How to Start Planning Your First (Or Next) Career Break Today (Using 5 Simple Steps) with Cali O´Connor

Have you thought about hitting pause on your career to travel the world but are unsure how to make it a reality? It's not as unattainable as you may think!

Cali O'Connor shares her experience of taking multiple career breaks and offers 5 practical steps to start planning your own career break today.

Cali is a former chemical engineer who traded her career in the oilfield for a life-changing adventure of quitting her job to travel around the world. Now, Cali helps working professionals find clarity in their lives by taking a career break that gives them the freedom to travel, explore, and realign with their life goals. 

Whether you dream of quitting your job or taking a temporary pause, this episode will give you the confidence and strategies to take that leap. You'll hear about her biggest mistakes during her first career break (and how to avoid them), insights on overcoming common fears such as financial insecurity and leaving a stable job, travel advice to save time and money, and lessons on concurring travel burnout.

If you could take a career break tomorrow, where would you go, and why? I'd love to hear your thoughts, and I hope you'll share them by sending me an audio message.

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Tune In To Learn:

• What led to leaving her career and how she was able to get out of the "achiever" mindset
• The most important but obvious step in taking a career break
• The purpose of having goals for your time off
• Insight on when to start your career break and deciding how long to go for
• How to budget and financially plan for long-term travel
• Advice on talking to your boss about your decision
• Her experience working for a hostel and why they're not just for young travelers 
• 3 places she'd visit again in a heartbeat
• And so much more

Resources:

• Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport
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• Visit Cali's website
• Listen to her podcast
• Follow her on Instagram

Want More?

• Learning Through Travel: Gap Year, Career Breaks, and Beyond w/Jennifer Miller from BootsnAll.com
• Sherry Ott from Meet, Plan, Go! on Taking a Career Break to Travel
• Lessons from Quitting a Job and Selling Everything to Motorcycle Around the World with Mike Barr

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