Amar Hussain took a gap year after graduating business school to a bleak job market.
Seven years later, he's still on it.
What began as a blog to document his solo travels is now Gap Year Escape, an expansive go-to travel guide that Hussain curates as the editor-in-chief.
Having visited all seven continents in those seven years, he continues to encourage adventure seekers to find their escape through gap years and extended travel.
INSIDER caught up with Hussain via email while he was in London preparing for a trip to Sri Lanka, where he shared just why gap years can be so transformative.
Hussain graduated from business school in the middle of the recession, so he decided to hold off on looking for a job and do some exploring.
He planned on going to South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and around the US, and started Gap Year Escape at the suggestion of a friend, in order to document his travels.
“We sat in his kitchen eating feta (he’s Greek) and came up with the blog name Gap Year Escape, and in less than an hour the blog was born,” he said.
After spending “far too much money,” he ended up in Australia looking for work.
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