A few weeks later.
A few nice weeks of hot showers, coffee in the morning and movies every night. Comfy bed to sleep in, supermarket next door, friends over for dinner every other night and actually, jobs rolling in like never before. It has been an amazing homecoming.
We still wake up every morning and go to sleep every night saying to each other “This is a damn good life!”
Quiting your job to do something different might be scary. What if you don’t find a new job when (if) that time comes? What if you will fall and not fly. We’ve heard all those things. That it would be more safe and secure for us to upgrade at work than to quit. What happens when we run out of money?
Well, here we are, and we’ve already been working for a while at our new jobs. And more offers keep rolling in.
Do you know what people say when they call us in for interviews? They don’t care much about our previous working experience. They don’t look too much at our references. But they DO care for that we’ve hitchhiked from Poland to Pakistan. That we’ve driven a website at our own initiative and with our own imagination. That stands out. That is something to talk about. That seems to qualify us for any job we like.
We are not exhausted after the week when we have breakfast Saturday morning. We’re boiling over with new ideas for new project, cause our minds are fresh, and we feel fresh.
Quiting our jobs was probably the best thing we’d ever put on our CV.
Well this is certainly encouraging =) So glad to hear that people appreciate your experiences. Travel gives one all sorts of work and life skills. I’m always worried that employers might feel envious of the experience and therefor disqualify me for a job but it’s not something I’m OVERLY worried about.
Thank you Andrea! We’re happy about it too. Cheers!
I saw first hand that the jobs are flying in your direction. Very inspiring for me. And I am very very happy for your too.
You two accomplished so much in your journey and changed many people along the way.
Soon I will test if it “translates” to Brazilian culture and employer’s mind.
Loved the part:
“Quiting your job to do something different might be scary. What if you don’t find a new job when (if) that time comes? What if you will fall and not fly. We’ve heard all those things. That it would be more safe and secure for us to upgrade at work than to quit. What happens when we run out of money?”
It was exactly what I heard too.
:)
Kram
Thank you dear Breno, we sure hope and believe it will be the same for you. You go!
I mention this post to people all the time, but didn’t realize I had only commented on your FB page about it! (In fact, just linked it in the comments: http://su.pr/22Ho66 )
Seriously, I LOVE this post and I use it to encourage people to go out and follow their travel dreams. Thanks so much for sharing this. :)
Thank you very much Katrina! And thanks for sharing your adventures through your own blog as well. It’s really true that our travel experiences helped us getting new jobs. Do you have any experience of this yourself?
We also find it inspiring how you once set up the goal to travel once a month. That inspires us as we are currently working full time, + we’re expecting whats probably the biggest adventure of our lives in December (:D !!!), so due to pregnancy vomiting and our schedule, traveling has to wait for a bit. Not too long though…
Cheers!