Pressing the “pause” button on your soul-sucking career and pushing “play” on a life that looks a lot more like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Sound okay?
Jeff Jung of the website Career Break Secrets wants you to do just that. Five years ago, 36-year-old Jeff was sitting pretty with a job in corporate marketing. I’m guessing he could even afford nice furniture, not just crap from Ikea.
But there was a problem: Jeff’s travel bug was confined in a jar without breathing holes. So he told his boss to stuff it (in a far more civilized manner than I’m suggesting) and bought a plane ticket.
Here is a little Q&A I had with Jeff that you might find useful if you’re fighting a mad urge to torch your own cubicle:
Career break: define this alluring term.
A career break is a period of time off from work for travel and personal development. It typically lasts at least a month and gives you a chance to take all that energy and focus you’ve been putting into your career and invest it in yourself. [ CLICK TO CONTINUE ]
{ 9 comments }
