Cool Photos & the lingering thought of leaving

Sometimes when I come across such wonderfully inspirational photos on the web, a part of me just feels like quitting my job and just going out there to just take pictures.

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How wonderful it would be to be able to travel and experience all the places and people that I can only read about. Like the Antarctica, China, the Silk Route, Alaska, Africa, Himalayas...heck, I'll even settle for Vietnam or Cambodia now.

It's not that I don't enjoy my work any more - I still do, even though it is a struggle to deal with situations/problems that I don't have direct input/'control over - almost like fighting with one hand tied behind. Sometimes it drives me crazy to know that certain situations/problems could have been very simply avoided had there been better input/thought in the decision process.

Perhaps it's because I've been somewhat in the same job for so long now that the amount of satisfaction I gain is becoming smaller. Think Diminishing Rate of Returns. Either that or I'm getting way too cynical for my own good.

Anyway, it's always easier said than done. How could I just leave? What about my responsibilities and obligations? What about my studies? How am I going to support myself? Will this support the life/family I want later?

So here I am again, back at square one.