I've been reading a lot of articles and blogs online about taking a "time out" from life to travel and see the world (or country, in our case), and how it's not only IMPORTANT to do, but can be a beneficial addition to your resume, once you get to where you want to stay and get back to the "real world"...
(from "Dying to Quit Your Job to Travel? Well, What's Stopping You?" on Huffington Post)
You WILL Have a Job When you Get Home:
Okay, so if you leave your current job on not-so-nice terms, your boss won't serve it back on a silver platter when you get home. BUT, you'd be surprised how much travel adds to a resume -- regardless of your profession -- in this globalizing world. You need to know what's going on out there. If you've never been out of the US, you're one of the many, but that's not reason enough to stay behind. Getting out from behind your desk and into the world will not only give you invaluable life experience (and probably several stories to share with coworkers around your next office water cooler) but also it'll make you a more hirable and more desirable addition to any office. Guaranteed. It proves to your next potential boss that you had the cajones to A: leave a career to follow your dreams and figure out priorities (which, yes, takes major guts) and B: you have the gumption to reenter the market a more attractive applicant than the single internship, cookie-cutter guy fresh from grad school who's mommy still pays his phone bill.
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