How To Take An Adult Gap Year w/ Brooke Thayer

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

How many times have you thought of quitting your job to travel the world? Have you given thought to taking an adult gap year? What is the biggest piece that is holding you back from it? Brooke Thayer quit her six-figure job in San Francisco at the age of 34 to travel solo for one year, an adult gap year if you will. Brooke is sharing her adventures (especially during COVID), tips & tricks, and how you can make this a reality for yourself and your situation. While this may seem like just a dream to many, it is possible, attainable, and, maybe, one of the best decisions you can make for your life and future. Learning and growing doesn't have to only happen while you are between four walls (ahem...cubicle). What were your thoughts on an adult gap year prior to this episode and how have they changed? Will you be planning an adult gap year for yourself soon? Share your thoughts by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 Tune In To Learn: Breaking Free From The 'Work Is Life' Culture What You Think You're Giving Up vs What You Actually Are Giving Up How Travel Changes You: From Planner to Winging-It Why You Should Be Allowing Yourself The Time Traveling During The Pandemic Making Hard Decisions So That You Can Travel What You Don't Like About Travel Thoughts On Solo Travel & Meeting New People What Lessons Can Be Learned During Solo Travel Resources Used During Travel + Tips & Tricks How To Take An Adult Gap Year Small Suitcase vs Backpack Highlights On Amazing Places To Visit How To Meet Locals As A Solo Traveler And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Athletic Greens - Today's Sponsor For This Episode Find Brooke on her website Follow Brooke on Instagram Location Indie - Join NOW! Camp Indie Want More? Round The World Travel + Gap Year For All! w/ Sean Kenner What Is Happiness? Discovering Meaning On The Silk Road w/ Will Rickard Saying "Yes" To Full-Time Travel w/ Christina McEnvoy

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0:00.0	In general, as you go through life, you get more and more responsibility, right?
0:03.9	You work, you're really building a career.
0:06.0	You might have a partner, you know, a dog, a house, a mortgage, all of these things.
0:11.0	It's really rare to sort of be in a position where you don't have a lot of responsibility.
0:16.3	And when I made this decision, I was in that place.
0:20.1	You just heard from my guest today, Brooke Thayer, who is doing an adult gap year.
0:27.0	And I knew I had to get her on the show when she wrote me an email and the subject
0:30.7	header was another corporate dropout.
0:33.5	She said that she was in the middle of an adult gap year traveling the world.
0:37.7	She left a corporate job in San Francisco at 34 years old, and she wanted to talk about it.
0:43.5	And I loved this concept of an adult gap year.
0:46.2	It's something we've talked about on the show, but we haven't done a full episode on.
0:50.4	You know, why should all of the young kids have all the fun, right? Gap year is usually that
0:56.4	thing that happens when people graduate high school or university and they take a year off
1:01.0	to travel. I guess the idea is that they're going to have fun and then enter the real world
1:06.5	where it's not fun. Well, screw that. because once you take off traveling, you never know where
1:12.5	it's going to lead you. And that's why I wanted to bring Brooke on the show, because I was wondering,
1:19.1	since she was now four months into her traveling at the time of this recording, if she regretted
1:25.8	anything, if she regretted leaving her corporate job,
1:28.6	if she wasn't happy out on the road,
1:32.2	what she learned about preparing for an adult gap year,
1:36.3	what was her mindset like beforehand,
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