So… it happened!
As soon as I turned the grand age of 25, I suddenly had the realisation that life was moving too fast. Or maybe it wasn’t moving quite in the direction I wanted…
I’m sure we all feel like this from time to time. From birth we follow such a regimented and comforted pattern into adulthood.
We go to primary with friends already there in place just as terrified as we are then reach high school and mould ourselves to fit into new social circles (that either make or break us). If you survive this, University will then repeat this until we are ready to take that first step out on our own.
And suddenly all hell breaks loose!
We panic… I panicked…
Comparison is the devil and I was always feeling perhaps one or two steps behind. Friends were getting great jobs, colleagues from work were moving on. It seemed each week that someone had news.
We are not strangers to the fact life is not always what it seems on social media yet in these moments of distress, we forget this. Don’t get me wrong I graduated with a great degree, applied for jobs and sat through dreaded interviews but it was all just… well mehh!
Everyone basically had their shit together. What struck me though as my envy never sat within that person who had the well-paid job, the nice house and ridiculous car. My envy lay in the person who was doing something completely outside the box. Someone who seemed like they had a care free zest for life attitude.
I wanted that!
I won’t lie to you… I have always been terrible with making decisions on most things. What job should I have? Should I take this promotion? Where should I live? Am I making the right choice? What a drag…
Unfortunately I’m sure this happens to us all at some point in our lives and I was definitely someone who stressed far to easily and worried about the smallest things.
And then everything changed and last year I finally made the decision that enough was enough…
I’ll rewind slightly though. After finishing uni and continuing to work in my current job (7 years and counting) I progressed my way up and had a steady income. I moved out and got a place and was now in a position where I felt somewhat comfortable.
However, there was always this nagging feeling that something’s was not quite right.
My partner Gary who I lived with and have been with for 6 years has been such a star. He has such a drive for life and adventure and is currently working on his own business which will enable travel to become a way of life whilst also earning a living. We both thought long and hard about making a choice and then one day we did…
We had to explore our big beautiful world!
So that was that!
We moved out of our place and went back to my parents to save money. Yeah it was challenging not always having your own space and freedom but the freedom that is to come far outweighs all of that!
I’m so excited for this blog to grow as I hope to also grow in this experience. I want to share our journey and hopefully inspire anyone who is feeling stuck or unsure about their own path.
The beauty in life is we do actually have choices and this is something I have had to realise on my own. I always imagined travelling sooner although I could not be happier that I have finally made the decision.
There is so much out there and I am hungry to explore.
I’m Sammi and I’m from Edinburgh in the UK. I’m very new to traveling but after deciding I’d had enough of the regimented 40 hour working week, I quit my job to plan an adventure.
Keep reading to find out how we get on as I’ll be posting about everything from places visited, foods eaten and books read. Please feel free to comment or leave and ideas/suggestions that could help us along the way.
Here’s to our journey as we take our first steps into a new direction…
Lot of love
Xx