[kinai]

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]

Where did you go? Would you mind sharing what you have learned?

[kinai]

I 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]

If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing now? Are you back to work or are you still traveling?

[NicoJuicy]

Make a blog post, i'm interested... Similar story by https://levels.io/ here https://levels.io/reset-your-life/ ( i actually loved the post)

PS. He's a fellow HN'er also :)

[kinai]

Very similar story yes, nearly identical actually, I also had issues with anxiety and depression before I left, it was one of the reasons.

[wallzz]

what are you doing now ? where did you go ? what was your work ? could you please share your story

[kinai]

I 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]

What 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.

[kinai]

Cloud Engineer fancy modern title

[akulbe]

I'd like to talk to you more about this. Care to exchange email?

[shujito]

In 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.