Quarter Life Crisis: Career VS Travel [TRAVEL MOTIVATION]

hello everybody how you going I hope

that you had a really nice Christmas I'm

just gonna help straight into this video

because I don't know how long it's gonna

be

there is a question that I receive a lot

not really a question but more a concern

that comes in various personal forms and

affects people differently depending on

what stage of life which they are

currently at which I'll go into but it

revolves around having a career versus

going truffling now this is an issue I

personally have not been struggling with

because of my own decisions and my

personal life circumstances so I don't

really feel qualified to give valid

information on this topic over maybe

because I'm not dealing with this

concern at this point people are wanting

to know my opinions and my outlook on

how I am so comfortable with this

position so basically in this video I'm

going to be voicing my humble opinions

and thought I'll go through the

different scenarios that you could be in

put myself in a hypothetical position

and go through with you what my thought

process would be and hopefully even if

you disagree with me I can give you some

ideas or inspiration now both of the

scenarios that I have people have

actually come to me with so scenario

what you have just finished uni you

really want to go travelling however you

have just been offered your dream job

obviously there is no definitive answer

to this to travel or not to travel and

start your career but I think you need

to look at the pros and cons of both

outcomes and ask yourself a few

questions so how easily did you get this

job offer and how difficult do you think

it would be to find another job that's

sort of on the same level essentially

how unique is this job experience and

then on the other hand where are you

wanting to travel a lot of you would say

at this point I don't know I just want

to go so tell me why do you want to go

what is the purpose of your travel

firstly answering my question will help

you decide where you want to go but it

will also help place traveling as a

priority in your head where does it sit

on your list of priorities of what you

want to accomplish and without any

background information of knowing what

you in particular have

answers to these questions generally in

this scenario I would a hunch of a Cinco

Chaplin if you're watching this video

you're clearly thinking about going

traveling and honestly in my opinion

even if you're just thinking about it

you should go go and review one go

somewhere you can make the most of being

young and single with no liabilities and

a disposable income at this point you're

probably still living with your parents

so live with them save up some money and

head off on a trip you've then got the

whole at the time that you're on the

trip to find Annie John to be honest

whilst you're traveling you may well

discover new job opportunities other

things that you can do with your life

that you hadn't even considered you can

go traveling get it out of your system

it doesn't mean you can never go

traveling again but it does mean that

you can get those highest things on your

bucket list picked off which you'll be

so proud of then you can start your

career feeling somewhat accomplished if

you went straight into your Cree yes

there's always the chance to go

travelling a bit later but you don't

know when the opportunity is gonna come

up and you'll be constantly just

thinking oh what they're for uh you know

like it'll just be constantly on your

mind and you know what they say it's

much better to live a life than oh well

then what ifs now second scenario a much

more difficult one especially for me to

answer but here we go you are late 20s

or maybe even early to mid 30s

and you've had a very traditional career

route thus far you hop from education

straight into career and you haven't had

a chance to travel maybe going traveling

hasn't even occurred to you but you're

at the point where you're like right I

should probably start settling down at

some point soon but crap

I want to go traveling but if I go

traveling it means that I have to quit

my job what am I gonna do with my nice

house or apartment and wait a second am

I too old to go traveling so yes this is

a bit of a tricky situation first of all

you are never too old to go traveling

maybe you might be too old to get

working holiday visa in Australia if

you're over 30 but that's pretty much

the only limitation if you really want

to go somewhere and tick things off your

bucket list and go have fun you are

never too old for that but if you do

think that you are too cool or over

hanging out drinking beers having cool

experiences with backpackers aged 18 to

35 then so be it

we don't want you here either you know

even if backpacking in particular isn't

your thing of course there are so many

different types of travel that you can

do there are tour groups and types of

accommodation for literally everyone you

just need to find a style of traveling

that suits your personality and needs so

now what I would probably be thinking is

what would be the consequences if I were

to quit my job

how easily would I be able to get

another one and I guess that depends on

how cuz your job is now have you worked

for years going up the ranks of a small

company you've gained quite a lot there

which is hard to get back or did you

just apply for a job get it and that's

the job that you're still in today

because if that's the case it shouldn't

be too hard for you to find another job

when you get back and other options have

you heard of a sabbatical if you're part

of a larger company they may well let

you take a sabbatical which is

essentially an unpaid but extended

period of time

like you can go for a whole year and

then return to your exact same job and

position afterwards explore your options

and if you can't do that that's a really

great compromise for someone in this

situation to be honest if you are going

travelling or backpacking it really does

not need to be done all at once you know

for a month or six weeks and still have

that proper traveller lifestyle so

another compromise would be just to

stack up all of your annual leave take

the longest chip that you can and use

your holidays to do that so you don't

have to sacrifice your career and you

can still travel I know so many people

who have full time jobs but they still

travel ridiculous amounts because that's

exactly what they do that's how they

spend their holiday and that's how they

want to spend their holiday they do have

to make a compromise but they make it

work because it's a priority to them is

it a priority to you with regards to the

living situation again you have to make

a compromise if you want to go on a big

trip if you own a house rent it out if

you rent a place if you can't get a

friend or someone to step in let it go

you can find another one when you get

back not always ideal but if traveling

is important to you you will make the

compromise and it will be worth it but

if your dilemma is

whether to bother going traveling at all

again I'm going to guess by the fact

that you're watching this video that

you're definitely considering it and in

that case absolutely yes definitely you

should take those things off your bucket

list especially the things that are best

to do when you're young you're in good

health you're fearless you don't have

any children this is when you can have

the blooming time of your life travel

solo where no one judges you you can do

whatever you want and no one is going to

stop you for anybody out there who is

thinking about going traveling but just

isn't sure because of a career or

anything else or maybe an opportunity

has come up which allows you to travel a

bit in your oh should I do that but

you're unsure cuz you're like oh that

would require a compromise or I've never

done that before that's outside of my

comfort zone or that could present some

future problems just go you've thought

about it which means you want to do it

and you know that feeling is not gonna

go away if you keep putting it off

enough you're not just gonna one day go

oh ok yep um I don't wanna go traveling

anymore

I'm over it that doesn't happen you will

always be wondering what and it's going

to buck you for the rest of your life

people on their deathbed do say the

things that they regret the most other

things they didn't do downer but true

story

don't let that beat you even in the

unlikely scenario that traveling does

happen to go tits up for you and messes

up a few things in your life at least

you can say oh well that happened and

you've learned from your mistake not

wondering anymore you're not in the

complete unknown which is the worst and

well this video has got a lot more

philosophical than I intended so on that

note I'm going to sign off I hope you

enjoyed this video and in case you are

still in denial about whether to go

traveling or start your career I may be

making one more video on my channel to

go out this year so keep an eye out for

that one and I will see you then bye