This could be a new trend for the still working. I think the Aussies used to all take a one-year walkabout just after college.
A snippet: quote... Valerie Karasz, 33, had been working as a bankruptcy lawyer in New York for three years when she quit last November. After spending a leisurely holiday with family in Washington and Florida, she went to a wedding in New Zealand, then spent four months traveling in Australia, Southeast Asia and central Europe.
She started a new job at a law firm doing compliance work in the alcoholic beverage industry last Monday.
"I'm excited to go back to work and start in this new industry," she said. "I feel cleansed."
And maybe that's what the younger generation gets that their parents didn't: There's always another job. Having grown up in an era of relative prosperity and upward mobility, it's easy to come to that conclusion.
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It will be interesting to see if this catches on....
A snippet: quote... Valerie Karasz, 33, had been working as a bankruptcy lawyer in New York for three years when she quit last November. After spending a leisurely holiday with family in Washington and Florida, she went to a wedding in New Zealand, then spent four months traveling in Australia, Southeast Asia and central Europe.
She started a new job at a law firm doing compliance work in the alcoholic beverage industry last Monday.
"I'm excited to go back to work and start in this new industry," she said. "I feel cleansed."
And maybe that's what the younger generation gets that their parents didn't: There's always another job. Having grown up in an era of relative prosperity and upward mobility, it's easy to come to that conclusion.
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It will be interesting to see if this catches on....