I tried the 40+ hour work week stuck in one spot, and thought that being successful with a good job would make me happy. But ultimately it didn't at all. One day I decided that this all just didn’t make sense. That was the day I started saving up to travel for long periods at a time. I have since owned my own businesses, invested my money in other ventures and found part time jobs. I decided to take what I like to call an "adult gap life" (yes, I made that up - my version of a gap year but for the whole duration of adult life). And for the first time in my life I felt absolutely excited about everyday, about every encounter, about every experience.