We quit our jobs to travel the world. Now my wife and I run her family's farm in South Korea.

Kang "Kay" Soo-il and Lily quit their jobs to travel; now they run her family's farm in South Korea. Provided by Kang "Kay" Soo-il Eight years ago, Kang "Kay" Soo-il left his job at Samsung after feeling burned out. He reconnected with Lily, a childhood friend; they married and spent two years traveling the world. Now they run her family farm in rural South Korea — but his advice to corporate-job quitters: "Don't do it!" This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kang "Kay" Soo-il, a 39-year-old South Korean national who quit his job and traveled, before returning home to run a farm. It has been edited for length and clarity. Eight years ago, at 31, I was living in a Korean city south of Seoul, and working as a software developer and designer for Samsung Electronics.