I've traveled and worked remotely for years. My parents thought it was reckless, but my mom just quit her job to do the same.

When I started working remotely in 2017 with the hopes of advancing in my career while traveling, my parents thought I was throwing away a successful life for no reason.

Burnout made me realize I had to do things differently. I wanted to travel, but I also wanted to keep advancing in my career, so I started to look for postgraduate studies.

Convincing my employer was not easy. Remote work wasn't popular back then, and I had to negotiate extensively and justify my productivity.

By the time I graduated from college, I was chasing what I thought was the ideal career: a finance job in Washington, DC.

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