1st year: I can do this. Maybe I just didn’t like school, but this is the real world. It’s going to be different and I’ll start liking this work again.
2nd year: Do dodo dodo…paying off student loans. This is pretty good. Work isn’t great, but the people are excellent, I make decent money, I’ve got good friends.
3rd year: I’m not gonna be able to do this for the rest of my life. I’ll get a Masters Degree in Systems Engineering to help me move to management at some point.
4th Year: I’ve got a new degree and a new position. But this still isn’t really working for me…
5th Year: Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh…I’m having a hard time coming into work everyday. I can’t seem to open my car door in the morning when I arrive at my company parking lot – instead I seem to be focusing on bashing my head against the steering wheel.

That’s when I quit. I had had enough of my career as a Systems Engineer/Programmer/Project Manager and decided to join a self-discovery retreat in Bali. I had never thought of traveling, but I felt that I needed something big to get me starting fresh. Five years later and I’ve continued traveling around the Asia-Pacific. I’ve lived in Australia, New Zealand, Chiang Mai, as well as an assortment of Buddhist monasteries in Thailand. I’ve had odd jobs from night shift call centers to ice cream factories. I’m starting this blog now because I think I have enough knowledge and experience to help others. And share funny exciting stories on the way.