Some may think that if I’m not following the traditional path, then I’m throwing it all away. Why haven’t I had children yet? Why didn’t I keep my guaranteed paycheck and 401k and just put in my time like everyone else? I could have had the most amazing retirement when I’m 65 and earned my free time.

The reality is, time is the truest form of wealth. We are all born equally rich in time and spend the rest of our lives chasing a superficial wealth and superficial activities for the sake of living within a society that feeds on it’s own delusions.

We are born into a society filled with scared people who tell you that something is impossible, just because they think it is, and children start to believe this to be true and they doubt themselves. Whether you think something is possible or think something is impossible, you’re right.

I quit my comfortable job and taught myself to be a software developer. I broke off the “settled” relationship and took a chance on a woman in a completely different country who turned out to be the love of my life. After being together for less than a few months, we dropped everything and traveled the world together through 14 different countries over a 6 month period. Everyone kept asking me, “How is that possible?” and “How can you afford to do that?” and I would ask them, “Who told you it was impossible?” and “How can you afford not to?”

Life is fleeting. We are but a single heartbeat in the lifespan of the universe. Our time is so limited and yet we dedicate so much of it to things that don’t matter one bit. We let adults tell us that something isn’t possible just because of their own fears. We let ourselves get fooled into thinking that life follows a very specific pattern and we shouldn’t listen to our own wants over the societal pressures.