In a lot of ways I agree with everybody else will you just shut up and get back to work and quit your whining but I can't because I know exactly how you're feeling. Once you got the taste of freedom how could you possibly go back to an institutional life. It isn't about the fact that you have to get up at the same time go to work at the same time eat your lunch at the same time it's really about the people you have to cohabitate with. You spent the summer hiking with some of the coolest people on Earth but now you have to live with office workers again. Rumors and backstabbing and people criticizing other people's work habits. A boss that is never happy with the amount of work you do and always makes you feel like you're letting the company down. There is a way that you can go on a adventure and get paid for it. It's nothing I would do for very long but has no living expenses and all the money you earn goes right in the bank. If you become a truck driver you can see the country and visit the people you hiked with or other friends and family. There are trucking companies out there that will pay you to get your CDL. They will put you in a hotel and give you enough money for food while you're getting your license. All it takes is a phone call and a clean driving record. You can quit anytime you like and go back to work anytime you like they have one of the biggest revolving doors of any company. There'll always be a truck for you to drive. The thing I like the most is when I'm done hiking I call them up and they send me a bus ticket from wherever I stop hiking. Do not think of this as a long term job just a little adventure to see the USA. It will also give you some time to think about the future and how you should live it. Truckers and hikers are a lot alike we stop every night at a truck stop and talk about the things we have in common just like hikers. We talk about miles we've driven and mountains we've gone over and about snow we drove in. I also like to listen to music as loud as I want and what type of music I want to hear not what everybody wants or worse like FM music. I mean really who listens to FM anymore. Well being a truck driver I could go on and on but I won't if you want to know more go ahead and PM me.