Why I Travel (In Photos)

March 31st, 2010 | 22 comments


Many have shared their story on why they quit their 9-5 and pursued a year or more of travel. Here’s my story. Not in words but in pictures.

7:45AM – Commute to work

9:15PM – Work

10:00AM – Work

11:00AM – Work

12:00PM – Work

1:00PM – Work

2:00PM – Work

3PM – Lunch

Image via Lane 33. I'm always too hungry to photo my own food.

3:30PM – Work

4:00PM – Work

5:00PM – Work

6:00PM – Work

7:00PM – Work

7:03PM – Work

8:30PM – Dinner


9:00 PM – Shower


9:30 PM – GMAT


11:00 PM – Call JC


12:00 AM – Face hits pillow


And repeat. Enough said.

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  • http://www.hosteldog.com/ Garrett

    See, the GMAT sticks out at me. It also tells me you've got some more school in your future. I went back a few years ago full time and got mine. Feel free to ask questions if you're ever looking to pick another brain.

  • ericakuschel

    Your day looks all too similar to mine.

  • Jeffrey Chan

    That's quite a scenic view of your desk.

  • monica530

    Yea, I'll be going for my masters Fall 2011. Hopefully. I'm studying for my GMAT now and hoping to take it relatively soon. What did you get your masters in? I'm going for marketing/communications. Any recommendations for a good program? Berkeley is my dream school right now. I'd love to go to school and live in SF.

  • monica530

    Haha! Well, at least your not alone. :) I don't plan on doing this for the rest of my life though. What do you do for work?

  • monica530

    Of course! How do you think I can stand staring at it for 50 hours a week.

  • Aileen

    We are all trapped like monkeys behind a PC screen, it is sad, but true!

  • http://www.candicedoestheworld.com Candice

    Hahaha, I laughed while scrolling up through my reader and the “Work” images kept going and going. Your day feels a little like mine, except I break for the gym instead of GMAT because I’m afraid of office-chair butt.

  • http://www.apairofpantiesandboxers.com/ Monica

    Oh, I’ve got the office butt chair. That’s why I try to do yoga at least 2x a week. You know they say that if you sit for more than 4 hours at a time, you increase your risk for heart disease. Just FYI. :)

  • monica530

    No! I don't want to be a monkey and I definitely don't want to be trapped. I booked round trip tickets to Honduras for only $280USD!

  • http://www.migrationology.com/ Migration Mark

    Monica, looks like it's freezing cold and there's a lot of work straining in front of the computer, however, that lunch looks pretty delicious!

  • monica530

    Haha…it was freezing and that was a pretty delicious lunch. Unfortunately, it doesn't make the 10 hour work day any better.

  • http://www.theaussienomad.com/ Chris – The Aussie Nomad

    Monica you need more Vitamin D in your work period

  • http://www.theaussienomad.com/ Chris – The Aussie Nomad

    Oh and i so love your pillow covers :)

  • magicant

    Two things I noticed:

    #1 – no wonder you're so busy, your work computer screen didn't change at all throughout the day. You really need to work on your productivity.
    #2 – I love that Tweetdeck is in the reflection on your phone. Kind of underscores the multi-tasking point ;)

  • monica530

    Haha I do! I think I need to come to Australia! It would be a pretty good reason to travel. “Sorry boss, I need to take 2 weeks off to get some Vitamin D.”

  • monica530

    Lol, I love my pillow covers too. :D

  • monica530

    #1 – It was too much work to capture the screen every hour. Plus, I would probably forget most of the time and this post would have taken months to produce.

    #2 – Haha! I can multitask while I'm on Tweetdeck. It makes me even more productive. Lol

  • http://travelsofadam.com Adam

    First off, I can't believe how dark your office space is. That's terrible!

    Second, this was an awesome post.

  • monica530

    Haha, thanks Adam. Yea, that lamp does absolutely nothing for me. My vision has gotten so much worse since I started working there full time. I have to wear glasses now when I look at the screen. It's pretty awful.

  • http://www.MonkeyBrewster.com/ Cornelius Aesop

    Wow, that is a long day! I can't complain I'm in by 8 but out by 5 and I didn't have to take the gmat to get accepted into grad school. Good luck and try not to burn out, hopefully Honduras get's you refreshed.

  • http://www.theuniuni.com/ Payton_vege

    Amazing write-up! This could aid plenty of people find out more about this particular issue. Are you keen to integrate video clips coupled with these? It would absolutely help out. Your conclusion was spot on and thanks to you; I probably won’t have to describe everything to my pals. I can simply direct them here!