Quora精選：辭掉工作，背上背包就去環(huán)游世界，這是一種怎樣的體驗(yàn)？

Q: What is it like to quit your job, get a backpack and travel the world?

問：辭掉工作，背上背包就去環(huán)游世界，這是一種怎樣的體驗(yàn)？

Answered by Emmanuel Orozco

Emmanuel Orozco回答：

Alright. It's my time to give my two cents.

好吧，是該我獻(xiàn)上兩句拙見的時候了。

Short answer: It is awesome. Do it. You might be dead tomorrow. Do it ASAP.

簡單地說：感覺太棒了。去旅行吧。說不定你明天就死了。所以盡早出發(fā)吧。

Long answer: I am 22. I used to work on a death-end hotel -front desk position.

I was tired.

I wasn't inspired.

詳細(xì)地說：我22歲了，曾經(jīng)在胡同盡頭的一家旅館工作——當(dāng)前臺。

我很累。

活得一點(diǎn)激情都沒有。

One day a guest and I had a long conversation. She asks me:

"Do you like your job?"

有一天，一位顧客和我聊了很久。她問我：

“你喜歡你的工作嗎？”

I was sad because I knew the answer. "No".

She was 74 and gave me the most beautiful advice that I remember in all my life:

"You are too young to hate your job. Pay bills. Plan your retirement.
Go get your fucking passport and start your adventure. Don't wait to have my age."

So I did.

我很難過，因?yàn)槲抑来鸢甘恰安幌矚g”。

她已經(jīng)74歲了，給了我一個很棒的建議，令我今生難以忘懷：

“你還很年輕，沒到討厭自己工作的時候。把賬單還掉，工作辭掉。
把護(hù)照辦好，然后出去闖一闖。不要等到我這個年紀(jì)?！?/p>

于是我就照她說的去做了。

Since I was a little kid I was dreaming to know Europe.

So next day I had my passport. And one week later, my plane tickets.

我從小就夢想著能多了解一下歐洲。

于是第二天我就辦了護(hù)照。一個星期以后，我就買好了去歐洲的機(jī)票。

I live in México. One month holidays does not exist.

So I quit my job.

我住在墨西哥。這世界上沒哪個老板愿意給你一個月的假期。

于是我辭職了。

My boss said I was being crazy. My co-workers said that I was being "irresponsible".

I just ignored those voices and focused on planning my adventure.

我的老板說我瘋了，同事說我“不靠譜”。

這些我全不理會，只是專注地策劃我的旅行。

It was Europe in winter. Not the best idea. I know. But Europe in winter is really cheap.

那時歐洲正值冬天，并不是旅行的最好時機(jī)。我知道，但冬天去歐洲旅行真的很便宜。

What I packed:

1. 4 shirts.
   
2. Big coat.
   
3. Gloves.
   
4. 2 pants.
   
5. Kindle (it is a must-have). Reading will give you inspiration (when you read the correct books).
   
6. Mexican candies to give away.
   
7. Mexican music to give away.
   
8. 2 pair of shoes (walking shoes).
   
9. My camera. (I had a DSLR that I always wanted to learn to use, but never had the time).

我?guī)Я诉@些東西：

1. 四件襯衣；
2. 大衣；
3. 手套；
4. 兩條內(nèi)褲；
5. Kindle（這是必需品）。讀書能給你靈感（只要你讀的是對的書）；
6. 準(zhǔn)備拿來與人分享的墨西哥糖果；
7. 同樣拿來與人分享的墨西哥音樂；
8. 兩雙鞋（步行鞋）；
9. 我的相機(jī)。（我有臺單反，一直想學(xué)但總沒時間）。

That's it. No mobile. No WhatsApp. No Facebook. No f*cking email (I really hate those).

就這些了。沒有手機(jī)，沒有WhatsApp（注1），沒有Facebook（注2），也沒有那些該死的郵件（我真的很討厭那些郵件）。

I had a short budget so no crappy tourist attractions. I just walked and walked...、

我的預(yù)算很少，但每個想去的景點(diǎn)都很有意思。我就一直走啊走……

I went to high mountains...

我爬過高山……

Glossop, England.

位于英格蘭格洛瑟普。

Cosmopolitan cities.

去過國際化的大都市。

Paris, France

位于法國巴黎。

Discovered that love stills exists in the world...

發(fā)現(xiàn)世界上還存在著愛情……

Versailles, France

位于法國凡爾賽。

Saw some kick ass sunsets...

看過幾次美得驚心動魄的日落……

Paris, France

位于法國巴黎。

Heard some of the best musicians (for free btw)

聽過一些世上最棒的音樂（順便提一句，是免費(fèi)的）。

Barcelona, Spain

位于西班牙巴塞羅那。

Discovered that no matter how old are you; people can still be friends of each other.

發(fā)現(xiàn)無論多大年紀(jì)，人們都可以成為朋友。

Barcelona, Spain

位于西班牙巴塞羅那。

Realize that sunrises are not always blue or yellow. Sometimes they mix.

意識到日出不只有藍(lán)色或黃色，有時它們會融合在一起。

Madrid, Spain

位于西班牙馬德里。

And I remembered that I need to live the life as a kid. No matter what.

還記起我要活得像個孩子一樣。無論如何。

Barcelona, Spain

位于西班牙巴塞羅那。

I spend 22 days and $1,500 USD (including the plane tickets).

我玩了22天，只花了1500美元（合約9288元），包括機(jī)票。

What I did to save money:

1. Used CouchSurfing.
2. Eat 20-cents bread with ham.
3. Drink free/adulterated alcohol.
4. Went to Burger King to get free fries and soda.
5. Learn to cook.
6. Speak with local people. They always know where to do cool and cheap stuff.
7. Only go to free museums (only in England).

我是這樣省錢的：

1. 當(dāng)沙發(fā)客。
2. 吃20美分的火腿面包。
3. 喝免費(fèi)的酒，或者假酒。
4. 去漢堡王吃免費(fèi)的薯?xiàng)l，喝免費(fèi)的汽水。
5. 學(xué)著做飯。
6. 和當(dāng)?shù)厝伺收?。他們總能知道在哪兒可以做很酷但免費(fèi)的事。
7. 只去免費(fèi)的博物館（僅限英格蘭）。

Until this point in my life, I never had a clear idea of what to do with my life.

Now I do.

以前我從來不清楚我自己到底想做什么。

現(xiàn)在我知道了。

I want to be a photographer.

Capture moments to give to everybody.

Inspire people.

我想做個攝影家。

捕捉每一個瞬間，分享給每一個人。

去鼓舞其他人。

Thanks to this travel.

Thanks to that lady.

感謝這次旅行。

感謝那位女士。

And guess what?

I don't ever remember her name.

Life is funny.

但你猜怎么著？

我壓根就不記得她的名字。

人生真的很有趣。

譯注：

1. WhatsApp是一款非常受歡迎的跨平臺應(yīng)用程序，用于智能手機(jī)之間的通訊。該應(yīng)用程序借助推送通知服務(wù)，可以即刻接收親友和同事發(fā)送的信息。（來自百度百科）

2. Facebook（臉書）是美國的一個社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)服務(wù)網(wǎng)站。（來自百度百科）