22 July 2016
Career break ideas
Just for fun

 

  1. You want to see the world
  2. You need to see the world
  3. You want to help other people
  4. You want to sod other people and just please yourself for once
  5. Your job sucks
  6. Your job doesn't suck but you need a change
  7. Your job doesn't suck but your boss does. Oh, how your boss sucks.
  8. You want to leave your comfort zone
  9. You want to leave your boring home town
  10. You want to leave everything
  11. Your relationship sucks
  12. Your relationship doesn't suck, you want to travel together
  13. Your relationship doesn't suck but... well actually it does
  14. Everyone else is doing it
  15. No-one else is doing it
  16. Only the cool people are doing it and you want to be one of them
  17. You want to learn something new
  18. You need to learn something new because you know piss all
  19. You need something else on your CV
  20. You need something on your CV
  21. You want to go somewhere hot
  22. You want to go somewhere cold
  23. You want to go somewhere it doesn't bloody rain all the time
  24. You look cool with a backpack
  25. You look like a numpty with a backpack but who cares, cos you're going travelling!
  26. Your own bed is boring
  27. Your own bed is way too comfortable and you need to sleep in a hut/tent/dorm
  28. Your own bed is empty...
  29. You want to volunteer where your talents will be appreciated
  30. You want to work where your talents will be appreciated
  31. You want to travel where... you get the idea
  32. You like foreigners
  33. You like other travellers
  34. You don't like other travellers and want to go it alone (easily done on a career break!)
  35. Daytime telly
  36. Evening telly
  37. Late night telly
  38. All your friends on Facebook are doing much better than you
  39. All your friends in real life are doing much better than you
  40. Even your friend's dog is doing much better than you
  41. You want to taste exotic new foods
  42. You want to taste something more exciting than a Gregg's steak bake
  43. You want to try bungee jumping
  44. You want to try windsurfing
  45. You want to try skiing
  46. You want to try anything that makes you feel alive
  47. Annoying old people
  48. Annoying young people
  49. Annoying people who are your own age
  50. You need to make yourself more employable
  51. You need a promotion
  52. You need a career change
  53. You need anything but to stay in the same place
  54. Hipsters
  55. Beards
  56. Hipsters with beards
  57. You want to bisit a rainforest
  58. You want to visit the desert
  59. You want to visit mountains
  60. You want to visit anywhere that doesn't have a bloody Starbucks on every corner
  61. You think volunteering would be fun and useful
  62. You think working abroad would be fun and useful
  63. You think doing a course would be fun and useful
  64. You don't care whether something is fun and useful, you just need a change
  65. You never took a gap year
  66. You took a gap year but now you want to take another one
  67. You took a gap year but were too pissed to remember most of it
  68. Your friends are doing it
  69. Your colleagues are doing it
  70. Even your nan's doing it
  71. You want to spend your money on experiences instead of stuff
  72. You spend ages looking at travel blogs
  73. You spend ages looking at travel books and magazines
  74. You spend ages looking at travel photos
  75. You feel that just looking at stuff isn't really satisfying you
  76. You've just come out of a relationship
  77. You've just come out of a job
  78. You've just come out
  79. You can afford it
  80. You can't afford it but you can save up
  81. You can't afford it but you can earn exta money
  82. You can't afford it but you can beg other people for money
  83. You can afford it really (if you're reading this, you can)
  84. You want to come back with more confidence
  85. You want to come back with new skills
  86. You want to come back with loads of stories to tell
  87. You want to come back in one piece (you will, don't worry!)
  88. The current political situation
  89. The current weather
  90. The current state of your national football team (unless you're Welsh)
  91. You need some exciting new friends
  92. You need some new friends
  93. You need some friends
  94. You've already got a backpack
  95. You've already got a passport
  96. This could be the most exciting thing you ever do
  97. This could be the most important thing you ever do
  98. This could be the most fulfilling thing you ever do
  99. The world is waiting...