Hey, This is my first entry on the blog that has a little about everything! I have many interests in life. I have many opinions on different aspects of life, and I'd love to get some feedback on some of the subjects I touch upon. Let me know what you guys think. Some things that will frequent this blog are: traveling, dogs, computers, recumbent trikes, life off grid, mushroom picking and cars.
I don't know how many of you out there watch the office? Hopefully a lot! I was watching an episode where Dwight Schrute is talking about his perfect date, very funny stuff. If you have not seen it, I suggest giving it a watch.
Have you ever wanted to travel? I'm sure most everyone has the dream to quit there job and take the next flight to anywhere. Where do you want to go? Australia, Italy, Greece, China, Mexico or Japan? I say why not ? There is a decent percentage of people that travel full time. To accomplish this goal you need to make the decision to take the leap. My personal opinion is that taking the leap is by far the most nerve racking part. Things start racing through your mind like how will I make money, what about health insurance, how do I start? All are good questions and all have good answers. First thing you need to do is eliminate your debt. The american dream is to work 9 to 5, day in and day out just to pay that 30 year home loan, 5 year car loan and racked up credit card bills. It is very hard to live life out of the norm if your are carrying around a bunch of debt. This is not easy to do and vary per person. First start cutting out the extras like coffee a couple times a week and put that money towards your credit card bill. You ARE allowed to pay more than the minimum payment. It isn't easy, but if you set realistic goals, you can be debt free sooner than you think. I am saying this out of personal experience. Just keep in mind it won't happen over night.
Once you have your debt under control or are on the right path, you are ready to decide if your are ready to break away from ordinary life. I have a little motto or more of a statement when it comes to decision. Basically you always regret the chances you don't take in life, you can fix the mistakes you make, but you can never go back in time to get a second try at life. If you take the chance you might just surprise yourself.
So how can you afford to travel full time if you just quit your job? Preferably you have a little money saved up, at least enough to get you to your first destination. Once your where your at, you need to think how long you are going to be staying there. If you plan a couple month stay, you could take up a part time job to pay for play. For the most part that isn't the most realistic option. When you are traveling you will be surprised to find out how generous people are. It isn't uncommon for people to invite you over for dinner or to crash there for the night. I believe that the internet has given us the opportunity to make money no matter where your location in the world! That is very exciting news, at least to me it is. I'm not going to go into how exactly to make money online, but there plenty of ways to make enough money to support your travels globally with just a laptop at hand.
Health insurance goes hand in hand with money. There are affordable plans that cover you on a global basis. So if you get a cash flow coming in via the internet, you can set up automatic payment option so you don't have to worry about it every month. I suggest you have some sort of health coverage because you never know what could happen. It is better to be safe than sorry.
If you are at all considering doing some traveling, I recommend taking the leap. Why not live life to the fullest? You don't get to experience life just driving to work, sitting in a cubical for eight hours, then driving home, going to sleep and doing it again. You get experience by trying new things. When other people tell you that it won't work and roll their eyes, just don't listen. The worst mistake you can ever make in life is letting other people shoot down your dreams or limit your abilities.
The best of luck in your travels!
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