge
I love the feeling of shedding a few layers of stuff and heading off. There’s something cathartic about giving things away, and selling what you never use. This is the third time I’ve sold all my stuff to go somewhere new. Yeah, sure, I’ll miss the items that have stories attached to them. But you know what lasts longer than clutter? Actual stories.

Investing in what’s important to me, myself and I
It took me a while, but I figured it out. I took a long look inward, and at where I was before I realized it wasn’t where I wanted to be. The trouble with this is first I had to decipher what was important to me. Continuous learning and creativity was what my heart was screaming for.

Apparently travel is good for you
You can read all about how travel is the best thing for your soul, opens your eyes to other cultures, and how it gives you experiences of a lifetime. But I’m not going to reiterate all that. It does more than all that. It’s like getting something you’ve been looking forward to every day. I’m inspired daily, and it feels fantastic.

Live in the now
At the end of the day, my biggest motivation for ditching the 9-5 was simple: I’d rather explore the sights and sounds (hell, even the smells,) of a new city than being stuck in traffic on the way to the office. Again.

So here I am. I’m choosing to be an entrepreneur instead of an employee, while itching the bite from the travel bug at the same time.

What are you doing?
“Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”

-Robin Sharma