What happened to those who quit their jobs and traveled around the world?

Last weekend, Xiao J, a former colleague I haven't seen for a long time, suddenly contacted me on WhatsApp, saying that he had traveled around the world and came back, and now he was ready to settle down and asked if there was a position suitable for him.

I asked him, where have you been in the past six months? He said that he had been to South America and East Asia for a long time. Looking at his glowing eyes by Lake Yenkiway in Chile, I thought that I had never been out to see a movie after I was pregnant, and I didn't believe it without envy.

This is little J's second trip around the world. About four or five years ago, I came to Canada for three years and I was still in the same company with him. Because I am in the same department, I have a lot of work contacts. When I knew that he had this idea, I was envious and admired. Who hasn't dreamed of traveling around the world?

I talked to him once when I was on maternity leave two years ago, and he has completed his first trip around the world with a backpack. Because I hurt my foot in Europe, I chose to go back to Canada to continue my treatment after the local first aid, and then I found a one-year contract job by the way. After the end of the work contract, the foot injury completely recovered, so I started again.

I asked little J, what did you gain from your trip around the world? Did you find yourself? He threw a laughing expression pack, and then I received the following passage:

You don't need too much to be happy Take good care of families, because they are important, and learn about other cultures and why they do things in a certain way. Being in nature makes me happy.

You don't need too much to be happy Take care of your family, because they are very important. Learn about other people's cultures and the different ways people do things in different cultures. It also made me feel the happiness of nature. )

Although I have no chance to travel around the world, I quite agree with what he said. Traveling around the world can't make people "find themselves", but it can really affect the way people look at problems and make people know the world with a more open and inclusive attitude.

Although after traveling around the world, I will probably return to a dull life-at the end of the chat, I provided Xiao J with the work trends of several other colleagues and asked him to chat with them. Little J has many years of work experience, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a job. But Canada has a small market and few opportunities, and it is still not easy to find a good job.

I received a message that today is the second anniversary of my joining. At this time two years ago, although I was still working for three hours every day with a big belly, nothing at work would make me particularly nervous. I'm totally immersed in the happy longing for a new life.

At the baby shower my colleague gave me, I said I wanted to take this opportunity to have a rest. I didn't say the last part because the boss is here-I want to see if there are other possibilities in life. Canada's work culture is closer to that of the United States, and both companies I have experienced are famous for their hard work. Although I like the financial support and sense of accomplishment that my work gives me, I still vaguely hope that I can have something else in my ordinary life.

So, here I am. In the year of maternity leave, I wrote more than 654.38+ ten thousand words. Later, the company closed down, and my maternity leave came to an end and I started looking for a job. Feeling the double pressure of life and work, I wrote an article. The most terrible thing is not middle-aged unemployment. Up to now, I have been working in the new company for almost a year.

From pregnancy to the baby's almost two years old, I'm sure all the problems and entanglements are still there, and they won't suddenly disappear because of pregnancy and childbirth. In fact, the upgrading of life will only lead to more and more problems. But personal change is not easy. Good habits need a little training, and abilities need a little polishing. You can't have a baby without this function, even if you travel around the world.

It is very unrealistic to imagine that one chance in life can transform yourself. And change, only when polishing accumulates to a certain extent, opportunities may appear.

However, it seems that someone really changed the course of life by traveling around the world. For example, Mao Benji and Fu Zhen, lovely couples who are particularly enviable. After working in an investment bank in London for six years, Fu Zhen traveled around the world at the age of 30, and then turned his life around and returned to China to start his journey as a full-time writer. However, Lao Fu has a profound cultural background. He published a white paper about Tibet ten years ago. Before traveling around the world, he was a famous travel blogger with a lot of true love. Giving up the experience of full-time investment bank writers and traveling around the world is actually a logical result.

As for my own opportunity, I don't know where it is yet. What I'm doing now is just accumulating a little code word day after day.

This is an opportunity that has never come. This growing life is actually not too bad.