Are you ready for such a bold step?
1. Jody Ettenberg, a former corporate lawyer, is now a traveling food blogger.
After working for more than five years as a corporate lawyer in New York, a native of Montreal, Jodi Ettenberg, decided to tie in with the past and make a year round trip around the world. It happened what one could expect: one year smoothly flowed into another, that one more ... In the end, the girl has been traveling for almost 6 years. Jokingly, that she "eats soup to live", Jody does not exaggerate: on her website Legal Namads (whose original purpose was to tell her mother about her travels) collected a huge number of photos of dishes from different countries of the world. The site is not the main source of income for Jodi (a small profit, of course, there are: advertising, ads). The livelihood of the blogger earns freelance (freelance journalist), is engaged in social networking counseling, and recently has been working as a food guide in Saigon (present Ho Chi Minh City), a city in the south of Vietnam. When Jody was asked if she would like to return to "normal life," the girl answered that she was living for today.
"I am very grateful that I managed to build a business on what I genuinely love: food and travel. From work I left not because I wanted to become what I am now. If something goes wrong, I'm not afraid of thinking about returning to my old job. But it will not be so cool! "
2. Liz Carlson, a former English teacher, is currently the author of travel essays.
After graduating from high school and teaching English in Spain for several years, Liz fell in love with traveling. But she returned to Washington to work unsuccessfully in the office, trying to live a life that, in her opinion, she had to live. It was not long before Liz realized that the white-collar and quarterly meetings were not what she had longed for all her life. The eight o'clock working day became suffocatingly boring, and she increasingly began to catch herself thinking that she was unhappy.
It was necessary to change something, and she changed. After Liz decided to take up writing, she saved up enough money to retire and travel. Ever since, she has been constantly on the move: she roams with the Bedouins across the desert in Jordan, then paragliding in New Zealand. She was fabulously lucky: to travel around the world and inspire people to new achievements. Carlson argues that "Anyone is capable of this."
3. Ying Tei, felt the extreme need to start LIVING after the death of her mother.
When Ying was 18, her mother died. "Death," she says, "is a great teacher. She, almost with a mockery, recalls that no one is eternal. " She was left alone with her grief, but the feeling of absolute necessity to start all over again, overcame sadness.
Somewhere deep inside her heart, she felt that the time spent by her in the business world would ultimately end. Three months later, she collected all the essentials and went on a trip. In those days, travel blogs were quite rare, and tourists in Malaysia met even less often. 66 countries and two passports - now Ying is responsible for several projects for the development of author texts in Singapore.
"But the passion for travel has subsided," the girl shares, "I want stability. When I am financially strong, I again want to plow the expanses of our vast planet. In the end, I'm an ordinary girl from Malaysia, who managed to escape. And if I can, you can also. "
4. Yasmin Mustafa, after 22 years of living in the US and obtaining citizenship, was able to "break free."
Yasmin Mustafa immigrated from Kuwait with her family during Operation Desert Storm when she was 8. Then came a series of difficult years: problems with the immigration service, clandestine work. Gradually, things began to improve, and when a girl at age 31 finally got citizenship, she went on a six-month cruise in South America to feel freedom and find out who she was without her laptop. The trip lasted from May to November 2013. During this time, Yasmin visited Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. In her interview, she says that her way of life for a long time was, to put it mildly, not sweet because of circumstances that did not depend on her. And when for the first time in her life she had a chance to do what she really loves with all her heart: to travel, she simply had to not miss it. All this is just the beginning.
5. Robert Schrader - a victim of the economic crisis, now makes a living, travel around the world.
Several years ago, Robert faced a dilemma: "I really wanted to travel, but I had no money, no thoughts, how to do it". The journey of Robert Schrader was forced and began in 2009 because of the economic crisis. Then he left America for China. The next 5 years, Robert spent on the road, visiting more than fifty countries. The young man lives by means of Leave your Daily Hell - a blog about travels, which he leads for inspiration, information, entertainment and giving confidence to dreamers like him. A few years after Robert resigned from his previous work, it became his main task to inspire others.
It does not matter that relatives and friends were skeptical about this "grandiose" plan, and almost all of them did it, he remained unshakable in his convictions. Robert argues that the surest way to achieve something in life is to know "what is there ... beyond the horizon" and expand the boundaries of what is possible. A proven way to achieve this goal is to travel.
6. Katie Ani decided to visit all 15 former republics of the USSR.
Disappointed in her work and devilishly tired of the metropolis of Katie, Ani decided to quit and go on a trip in 2011. She spent 13 months crossing the borders of 15 states, former Soviet Socialist Republics. A running marathon in Estonia, a trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway, a camp in the desert of Turkmenistan, volunteering in Russia, Armenia and Tajikistan is just a small part of what she had to try.
After suffering difficulties at border posts, toilets on the street, long train journeys and a lot of time spent alone, Katie returned home by another person: a strong, confident woman with new perspectives and a reassessment of values. Now, in the usual rhythm of life, Katie writes about her journey and dreams about a new one.
7. Megan Smith began to travel after the divorce.
For several years, Megan felt a lack of career prospects. Life did not bring pleasure. After the divorce, the woman began to nurture a plan: work hard for the next year, accumulate the necessary amount and go on a trip. In August 2013 she did just that.
Megan took the essentials and set off across the States, Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and returned to Central America.
"It was an incredible journey. I learned a lot about not only the countries in which I visited the world as a whole, but also myself personally. "
8. Kim Dinan sold all the property to travel with her husband.
In 2009, Kim Dinan had a chic home and a promising position in a large firm. Life was beautiful. But deep down Kim knew that she was missing something. She always dreamed of traveling the world. There was a period when Kim wanted to become a writer, but during her life circumstances turned out so that dreams fell into the background. And then she had an idea.
Over the next 3 years, Kim and her husband saved every penny and sold all the property they had, and in May 2012 they went on a trip.
"I was shocked by our actions and wondered if we were crazy?" Says Kim. "My mother begged me to buy a bigger house for the money we saved, but of course we did not."
To date, Kim and her husband continue to travel, and Kim began to combine the pleasant with the useful: write about what she saw, thereby realizing her dream. The couple acquired a house on wheels and has since visited the highest mountain in Nepal and in the deepest canyon in Peru. Kim literally walked all over Spain and drove 3,000 km through India to a rickshaw.
"Life is an endless adventure. I am convinced that if we are able to find the strength and courage to do something that gives the taste of life, we do well not only to ourselves, but to the people around us, "Kim shares his thoughts.
9. Matt Kepnes, an ordinary guy became an avid traveler.
In 2005, Matt Kepnes went to Thailand with his friend. There he met five tourists with huge backpacks. All of them said that you can go crazy with only a two-week vacation in the year. Inspired by their impressions of the journey, Matt decided to return home from work and continue traveling.
In July 2006, Matt went on a round-the-world trip, which according to his calculations was to last about a year. It was more than 10 years ago. Since then, he has not looked back. Travel is what makes him happy and brings income. At the moment he has traveled to more than 70 countries around the world, he tried his hand at various professions to provide travel, and now he helps others to understand that traveling is not so difficult and expensive as it might seem at first glance.
"I remember myself when I was just going on a trip, as I was worried about anything," says Matt. "One thing I understood for sure: the main thing is to get courage and start ... Start your journey long in life."
10. Jill Inman made her dreams come true.
The ship is safer in the harbor, but ships are not built for this. This statement motivates blog subscribers Gil Inman. Just like millions of people around the world for several years, Jill dreamed of going on a round-the-world trip. The time has come to turn the dream into reality. She did it and never looked back.
Since then, Inman has visited 64 countries. She says:
"The stamps in the passport and photos from the 64 countries I've visited are irrefutable proofs of my adventures, but the lessons learned in difficult periods of life and the precious memories of wonderful moments are the real reasons why I continue to travel."
Jill wants to inspire other people to do the same. Jill believes that when traveling, she learns easily to overcome the difficulties of life.
11. Kate Hall needed a change.
One day Kate Hall talked to her boyfriend on the phone and complained about the lack of money and suddenly realized that they needed to leave for some time from the UK - so she told her heart. She thought to herself: Life should not be a burden.
Two years later the girl got out of the prolonged depression, opened her own business and began to travel the world. She wandered around the Red Light District in Amsterdam, spent 6 months in Greece, lit under the Eiffel Tower and married in Frankfurt, Germany.
"Sometimes it's worth making this leap of faith and trusting your heart," Kate says.