After studying Software Engineering then working a couple of years I quit to drive a 4x4 from Alaska to Argentina. That took 2 years through 17 countries, and only cost about $27k[1] ALL IN.
Then I went back to Software to save up enough money to do it all over again. I built a 4x4 Jeep into a house on wheels [2], and then drove it 54k miles all the way around Africa through 35 countries over three years. It was absolutely life changing, and I'll never be the same person.
After a couple more years saving money I'm gearing up to go again on an entirely new continent!
I've slowly been transitioning so this is now my "job". I've published a few books, I write for a handful of magazines, have published a photography book and am growing a YouTube channel about my adventures, and teaching other people how to also follow their dreams.
More than anything else, I learned that time is so, so much more important than money.
I continue to structure my life so I have time to actually enjoy my life. Of course I have less money than I used to, and I'll never have a sports car or a big house, but I'm happier than I ever was going to work 40 hours a week.
After studying Software Engineering then working a couple of years I quit to drive a 4x4 from Alaska to Argentina. That took 2 years through 17 countries, and only cost about $27k[1] ALL IN.
Then I went back to Software to save up enough money to do it all over again. I built a 4x4 Jeep into a house on wheels [2], and then drove it 54k miles all the way around Africa through 35 countries over three years. It was absolutely life changing, and I'll never be the same person.
After a couple more years saving money I'm gearing up to go again on an entirely new continent!
I've slowly been transitioning so this is now my "job". I've published a few books, I write for a handful of magazines, have published a photography book and am growing a YouTube channel about my adventures, and teaching other people how to also follow their dreams.
More than anything else, I learned that time is so, so much more important than money.
I continue to structure my life so I have time to actually enjoy my life. Of course I have less money than I used to, and I'll never have a sports car or a big house, but I'm happier than I ever was going to work 40 hours a week.
[1] theroadchoseme.com/the-price-of-adventure
[2] theroadchoseme.com/the-jeep