HeyJaredOut of Office Adventures
The most epic thing you'll do in life isn't work. Real stories of career breaks, solo travel and adult gap years.
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How to afford to quit your job and travel (opens the original)
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This is the second in a five-part series about taking an adult gap year: what happens before, during and after taking a career break to travel.If you missed the first part, you can read it here: When is the best time to quit your life and travel?Years ago, during a lunar eclipse ceremony while on holiday in Thailand, I drew an oracle card called ‘The Traveller.’ A clear sign, you might think, to embark on the extended world travels I had always dreamed of.But no. I had just consolidat
The part of my portfolio career I'm worst at (opens the original)
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My new solopreneur adventure is going well so far, with one big flaw: I’m good at making things but fail at asking people to buy them.Summer is a great time to be in Brussels, as there are lots of free open air events (my TikTok video about this from years ago still does numbers!). I’ll give you an example. One day last month, I stumbled upon a huge Tomorrowland party in Grand Place - packed full of people with flags waving, a pop up bar and a live DJ. So naturally, I joined in.But it wasn’t all
How to quit your whole life and travel the world (opens the original)
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This is the first in a five-part series about taking a career break to travel: what happens before, during and afterwards.When I first had the idea of taking a career break to travel, my life was going well. I had a great job, a fun social life and a cosy flat in London. So I did what sensible people do: I waited. Every time, I talked myself out of it. This went on for two years - until I burned out. Sometimes it’s the things we want the most that we delay the longest. The problem is, there’s no
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