We retired early from our jobs in oil and gas to travel. Starting over again in new places has been terrifying.

We retired early from our jobs in oil and gas to travel. Starting over again in new places has been terrifying.

Kelly Benthall often finds traveling terrifying, but she does it anyway.Kelly BenthallLast year, Kelly Benthall, now 54, and her husband quit their jobs and retired early to travel the world.She found the idea of starting over again in new places terrifying.Learning how to manage fear made it doable.Last year, at 53, my husband and I quit our jobs in oil and gas and retired early to travel the world. Many friends assumed we were fearless — that …

Kerala couple quits Gulf jobs to make areca palm leaf products; exports across the world

When Kuriakose K Mathew worked for Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority, his wife, Shybi Mathew, was a nurse under the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. Their children lived with Shybi’s mother in Kottayam, Kerala, while Kuriakose’s 82-year-old mother lived alone. “After working outside India for 15 years, we returned home as our children and parents needed us. So we quit our jobs in the Gulf and were back in 2015,” Kuriakose tells 30St…