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Woman ditches top Harvard job to live in a tiny 130-square-foot cabin only accessed by boat - and says she's never been happier

  • Bethany Butzer left job at Harvard and went to cabin near Manitoulin Island
  • Spent the summer living at log cabin near Willisville, Ontario, with husband
  • She was studying the benefits of yoga for children and teens for Harvard 
  • Butzer picked blueberries, dodged bears and watched chipmunks at play 
  • PhD grad said she was 'actually amazed at how content I became' at cabin

By Evan Bleier For Dailymail.com

Published: 20:26 EST, 24 August 2015 | Updated: 01:22 EST, 25 August 2015

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A 35-year-old woman who landed her dream job at Harvard University and was at the 'top of her academic game' left her Boston apartment to live in a small cabin near a remote Canadian island.

Bethany Butzer, who was studying the benefits of yoga for children and teens for Harvard, left her job at the university's medical school and went to a 130-square-foot cabin near Manitoulin Island.

Butzer spent the summer living at the log cabin near Willisville, Ontario, which was only accessible by boat, with her husband and she said she was 'actually amazed at how content I became'.

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Bethany Butzer, 35, left her dream job at Harvard University to live in a cabin near a remote Canadian island
 
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Bethany Butzer, 35, left her dream job at Harvard University to live in a cabin near a remote Canadian island

Butzer was studying the benefits of yoga for children for Harvard when she went to the cabin with her husband
 
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Butzer was studying the benefits of yoga for children for Harvard when she went to the cabin with her husband

Butzer spent the summer living at the 130-square-foot log cabin near Manitoulin Island in Willisville, Ontario
 
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Butzer spent the summer living at the 130-square-foot log cabin near Manitoulin Island in Willisville, Ontario

The Canadian woman landed the Harvard job after she completed a PhD in psychology at Western University, but she just wasn't happy with her work or home life, the National Post reported. 

The remote cabin is only accessible by boat

The remote cabin is only accessible by boat

She said: 'I felt that my professional success was flourishing but my personal health and well-being were foundering. 

'It just didn't really feel satisfying. 

'I just knew that I needed to spend some time outside in nature. 

'I just took the leap.' 

She came to the cabin in the woods with only two bags of clothes after selling nearly all of her possessions and Butzer picked blueberries, dodged bears and watched chipmunks play for hours after she arrived.

Butzer said: 'I would just stare at the trees, watch the sky, go fishing and read.' 

She also did a good amount of yoga.  

The experience was so positive for Butzer and her husband that they took another risk and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic last week where she will teach psychology at a college and he will work as an artist.

 
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The Canadian woman landed the Harvard job after she completed a PhD in psychology at Western University
 
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The Canadian woman landed the Harvard job after she completed a PhD in psychology at Western University

Butzer and her husband left behind the cabin's beautiful sunsets and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic 
 
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Butzer and her husband left behind the cabin's beautiful sunsets and moved to Prague in the Czech Republic 

After she came to the cabin, Butzer picked blueberries, dodged bears and watched chipmunks play for hours
 
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After she came to the cabin, Butzer picked blueberries, dodged bears and watched chipmunks play for hours

Even though she is no longer at the cabin, Butzer has no regrets about leaving Boston and Harvard to spend some time recuperating from the rat race in her homeland. 

She wrote on Facebook: 'I was scared to take the time off, scared about whether I could afford it, and scared about what others would think of my decision. 

'But my True Self kept urging me to honor my self-care by spending time in nature. 

'So I took the leap. 

'Regardless of whether I go into debt or get behind on work or other people think I'm crazy - it's worth it. 

'What fearless decisions have you made lately?'



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Yeah, she'll regret that in a few years.

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Lawyerlady wrote:

Yeah, she'll regret that in a few years.

I hope not. It sounds neat!

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Sounds like she did what was healthy for herself.

I don't know why she would regret it. If she had the means and had the suport of her husband then why is it any different from any other leave from the working world.

She is working again. So I don't see the big regret factor.

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So would I!

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She made a good choice for herself. I see nothing wrong with that. She is much happier and far more content with her life. Good for her.

Besides, we (general) don't need "things" to be happy.

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I've never been THAT kind of risk taker.

For me, a cabin in the woods, or a camp site on a vacation, would have to have a reliable water supply and indoor plumbing.

 

 

And first I'd have to win the Lottery.

 

 



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Tiny houses are the "it" thing right now, there's a whole show on HGTV about them.

Meh, if she changes her mind, she can always go back.

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Now she just needs a gofundme account.

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Now she just needs a gofundme account.

 I'm sure that's in the making.



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I could do it if there was plumbing. I could never give up my shower. But I could give up all the the other stuff.

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FNW wrote:
Southern_Belle wrote:

Now she just needs a gofundme account.

 I'm sure that's in the making.

 Why? She has a job teaching psychology at a college now.

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