Who hasn't thought of packing it all in and finding a simpler life? The more and more I talk to friends and colleagues in the city, the more I realise they feel exactly like me! My daydreams vary from opening a boutique at the Gold Coast, to becoming a scuba instructor (dreamt up during a recent holiday in the Whitsundays) to creating my own successful Ebay business (you know, like the ones you always read about where they started with $50 worth of secondhand crap and now it's a full time job)! Some of my friends' aspirations range from opening a B&B in north Queensland, to an antique and coffee shop in Melbourne, to a homemade cake business to cater to corporate meetings.
Whether it's the romanticism of living in a quaint country cottage, the no-worries-mate attitude of living in a shack by the sea, or the freedom of flitting from one foreign abode to another, the same principal rings true. We work to live, not live to work, and while many of us will spend years studying and working hard to make a name for ourselves in our chosen career, there comes a time where, naturally, we yearn for something else. Something a little more, er, simple!
And in a generation where we're told that we can do anything we want, I say why not? I'll keep inspired by checking realestate.com.au for the perfect seachange address and hope to write to you one day from my tropical paradise, computer on lap, before I duck out for my scuba lesson : )
Notes on Glossy Paper
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