How did we decide?

Bago Maze and Winery, New South Wales, Australia

We decided to travel full time in 2021!

What took us so long? How pandemic affected us? Why we want to leave everything?

These are the questions we asked ourselves too!

First of all, I (Sezgi) was working in Federal Government and Chris was working in retail when we made our decision. I was working 9-5, talking a lot of people on the phone, trying to help other people without knowing how I am going to help myself and coming home drained. Chris was working (still is) at night time which means I was coming home, we had couple of hours together and he was leaving for work.

We were questioning ourselves every - single - day! Is this the life we want to live? If today was our last day, how many things we will regret because we didn’t change the way we live?

Answers were so clear but making a decision is not an easy thing to do. I was 32 and Chris was 37. We’ve been together for a long time, bought our first home, have good jobs. What else did we want? Should we have a kid? That’s what adults do, right?

I have changed my job to a better(!) 9-5 job in June 2021. By the time I was changing my job we understood what we were feeling wasn’t about the job and we asked ourselves the question everybody should ask themselves. What do we want to do with our lives?

We are lucky because travelling was the right answer for both of us! It is the one thing makes us so excited.

First we thought we will take time off maybe 6 months, go and see my family in Turkey and have a good rest. Then 6 months became 1 year. Then little seed sprouted! We decided to leave for a year (hopefully will be longer) and travel the places we always dreamed of!

We spent the past year preparing, saving and dreaming! Finally we bought our ONE WAY TICKET!

We know it is not for everyone, but if you are reading this, it is a sign that you want to change your life too! Please ask yourself what makes you happy? If today was your last day, would you want to do what you were going to do today?

Love,

Chris and Sezgi.