Comments on: The Day I Quit My Job to Travel the World https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/ Travel Better, Cheaper, Longer Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Brandon https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-1761385 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:58:39 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-1761385 Hey Matt so you know my whole life I’ve been in and out of foster cares group homes and adoptive parents so I was kinda forced into the idea of not settling down because I didn’t really have a choice but now I just can’t seem to stay I can’t imagine myself living and ordinary life it’s just not me I want to travel the world because this life just isn’t for me I need help I need to know where to start I know I need a plane but I don’t necessarily know how to make one for this type of thing I read this thing you said in one of your articles about living to work and not working to live life that’s me I had to drop out when I was 16 to support myself and I don’t have much family being homeless is kinda second nature to me if their is any advice you can give I’d be so grateful please I hope you get back to me soon and have a great day

]]> By: Lucy Williams https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-566774 Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:59:55 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-566774 Hi Matt.
Thanks for taking the time out of your journeys to stop still and inspire others.
I spend a year abroad at 19 and vowed to live this type of life forever. Life got in the way and I am now 32 and writing manuals for a living. I want nothing more than to be a travel writer/translator but I can’t find the time or energy to search these jobs out because I’m so deflated from my job. Your blog has made me kick myself up the bum and not to be afraid of taking home less money. Thanks grazie gracias.

]]> By: Mariyam https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-371733 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:24:21 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-371733 In reply to NomadicMatt.

Hi Matt I just stumbled upon your website, I’m a 22 year old girl from Pakistan, about to graduate, love your website!

I just want to ask how do you make money from this website? and from this lifestyle?

]]> By: NomadicMatt https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-368176 Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:48:16 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-368176 In reply to Jessie.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the post so much!

]]> By: Jessie https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-367833 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:07:21 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-367833 This was inspiring to read. I feel like my life is completely parallel to your situation before you quit. I graduated with a marketing degree just assuming that I would head straight into career life. I spent a few months in Chile after graduation to do an internship in order to gain “work experience” but instead, through people I met and places I went, I gained “life” experience. I came home with an uneasy feeling about starting the 9-5 world. But I needed a job. So I started working at whole foods in order to avoid the “real world”. But that didn’t make me feel any freer. I was being helped out by my parents still, and I hated it, so last January, I got my first 9-5 job as a production designer at a consulting firm. I like the work… but every single day I think about the places I want to travel, and with no actual return date. But I don’t know how to do it. I have nothing tying me down in Houston, TX, no kids, no significant other; just a cat and a car payment. I tell myself day after day that when my lease is up in June, I want to make the plunge and go against the American “normal”. But then I freak myself out thinking about being stranded with no money, and also alone. It’s a never-ending emotional rollercoaster every time I think about it. Your story really inspires me as I face the same decision you had to make. And you made it. I will definitely read more of your posts. This itch will never go away unless I make it happen..

]]> By: John V https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-363338 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:01:10 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-363338 This is super inspiring and something that I am beginning to plan for right now. I’m just racking my brain trying to figure out a business I can run remotely while i’m on this excursion. Your posts are getting me very excited for the future, though!

]]> By: NomadicMatt https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-354792 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 23:50:22 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-354792 In reply to Joey Waters.

I worked in healthcare.

]]> By: Joey Waters https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-354486 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 18:40:04 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-354486 Hey Matt,

Been reading through much of your website. It’s really inspiring.

What was your job that you quit?

]]> By: Ludovica https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-354129 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:01:07 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-354129 Fan-ta-stic!
So inspiring… I was emotionated while reading… In 3 days i am reading all the possible;) and ican just say one thing…
Thank you!!!!

]]> By: NomadicMatt https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/the-day-i-quit/#comment-353595 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:43:04 +0000 https://www.nomadicmatt.com/?p=10419#comment-353595 In reply to Cinthia Zarate.

Good question! I’m still figuring that out.

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