India, March 22 -- An IIT graduate's decision to walk away from a lucrative corporate career and a settled life in the US to pursue full-time travel is going viral online. In a post shared on Instagram by Humans of Bombay, the man described how he spent years in a high-paying job in the US but felt unfulfilled despite professional achievements.

"In 2003, I was an IIT grad with a 'perfect' life in the US. By 38, I was a Director at First Republic Bank, earning a salary most only dream of. But for 10 years, I felt stuck in a loop, chasing titles that didn't feed my soul," he said in the Instagram post.

The man shared that in 2013, he decided to walk away from it all. "I quit. I sold my house and left to travel the world with a single back...