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An advertising executive who quit to travel and built a new career

Posted on February 5, 2021January 27, 2021 by Alex Trembath
Kemi Adewumi cafe
05
Feb

After ten years working in advertising, Kemi quit her job to travel for a year. The adventure led her to a new career path.

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A cancer survivor who left corporate life to travel the world

Posted on December 23, 2020December 18, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Anthony Bianco cancer survivor travel
23
Dec

Anthony survived a rare cancer in his early 20s, before being sent on a work assignment that inspired a travel career break.

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The Los Angeles bartender who took a career break to travel across Asia

Posted on December 4, 2020December 3, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Mount Ijen Indonesia Geena Truman
04
Dec

Geena took a break from her bartending career to travel across Asia. Forced back home by a pandemic, she built a campervan.

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DJ DiDonna: from fintech business leadership to the Sabbatical Project

Posted on November 20, 2020December 15, 2020 by Alex Trembath
DJ DiDonna
20
Nov

DJ DiDonna took a four-month sabbatical from running his fintech company. The experience inspired a new research project.

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Meet the travelling couple who retired from full-time work before 30

Posted on November 13, 2020November 16, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Lauren and Steven Kauai Waimea Canyon copy
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Nov

Lauren and Steven Keys retired from full-time work while still in their 20s, and have built a lifestyle around travel.

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How a woman’s travel career break in her 40s inspired a fashion business

Posted on October 30, 2020October 22, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Harjit at a train station in Bagan, Myanmar, during the travel career break
30
Oct

Harjit left her London banking job to take a one-year travel carer break in her 40s, an experience that led her to new beginnings.

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A management consultant’s travel sabbatical that inspired a new venture

Posted on October 23, 2020October 1, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Susie and Jan at the airport before leaving for their round-the-world career break
23
Oct

When Susie took a one-year sabbatical from her management consultancy career to travel with her husband, it led to new horizons.

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A six-month travel transition from a PR career to self employment

Posted on October 16, 2020October 2, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Brianne hiking the Pacaya volcano, Guatemala, while on a press trip after returning from her travel career break
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Oct

Brianne took a six-month travel break during her transition between a PR career and going self-employed as a consultant.

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How a travel break led a doctor to a new career in clinical research

Posted on October 9, 2020October 1, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Ilona at Valle de la Luna in the Atacama Desert, Chile
09
Oct

Ilona left her job as a doctor in Germany to travel for a year. After returning, she was inspired to make a big career change.

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The rewarding lifestyle of taking travel breaks between jobs

Posted on October 2, 2020September 22, 2020 by Alex Trembath
Pam Yang chalk cliffs Greece
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Oct

Pam has interspersed her 16-year marketing career with long travel breaks between each job to figure out her next steps.

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