-a portmanteau of "Matt" and "sabbatical" that was funny at first but now it's getting old
In June 2023, I quit my job, sold my house and most of my belongings, and started backpacking. I spent a month in Spain with side trips to Morocco and a layover in Amsterdam, then traveled through Asia for many months. When I returned to the US in March 2024 to attend my oldest friend's wedding, I had planned to spend a month overlanding through Baja California and another five or six months hiking the Appalachian Trail. But my dream company presented a time-sensitive opportunity I couldn't pass up and I landed back in Arizona in April 2024.