"I had a quarter life crisis so quit the 9-5 grind for an easy life travelling"
- 3 months ago
A 29-year-old woman ditched the daily '9-5' grind after having a “quarter life crisis” - and now travels the world as a digital nomad.
Dieuwke Gorter, 29, says she realised the working week “wasn’t for her” after she was left feeling burned out for a whole year.
She tried to find jobs she liked but set up her own digital marketing company because she just couldn't face going into an office anymore.
Now she spends her time travelling the world and has increased her income from £1,800 to upwards of £7,000 per month.
Last year, Dieuwke went to Dubai, Portugal, Mexico, and the USA - and in total she has visited 31 countries.
She now coaches people how to “create a freedom lifestyle.”
Dieuwke, from the Hauge in the Netherlands, said: “I travel a lot, I just came back from Florida for a few weeks and next I’m going to Sri Lanka - I can’t complain!”
“We live in an era where you can film a five second video of yourself doing anything, pair it with a trending song and make money from anywhere.
“I normally work in my hotel - I work for few hours, or do fun things, then hang out and have a couple of beers in the evening, it’s great!
"I prefer experiences to things, and this lifestyle allows me to have so many great experiences while also earning more money.
"I got burnout for a year – I wasn’t doing fun things, I was only sleeping, my body was fully saying no.
“My parents wanted me to go to college, and then I got an office job after that, but every day I was there I didn’t like it."
She then got a job in events management – but couldn’t deal with the daily grind.
“I just thought, I don’t want to do this until I’m 67," she said.
Dieuwke then began searching for something else, but nothing was taking her fancy.
“I just couldn’t go to an office five days a week anymore, it just felt wrong," she said.
Then in early 2022 she decided to jack it all in and set up her own business on digital marketing – teaching people in the Netherlands how they too could become digital nomads.
Dieuwke believes paying lots of money to go to university is “not essential.”
"Sometimes the workplace and education lag behind the speed of the digital world," she said.
“My dream now is just to inspire as many people as I can.”
As well as her jet-setting lifestyle, Dieuwke also has a house in the Hague near the beach – and says she’s fully over her “quarter life crisis.”
She added: “I see a lot of people my age around me, including friends of mine who are unhappy but don't know a way out of the daily grind.
“When I was younger, I was looking at people in their 30s who had children and seemed like they had it all figured it all out.
“Now I'm almost 30 and am not sure what the future will bring but I’m loving life right now.
"I want to inspire as many people as possible to feel more healthy and happy with what they do in their daily lives because life is too short to be unhappy."
Dieuwke Gorter, 29, says she realised the working week “wasn’t for her” after she was left feeling burned out for a whole year.
She tried to find jobs she liked but set up her own digital marketing company because she just couldn't face going into an office anymore.
Now she spends her time travelling the world and has increased her income from £1,800 to upwards of £7,000 per month.
Last year, Dieuwke went to Dubai, Portugal, Mexico, and the USA - and in total she has visited 31 countries.
She now coaches people how to “create a freedom lifestyle.”
Dieuwke, from the Hauge in the Netherlands, said: “I travel a lot, I just came back from Florida for a few weeks and next I’m going to Sri Lanka - I can’t complain!”
“We live in an era where you can film a five second video of yourself doing anything, pair it with a trending song and make money from anywhere.
“I normally work in my hotel - I work for few hours, or do fun things, then hang out and have a couple of beers in the evening, it’s great!
"I prefer experiences to things, and this lifestyle allows me to have so many great experiences while also earning more money.
"I got burnout for a year – I wasn’t doing fun things, I was only sleeping, my body was fully saying no.
“My parents wanted me to go to college, and then I got an office job after that, but every day I was there I didn’t like it."
She then got a job in events management – but couldn’t deal with the daily grind.
“I just thought, I don’t want to do this until I’m 67," she said.
Dieuwke then began searching for something else, but nothing was taking her fancy.
“I just couldn’t go to an office five days a week anymore, it just felt wrong," she said.
Then in early 2022 she decided to jack it all in and set up her own business on digital marketing – teaching people in the Netherlands how they too could become digital nomads.
Dieuwke believes paying lots of money to go to university is “not essential.”
"Sometimes the workplace and education lag behind the speed of the digital world," she said.
“My dream now is just to inspire as many people as I can.”
As well as her jet-setting lifestyle, Dieuwke also has a house in the Hague near the beach – and says she’s fully over her “quarter life crisis.”
She added: “I see a lot of people my age around me, including friends of mine who are unhappy but don't know a way out of the daily grind.
“When I was younger, I was looking at people in their 30s who had children and seemed like they had it all figured it all out.
“Now I'm almost 30 and am not sure what the future will bring but I’m loving life right now.
"I want to inspire as many people as possible to feel more healthy and happy with what they do in their daily lives because life is too short to be unhappy."