Abandoning the stability and security that a full time 9-5 job often provides to go traveling around the world requires fearless determination and comfort in the unknown. Few are willing to risk their finances and well-anchored routines but that’s exactly what a large group of bloggers and location-independent professionals have done to satisfy an insatiable itch to travel and experience the world. Six months here and nine months there before returning to the grind they happily left at home. One of these bloggers is Christine of the travel blog C’est Christine.
Christine was one of the first readers of Lost In Cheeseland to reach out to me via email to talk about her dream of dropping the corporate monotony for a stint in France. From our very first exchange, I knew she had the wherewithal to create her own path. As it happens, she was at a crossroads and needed to plan her next move. The end of both a relationship and an apartment lease presented the perfect opportunity to start laying the groundwork for a future that would ideally entail endless adventure.
After nine months of living in Nice, she returned to California to the all-too-familiar realization that “home” had changed (or…
