Should I stay or should I go?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just looking to see if other people think I am making the right decision.

Here it goes…I am presently am working in a good company, the pay is good the conditions are good and it’s a very secure job in the IT sector at the moment (and we all know there is not a lot of them about lately!). I have only been working here a year since I have finished my degree.
The thing is, I now have it in my head I want to travel for a year, that means giving up a secure job, with not a lot of experience and just heading off into the world :slight_smile:
One of my closest mates has gone in the last few months and another one is going very soon and recently my SO broke my heart :frowning:
This has a lot to do with why I want to go so soon, I feel as if I have noone else here and would be better off meeting my mates along their way.

I just want to know if anyone out there thinks I am going for the wrong reasons, any advice would be good as I am very confused :confused:

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There are wrong reasons for the adventure of a lifetime, for doing something that’ll live with you forever ?

Anyway, If you don’t do it now, well, things will start to complicate your life and before long it becomes very, very difficult. It might not look that way but it happens to everyone. Go for it, get the hell out there, seize the fucking day and tell your mates about *your *adventures – not the other way around !

No regrets, dude, No regrets.

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Yeah you are probably right, just have been hearing lately that I am mad to give up relatively secure job and was in a bit of a mental dilema about to go for it or be careful for the future :slight_smile:

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There’s always time to be safe, but we’re not always free to be daring. Seems to me that as long as you aren’t burdening anyone by taking time out for adventure, then you should go for it. Who knows where your path may lead?

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If you stay there will be trouble…

but if you go there will be double.

Life’s a bitch sometimes.
(but seriously, I’d go. I’m assuming you’re relatively young, and there are years and years to work on a career.)

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I’m with everyone else on this one. Go, before you get tied down with other things/people to consider!

If you’re employable now, showing some ‘get up and go’ and gaining new experiences certainly won’t slow you down later on!

Good luck!

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I don’t think you’d be going for the wrong reasons; the best way to get over a broken heart is to go out and live life, after all. (Not that I would know, being still depressed after five months, but so I hear …) Go for it – it sounds like you’re much more likely to regret not doing this than doing it.

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Find out if your company allows a leave of absence - that way you can take some time off and still have a job when you get back.

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My company won’t allow for that as I have only been there a year but I have been thinking all day and I think I should go :slight_smile:
I surely will get a job when I come back or maybe something else will crop up for me along the way!

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freckles I think you were listening in on my conversation on Monday…

I am in the exact same predicament, good job, secure, IT sector, good money, bored as all let out. I am 21 and don’t feel ready to be a “grown up”. So if you are ever in texas and want to hobo up to Canada give me a yell.

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No advice here, just a meta-comment:

Anybody else amused that the first response to the question “Should I stay or should I go?” was by London Calling?

I came in here all ready to post:

and now that doesn’t seem as amusing as it once was.

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One of my few regrets is that I didn’t pack up and travel when I was younger and had the opportunity. It somehow gets harder to manage as you get older and accumulate responsibilities - so GO! You may not have the chance later.

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I second Seawitch. I’m still regretting not picking up and working in the Wild East (aka Moscow) in 1990, when it was reatively easy to do if you knew any Russian at all. Why didn’t I? Worried about being able to repay my student loans…now I see the great learning experiences my friends had because they took the risk.

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And if you ever want to travel around Asia, Australia and South America give me a yell :smiley:

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Indeed. :smiley:

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One of the best desicions of my life was to bum for a few years before going to uni. I travelled, worked stupid jobs and travelled some more. Now, I’m 28, almost finished with school, and more than ready to be a responsible grown up. I got it out of my system, you know.

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Seems like you’ve had a rough time but I agree with Nausicaa.

I know you mentioned above that you’ve only been with them for a year, but can you ask your company to give you unpaid time off? That way you can still travel (albeit for a short period) and still have some secuirty when you get back.

Failing that, go away for weekend and chill out. Come back and stick at the job for 6 months, save as much money as you can and have fun planning the trip of a lifetime, then go for it and enjoy.

:wink:

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carodin, the company won’t give me the time off, I haven’t been working here a full year yet but I plan to go about October and I have been saving money since I have started working.

I think I will follow everyones advice here and just do it, it can’t be any worse than me moping around here :slight_smile:

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I’m in a similar situation…

I’ve been getting itchy feet for some time now, and I decided that it’s time I did something about it.
So the money is slowly starting to add up in the bank, and I’m off to Canada for 6 months next year… then, who knows…

I ended my 6 year engagement a few months ago. I figured if I was having such strong urges to go do the travelling thing, then I wasn’t ready to settle down and do the marrage & kids thing.

Partners, friends and jobs come and go, but this sort of travelling needs to be done while you’ve still got very few responsibilities.
If you don’t do it, you’ll forever be thinking “what if…”