Updated: 04/10/19 | April 10, 2019 “I’m going to quit my job when we get back,” I said, turning to my friend Scott. “Really? I doubt that.” “No really, I am. I’m going to quit and travel the world,” I said, turning my face back into the warm Thailand sun. It was 2004, and we were in Ko Samui. We had just visited Chiang Mai, where I had met the five travelers who so inspired me to travel the world. Their world of no 401(k)s, vacations, and bosses seemed too good to be true and I wanted to be a part of it. I was determined to be a part of it. I even started to prepare for it while in Thailand before I had any real idea of what I was going to do. While on Ko Samui, I bought the Lonely Planet guide to Southeast Asia. I didn’t even know if I’d go there on my next trip. I didn’t know when my trip would be or for how long or what I wanted to see. But buying that guide made the whole thing seem more real. It was my commitment to travel. I had the guide...