For example, my wife and I belong to the group Couchsurfing.com. We recently hosted Thomas Mark Zuniga, a young man writing a book about his 8 month journey across the United States. He saved up, sold his possessions, and took a leap. Consider this, the average American full-time employee takes 11 days of paid vacation each year. That’s a 2 week trip every 52 weeks. Thomas however, just experienced 32 weeks of travel, the equivalent of 16 years of vacation. While most of us can count this year’s significant memories on two hands, he can’t contain his growth and self-discovery even in a single
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