# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJuzTwDht94
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30614286-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-16T23:00:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and embarking on a journey from Oregon to Hawaii.

“The world kind of sucks and, like, I don’t think I’m alone in how I felt with my work,” Widger, 29, told The Associated Press on Wednesday via Zoom. “You can be making $150,000 a year and you still feel like you’re just making ends meet, you know what I mean? And I think people are just tired of that and working really hard for nothing and want a way out.”

Read more at the link in our bio.

📸: Oliver Widger via AP

#ap #associatedpress #travel #oregon #theoregonian

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