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There comes a time when many face the ultimate decision: pursue a career or postpone it for the open road?

guest post by Allison Cross
For those looking for a job, a career, a mere direction in their lives, travel can seem like a meaningless distraction—a money-sucking way to delay those awful first few years in the working world.
When I got out of university, I was obsessed with finding the ultimate job in my career of choice. I paced the living room floor of my parent’s house nightly, raving like a maniac about interviews and resumes. They absorbed my frustrations and then meekly suggested I travel instead.
“Travel?!” I asked, wild-eyed. “Travel? Then, I’d come home and do what? Huh? What then?”
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