Longing for Adventure

[Jcsgt]

Does anybody else feel like they could just chuck it all, sell everything and disappear? Go on one big diving/traveling adventure.

Sometimes I feel like I just want to break out of my skin. I am SO BORED and restless sometimes I almost can't stand it.

I was just sitting down, reading my latest PERS retirement statement. I couldn't help but run a few calculations to see what would happen if I just quit today, would I have enough in my retirement to survive, later. Figuring how I could survive now without a job. I stand to make a chunk on my property, once I sell it (still lot's of work), but doubt it would be enough to support me for the next few years.

Just venting, wondering if it's just me or does everybody else feel that way, too.

 

[amascuba]

I stand to make a chunk on my property, once I sell it (still lot's of work), but doubt it would be enough to support me for the next few years.

depends on where you lived. I could sell my house and live quiet well for many years in the right location.

 

[DeputyDan]

What you need is one of those sabbaticals (OK I know its spelled wrong) that college professors get.

Take a year off to travel and dive then come back to reality.

Sounds good to me to.

 

[Diver0001]

Does anybody else feel like they could just chuck it all, sell everything and disappear? Go on one big diving/traveling adventure.

Sometimes I feel like I just want to break out of my skin. I am SO BORED and restless sometimes I almost can't stand it.

I was just sitting down, reading my latest PERS retirement statement. I couldn't help but run a few calculations to see what would happen if I just quit today, would I have enough in my retirement to survive, later. Figuring how I could survive now without a job. I stand to make a chunk on my property, once I sell it (still lot's of work), but doubt it would be enough to support me for the next few years.

Just venting, wondering if it's just me or does everybody else feel that way, too.

I can sure relate to that. On one occasion I managed to take a 6 month leave of absence to travel to Africa and on another occasion I just quit my job and took off to India for 6 months....

It's getting harder to do that kind of thing now that I have two kids in school but we still manage to travel quite a bit. Part of the trick to keeping it fresh is to decide spontaneously where you're going. Next week, for example, we're taking off to southern Europe somewhere to go camping in the mountains. We'll probably start looking at the map about the time we hit the freeways in France.... It's fun to just take off like this and it can make even the simplest vacation an adventure.

R..

 

[Halthron]

Every day is an adventure when you're an expat. There are plenty of times I wish the adventure would stop for a bit and I could be home. The grass is always greener, I suppose.

 

[victor]

Does anybody else feel like they could just chuck it all, sell everything and disappear? Go on one big diving/traveling adventure.

Just venting, wondering if it's just me or does everybody else feel that way, too.

Feel like that most of the time now, so have decided to do something about it.
Making plans now to move somewhere warm and close to the water.

I have been cutting code for longer than I care to remember and while I still enjoy a challenge these seem to come less and less frequently.

I lived outside the UK for a number of years so I am used to being an expat. Yes I will miss a few things but they will not include the short grey days of winter when the sleet is horizontal.

Roll on the move.

 

[jagfish]

Yup, 6 months off between jobs is a nice tune-up...

 

[Jcsgt]

What you need is one of those sabbaticals (OK I know its spelled wrong) that college professors get.

Take a year off to travel and dive then come back to reality.

Sounds good to me to.

Man, I wish I could do that. My boss is not so understanding, especially since we just went through a series of layoffs.

Why do I have to be so responsible? I must be living in the wrong era. My great grandfather was an adventurer. Full-blooded scottsman, stowed away on a freighter when he was a teenager, ended up traveling the world three times according to his obit. Had many, many adventures during his lifetime.

 

[Melicertes]

Yeah, I'm privileged to say that I am on my so-called sabbatical right now. Okay it's not quite the diving holiday I would have liked but it's welcome break from my normal routine and I'm busy working on a strategic career change at the same time, so when I hit the working routine again in a few years I'll have a whole new set of challenges to avail myself with in my job. Besides the extra time to dive I have available to me now is great so I'm not complaining.

Saying goes, change is as good as a holiday. I can vouch for that.

 

[Cacia]

Why do I have to be so responsible?

No good reason.
I have been cooling my jets since the kids, but think they should leave now!