I’m quitting my government job to travel
Hey guys! Welp, you read correctly. This is it. I’m quitting my federal (U.S.) research job to travel Europe. I put my notice in a little over a week ago, and my last day at work will be next Friday.
To start, I’m 26 years old. I graduated university with a bachelor’s in May of 2015 in biological science. Growing up, I always aspired to enact change in the world, to better it, even in some small way, and I figured bio research would be an impactful field to be in.
Fast forward two years later, here I am. I did it. I finished college with a completely average G.P.A., and somehow wriggled my way into a really amazing position in my dream field. Well, when I say wriggled, I mean half worked my ass off and half met the right people. I feel like success takes a combination of both, a sprinkle of luck and a dash of ass kickery.
Over the two years of working in bio research, I slowly started to feel all passion leave my body. I’m sure many of you know, if you’re in most any field of science with a bachelor degree, you’re essentially a robot. A lot of people would say to get a graduate degree, but I just didn’t feel like that was the right path for me, at least not right now.
I mentioned my aspirations of bettering the world, right? Well, I also have always had the same desire to see it. Experiences and learning are hugely important to me, as they are many of us, I’m sure. I have an almost insatiable appetite for gaining new knowledge and a better understanding of this doo-hickey we call life. (also a big reason I went into biology)
And, here I am, sitting in a furniture-less apartment because I just sold it all. I fly out to Portugal in early September with a one way ticket, and I plan to see as much of Europe as possible once I get there. I don’t exactly know what the future holds for me, but if people are interested, I wish to document this experience in some way. I’m thinking a photo blog website or something, as I don’t know how much writing time I’ll have as I get adjusted to being a traveler. As far as a time line, I have a Eurail global pass for three months, but depending on how things go, this experience may very well last much longer.
All suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Thanks for reading
Submitted August 17, 2017 at 01:06AM by coalescent_concepts http://ift.tt/2x5PagV
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