A brief return to life on the red line

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December 22nd 2008

Published: January 19th 2009

The low temperatures and biting winds that greeted me as I exited the plane at JFK were a confirmation that New York is not adjacent to Buenos Aires. Less conclusively, many of my fellow passengers on the subway from Howard Beach into Manhattan were reading Spanish language newspapers. I rendezvoused with LA Woman in the East Village then we made our way to a hotel on the Upper West Side for an ... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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