I quit my marketing job to backpack Asia. Traveling alone gave me the confidence to take big career risks.

Nuala O'Hanlon left a career she had been working on for 10 years to teach pilates and backpack. Nuala O'Hanlon Nuala O'Hanlon left a fashion marketing role at Primark to learn Pilates and backpack Asia. Her travels through Asia reignited her love for fashion and pushed her to freelance full time. She said she would not mind returning to corporate life. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nuala O'Hanlon, who quit her marketing role at Primark in Dublin to backpack through ...