{
  "id": 5007775,
  "title": "I spent a year abroad in my 20s and thought it cured my anxiety. I was wrong, but full-time travel helps me live with it.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/i-spent-a-year-abroad-in-my-20s-and-thought-it-cured-my-anxiety-i-was",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T04:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/travel-full-time-anxiety-break-up-layoff-enjoy-life-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Macie Strum has always been anxious and wanted to see the world. After a breakup and job losses, she decided to travel full-time in 2024. While her year abroad didn't cure her anxiety, it helped her stop letting fear control her life. Her journey began in Greece, Italy, and France, deepening her obsession with travel. As she got older, her anxiety shifted from trivial concerns to worries about relationships, careers, and life expectations. Therapy and medication helped, but she still felt like she was going through the motions. However, travel always calmed her anxiety. Despite her anxiety not disappearing, she found that traveling changed her perspective on life and helped her learn better coping mechanisms.",
  "summary": "After selling her furniture to travel full-time, Macie Strum spent a month in Bali rethinking her relationship with anxiety.",
  "key_points": [
    "Macie Strum traveled full-time in 2024 to cure her anxiety.",
    "Her anxiety shifted from trivial to concerns about relationships and careers.",
    "Travel helped her calm anxiety and learn better coping mechanisms."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Traveling full-time has helped Macie Strum live with her anxiety by changing her perspective and teaching her better coping mechanisms, even if it didn't eliminate her anxious feelings.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}