S/V Wanderlust's Interview with Wallflower Diaries

"The change began when we started experiencing some serious corporate burnout. We were working 80 hour weeks, at the office long into the evenings sometimes, spending very little time at home. In fact, our dog, Ruca, was diagnosed with “doggy depression” due to being home alone too much!

There was a breaking point when Ben and I had a serious conversation about our futures. Yes, we enjoyed working in successful careers and certainly liked the paychecks, but to what end? Get promoted until we’re working 100 hour weeks for a couple thousand dollars more per month? Sell our futures for a salary? Get a bigger house so we can go further into debt?

We felt like we weren’t in control of the trajectory of our lives, and needed an intervention. We wanted to reset the expectations for our lives, not based on what society expected from us, but on what made us happiest. We wanted something completely new, different, something that would fulfill our sense of wanderlust.

That’s the moment we decided to sell everything, quit our jobs, buy a sailboat, and figure out exactly what we wanted out of life..."

Read our whole interview with Wallflower Diaries founder, Sarah, here << http://www.wallflower-diaries.com/wildheart-svwanderlust/ >>

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