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Your 30s are your sabbatical sweet spot. But so Your 30s are your sabbatical sweet spot. 

But so are your 20s. And your 50s. And your 40s. And... 
Get the gist? 

Your timeline is entirely your own.

As for me, I’m honestly very grateful that 2020 threw me for a loop and forced me to wait until my 30s to take my career break. Our corporate conditioning often makes it seem as if no one is taking extended career breaks, pivots, or mini retirements. But that’s just because nobody is talking about it. 

Let’s normalize the idea that a break is okay at any age, at any rung of the (kinda broken) corporate ladder. 

What do you think? 

👉🏽 Comment “GAP YEAR” and I’ll send you a link to my free Gap Year Guide. 

👋🏽 New here? Hi! I’m rachel and I took a DIY sabbatical in my 30s to move from Los Angeles to Australia for a year. This is month 8 and I’m bringing you along with me every step of the way, so be sure to hit follow for more career break content!

#GoingForTheGap | Gap Year | Career Pivot | Career Break | Moving Abroad | Micro Retirement
What do empowering women and rhino conservation ha What do empowering women and rhino conservation have in common? This safari. #Ad

Every time we travel, we have an impact. And @intrepidtravel is on a mission to make sure those impacts are positive, long after the trip ends. That’s the ✨ Intrepid Effect ✨ and it’s what brought me here, to an overnight camping trip in South Africa’s Kruger National Park with exclusive access to the Black Mambas, the world’s first all-female anti-poaching unit. They’re on a quest to save rhinos and other gentle giants, but our visit isn’t only helping to raise awareness, it’s validating the Mambas non-violent, women-led approach to conservation, which in turn creates steady jobs, good salaries, and a path forward for this organization and others like it. 

Sharing a bonfire with the Mambas and hearing their stories and their vision is an experience that continues to live gloriously rent-free in my head to this day. And to see a rhino the very next day while on safari in the park, armed with the context of just how much work goes into protecting them, completely rewired my brain chemistry and made me appreciate the experience that much more. This is how you go on safari!!! 

What if we knew that the way we traveled could be a force for good? Where would you go? What would you do? #intrepidtravel  #onlyintrepid
Do you believe me and all my crazy ideas yet, @jac Do you believe me and all my crazy ideas yet, @jacobsmedium? 😌

Happy first wedding anniversary to my amor eterno. From those early post-college days till now, we really had no idea what was in store, but what an adventure it has been, and is, and will be, in all the years to come 🤎
Two travelers planning a destination wedding, how Two travelers planning a destination wedding, how crazy could it be?

We wanted to bring our stories, our favorite places, and our blended backgrounds together. It was important to me that we created a little bit of an itinerary, an experience, a world that we could invite our community into. Since we’ve been coming to Valle for years, it really wouldn’t have been “us” to do it any other way. 
We had a three-day springtime wedding Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico, influenced by Jacob’s Jaliscan background, my Filipina/Hawaiian background, and the beautiful Baja wine region we were in (yes, Mexico has a wine region!). We created travel newspapers with tips to visit the region, and a destination-focused scavenger hunt (which got heated in our wedding group chat) 🍷

Other ‘travel logistics,’ like getting 80 people across the US/Mexico land border, creating a poppin’ group chat for the whole wedding in WhatsApp, moving everyone around a remote region with no Ubers or taxis, doing things in both Spanish and English, and bringing different parts of Mexico – like Jalisco and Ensenada – to the Valle, were all part of the exciting challenge.

Maybe some of these little details that kept us up at night in all those months leading up to this weekend weren’t a big deal to anyone else. But it mattered to us, and we had so much fun planning our destination wedding, which felt more like a giant group trip for our favorite people. One year ago, this weekend 🤍 #multiculturalwedding #destinationwedding #valledeguadalupe

Our incredible team that helped us make it all happen is tagged in the comments. Later on, we had another, more intimate celebration in the Philippines 🤍 I’ll share that next once I emotionally recover from making this video 😅😭 Brides/married friends tell me your favorite memories from your wedding weekend!
Worked 9-to-5 for over a decade so I could spend m Worked 9-to-5 for over a decade so I could spend my 30s doing whatever this is: 

Success isn’t necessarily something you reach. It’s what you create. What you commit to. What you walk away from. And ultimately, what you choose to let grow. My 30s have been such a deep journey of rediscovery so far, genuinely learning, in some ways for the first time, who I am beyond the job title. 

What’s one hidden talent or passion you wouldn’t know by looking at your LinkedIn? 

(and p.s. fellow dive girlies please find this account 🙏🏽) #girlswhofreedive #careerbreak #gapyear
Hi, I’m Rachel. If you’re new to Team Off Duty, co Hi, I’m Rachel. If you’re new to Team Off Duty, consider this your onboarding 😉

And welcome to the team ❤️ If you’ve been here for a while, thank you.

I’ve grown and evolved so much since starting Rachel Off Duty nearly 10 years ago, but when I think of the pivotal moments that brought me here, it’s these. I was born in Hawai’i and grew up both endlessly curious and insatiable. I wanted to live in a big city, climb the corporate ladder, see the world, become famous, make all the money. But in my twenties, as my fascination with travel and personal development grew, and the higher I climbed on the corporate ladder, I found that I was constantly in a battle with my career. I started Rachel Off Duty as a simple travel blog, but it grew into a place that helped me, and eventually other women, navigate the fine line between work & play. I wanted to challenge the status quo, and make space for ambitious women with diverse interests to thrive, both in the workplace and beyond.

If you’ve found my page, it hopefully means that this resonates with you on some level.

As part of Team Off Duty, your ✨ benefits package ✨ includes: 

✈️ Travel stories with context and respect

💻 Different definitions of success, and tools to help you define your own

💪🏽 Empowerment & inspiration

🕚 A coworker bestie telling you to take the vacation

🤪 A safe place to not take ourselves too seriously

❤️ Occasional updates from an internet stranger reimaginging work & travel for herself, and showing you how you can, too 😊

Sound good? 

Comment ‘🌴’ if you’re aligned, and welcome onboard. I’m so glad you’re here! #RachelOffDuty #WorkAndTravel
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