I quit Wall Street at 34 to live out of my car. My best friend thought I'd lost my mind.
Source: Business Insider ·
I quit my Wall Street career to spend a year camping out West. My best friend questioned my decision, but our friendship grew stronger.
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The author left her career and went camping.Courtesy of the authorOur friendship developed during years when our lives looked very similar.When I took a divergent path, and she didn't understand, I thought I would lose her.The challenge of our differences brought us to a place of more honesty, deepening our connection.When I told my best friend I was quitting my Wall Street legal career to spend a year camping and exploring the American West, she looked at me aghast and said, "You're joking, right?"Her response wasn't surprising. I hadn't exactly been honest with her, or myself, about how much I longed for a very different life than the one I was living.At the time, we were 34 years old, and during the prior 16 years of friendship, our lives had run parallel tracks, studying business in college, then pursuing demanding careers in East Coast cities. While we'd seen each other through heartbreaks and upheavals, this was more than that. This was a significant detour, and as she looked…
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