"I'm going to be the contrarian. Keep the job. Power through it and retire as early as you can, then you can do whatever you want"
No you cannot, as your youth is limited and your health maybe already ruined by then. If you do something you hate for a living, then once you stop there might be only drugs or other addictions left to fill the void.
There is just no magic way out. You complain now, that you had fun earlier but now cannot retire. But your other self, that you would have liked to grinded away day by day, might have be already dead, or in heart surgery.
It is all about finding the balance, and OP got to sort it out on her or him self.
But I very much do recommend traveling in general, while young. Remote is now thing. There are lots of nice places with awesome people all around the world.
But you will never get there, if you are clinging on "security".
No you cannot, as your youth is limited and your health maybe already ruined by then. If you do something you hate for a living, then once you stop there might be only drugs or other addictions left to fill the void.
There is just no magic way out. You complain now, that you had fun earlier but now cannot retire. But your other self, that you would have liked to grinded away day by day, might have be already dead, or in heart surgery.
It is all about finding the balance, and OP got to sort it out on her or him self.
But I very much do recommend traveling in general, while young. Remote is now thing. There are lots of nice places with awesome people all around the world.
But you will never get there, if you are clinging on "security".