Corporate employee wants to quit his job and finally travel but feels guilty and scared: ‘Sometimes I see myself as a robot and I need to remember that I can break free from the programming. Does anyone relate?’

It's not easy to give up something you know for something uncertainI'm not going to come here and act as if you should always leave every secure thing you have behind and chase every random dream. Sometimes that's simply not the best road to take, and you should, for example, save a little money first, or wait it out, land a remote job and travel with a stable income; I mean, there are countless safer options than leaving everything behind with no backup.When we have these big desires, such as travelling the world, we seldom think that there is limited time to make them come true. Of course, technically there isn't; you could potentially travel the world at 60, but how can we be sure what our situation will be like at that age?Settling isn't the end of the world; you can travel if you have a partner and a family, but it's true that it makes matters more complicated. To me, the central things are desire and how burnt out you are from your current job.This employee says he has already paid his student loan and has savings; the only thing holding him back would be guilt, but are we willing to sacrifice our whole lives to guilt? What would we get in exchange? More stress and a day-to-…

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