· Chapter Six ·
TAKE TIME OFF BETWEEN GIGS
I had never been happy with the bourgeois virtues of marriage, stability, and work above pleasure. I was too curious and adventurous not to chafe under those restrictions.
— ERICA JONG, Fear of Flying
My fiancé (now husband) and I were boarding a plane to Tokyo, the first stop on our round-the-world ticket. We had quit our corporate jobs, sold our car, and ended the lease on our apartment. We stuffed our two big backpacks and left our few remaining possessions stored in the garage of my childhood home. We were taking a year off to travel around the world, a dream we had been talking about since we met in college and had been planning for nearly a year. Our itinerary included four months in Asia, some ...
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