In 2010 I left my finance job in Chicago to fulfill a life-long dream: to travel the world full-time. It was not an easy decision, I gave up a very lucrative career and I had no idea what would happen and what I would end up doing.
I took the leap anyway as I didn’t want to grow old with regrets, knowing I had never taken the chance to live the life I wanted to live.
So I took off to Brazil and never looked back. It was the best decision in my life. Want to know more? Watch this short video to find out!
6 thoughts on “How I Decided To Quit My Job And Travel the World”
By Navid Moazzez on 21 August 2014 at 10:29
Awesome video and story Jasper, very inspiring!
By Jasper Ribbers on 21 August 2014 at 18:48
Thanks Navid!
By Rahul Venkat on 21 August 2014 at 16:45
I like how you are not delaying your retirement. As Tim Ferriss would say, you’re taking ‘mini-retirements’ everywhere you go, as you back it up with a sustainable income stream. Nice!
By Jasper Ribbers on 21 August 2014 at 18:50
Very true Rahul, the tradition model of working a job that you don’t like for 40 years and then spend the rest of your life doing nothing doesn’t make sense to me at all.
By Craig on 6 September 2014 at 11:44
Very inspirational – the “no regrets” attitude is exactly how everybody should live their life.
By Jasper Ribbers on 9 September 2014 at 09:31
Thanks Craig!