Sherry Ott was burned out. But rather than to go on vacation, she decided to do something a bit more radical. She quit her six-figure job as an IT director and project manager to spend a year traveling around the world. Having only started traveling internationally at 30 years old, with only a few trips under her belt, she was new to this challenge. But she quickly became addicted to the new. In this episode, you'll hear how Sherry viewed an extended career break as a challenge, took it on, planned, fell in love with exploration, got hooked, and rather than returning, created her own life of travel. Her story will make career breaks accessible for anyone who is longing for long term travel, and how she's able to financially support her travel lifestyle through blogging and freelancing. Today, she's a digital nomad and corporate American runaway, who escaped her cubicle in New York City and has been traveling nomadically and solo for over 7 years now, helping others recognize that they can do the same, and writing about it on her blog Otts World. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Soundcloud or TuneIn Words from an Explorer "I needed to be out meeting new people, going new places, seeing new cultures and asking, 'What the heck is that? Why do they do that?' on a daily basis." What You'll Learn How the people she met on her travel inspired a change in her life How Sherry got the courage to take a career break by viewing it as a challenge Why Sherry travels for the newness of things, to find new things all the time How she was able to make a career break into a career change, and become a jack-of-all-trades digital nomad Mentioned on this Show Otts World Meet Plan Go Like the show? I’d love a rating and review! Take action and please share the show! All you have to do is click one of the social sharing buttons at the top of this post. Also please leave a rating or review on iTunes! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Thank you so much for your support! See you next time! The post 27: How Sherry Ott Turned a Career Break into a Life of Travel – Part 1 appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.