Burned Out Consultant Turns Vietnam Paradise: Bye, Corporate Death Spiral
Susan Lindgren, 58, a former Santa Monica software consultant who moonlighted as a human stress cookie, quit her 25-year corporate burnout marathon after doctors flagged her heart like a toddler's red flagāhigh BP, fast heartāclassic stress remix. Intended a 1-year sabbatical, but ended up globe-trotting from Tanzania clean water projects (bonus: no jetlag, just spiritual bliss) to renting out her one-bedroom condo. Caught in Vietnam since 2017 and trapped by COVID in 2020āno complaints since beer beaches and fresh food replaced green juices and marathon running groups. Now living it up in Da Nang for 18 months: salsa, acroyoga, waterfall scrambling with kids half her age, proving health coaches wrong everywhere.
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Nothing like your heart screaming 'help' to inspire a midlife travel binge that redefines quitting. Who knew a one-bedroom condo and a lack of spouse could buy you a luxe ticket out of corporate burnout hell? Vietnamās got the coconuts and freedom.
Susanās plan to take one year off from dying at her desk turned into a world tour paid by renters. Corporate burnout: 0, Acroyoga warrior: 1.
Some quit jobs, some quit life. Susan quit corporate America and high blood pressure for a year in Tanzania, five months in COVID Vietnam, and now permanently healthy and brokeāor just rent-collecting like a boss.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/21/2025 | Author: Amanda Goh
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