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I got to the same point a few years back.. so I quit my job, sold all my stuff and drove a $6000 Jeep Wrangler from Alaska to Argentina for 2 years. [1]

I've just been back at a desk for 4 years, but am again burnt out so now I quit again, and I'm driving around Africa for 2 years starting in a couple of months.

Get out and live, I say!

[1] theroadchoseme.com

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Pretty cool. Btw, how was your feeling when you spent your money for this? (Given the fact that those are your money you get from your job)

I've never been happier to spend money in my life!

I honestly felt like I was spending money to live, rather than to die slowly by going to work.

I spent roughly $1200 a month on the trip [1], and prior to leaving, simply to go to work every day in Calgary I was spending that much monthly. So it really was a great feeling to be spending no more money, but to be really alive every day.

[1] Full breakdown - http://theroadchoseme.com/the-price-of-adventure

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