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I am 23 years old and am still in college trying to obtain a nursing degree! I have always dreamed of being a nurse specifically neonatal. I have about 3 years left for a BSN. Why is it taking so long you ask?! Well, life...In 2011 my 23 year old sister was diagnosed with cancer and 2weeks after she died leaving behind her 14month old daughter. My grades dropped and I had to take time off from school. I returned to school last fall and have just recently got bit by the travel bug and the itching side effect just won't go away! My family thinks that I should stay and complete my degree and then travel because I'll have something to fall back on when I return. The thing is nursing is very complicated. In order to be a travel nurse I have to work in that field for approximately 2 years. That puts me at 28 or 29 years old. What about having a family? Because I want one of those someday but definitely not now lol. My thought process was to leave and travel for 3 years and return to finish my studies. I feel like my entire 20s will be filled with blah and that I am missing out on so much that life has to offer. I desperately want to travel but I don't want to return to the US and be like a ship without a sail because I am 28 with no degree and therefore a mediocre job if a job at all! I would love outside advice from people who understand my desire to travel (my family has never traveled which equals very limited thinking). I would really love your feedback on this please ma'am and please sir....