IIT graduate quits high-paying job in US, sells house to travel the world with family: ‘I traded 4 BHK for entire world’
An IIT graduate’s decision to walk away from a lucrative corporate career and a settled life in the US to pursue full-time travel is going viral online. In a post shared on Instagram Humans of Bombay, the man described how he spent years in a high-paying job in the US but felt unfulfilled despite professional achievements.The family now lives in homestays across different countries, sustaining themselves through investments made in India. (Instagram/@officialhumansofbombay)“In 2003, I was an IIT grad with a ‘perfect’ life in the US. 38, I was a Director at First Republic Bank, earning a salary most only dream of. But for 10 years, I felt stuck in a loop, chasing titles that didn’t feed my soul,” he said in the Instagram post.The man shared that in 2013, he decided to walk away from it all. “I quit. I sold my house and left to travel the world with a single backpack,” he said, adding that he spent the next 18 months travelling solo across 35 countries – from the mountains of Russia to the deserts of Egypt. “I knew no one, and for the first time, I finally knew myself,” he said.(Also Read:
