I just did it! I am a free man! I just turned in my letter of resignation and I can tell you, it feels good!!!
I guess many people often have the fantasy to quit there job and to be totally free to do whatever they want.
Well guess what, Suzanne and me had that too. Actually we had this a little bit to often to keep ignoring it. We kept fantasizing about travelling to all those beautiful places around the world.
One day I said to her, after daydreaming away about how awesome this would be, "why don't we just do it?!"
After looking at me like I am crazy, she said; "haha Joker! We can't do that. We have a job. And what about the house? And how are we going to pay for it?"
Eventually we came to realize that the barrier to actually do this, is not our job, our car, our house or our other material stuff that supposedly ties us down. It is about mindset! We bought it once, so we can also sell it. There are places to store the things we want to keep. Our jobs? There are many jobs out there when we return. If we return!
So the only open question was how to pay for it all. We started by making a spreadsheet of our monthly costs and what we would be able to set aside every month. By looking at different forums and other social platforms we were able to find some average spendings per month per country as a traveller. For us this was a really important step, because now we were able to calculate how many months it would take us to save enough money. We were able to set goals and make a sport of it to even overachieve these goals. It took us more than a year, but we never gave up, because we want this with all of our hearts.
To all the people who keep fantasizing about quitting your job to do something your heart desires; DO IT!
Start making a plan, set goals, don't hold yourself down by doing what society sees fit. If you really want something, then go for it.
On the 28th of august we will start our journey in Malaysia. If you want to join us on our adventures please follow us and we'll share you the world through our lens and our stories.
Have a nice day and remember... GoCoconuts ;)