IN 2015, MY new boyfriend, Ryan, and I were working in the corporate world. Ryan read an article about a couple who had quit their jobs, bought a boat, and traveled the world by sea, and all of a sudden, he wanted us to do the same thing. The idea felt nearly impossible, as neither of our jobs seemed like they translated well to remote work, we had no idea how to sail a boat, and we weren’t in the financial position to buy a boat in the first place!
At the time, Ryan and I both worked in sales. I was a pre-sales consultant for an HR-tech company, and Ryan was the commercial director for a small aviation startup. We weren’t working remotely, and
