RVFers:
As post says I'm struggling to choose between money and freedom.
1. Choice one is money, perhaps saving 40k USD for the year. I would work for 5 months, 7 days a week at least 8am-6pm but also includes a commuter bus 40 minutes to and from work (I could eat dinner on the bus ride back, so not a complete waste of time). Then a 1 month break. Then another 4 months of 24 hours a week, probably 3-4 days a week for these hours, still with the commuter bus. Then another one month break.
**EDIT** I'm ok working these long hours. I work something like this now but I don't have to commute. This would be a new thing but my salary went up. I negotiated for something higher than this year if I do it again.
2. Choice two is for freedom. I would be lucky to save 10k USD, probably less, which doesn't sit right with me. But the plus side, I would work 4-5 months of 14 hours a week, a 5 minute walk from my door. Probably 8am to noon, 3-4 days a week. Maybe a 3 day weekend. Then I get one month off. THEN, the kicker, I would work for only a 8 week stretch, then I would get 3 months off, paid. The pay for that year would be 1k USD for each month, with free housing and utilities. Very little work, but little pay.
I already have 100kUSD liquid and more in mutual funds and have been saving hard for the last 5 years. I paid off all my loans and am debt free, but I really wanted to save 200-300k and retire with some rentals and maybe a part time job for fun (work at a rock climbing gym or a board game store).
I turn 34 this summer so I feel as though Im getting older and will soon be out of the "younger guy" period of my life, making getting laid by younger girls much harder. So I do worry about that. I look very young for my age though.
Especially from the older guys: better to strike while the iron is hot and save big another 2-3 years or just kick back and have fun, worry about tomorrow at some later date?
Any advice or heckling welcome.
****EDIT*****
My main question is: I don't have any marketable skills other than teaching English in China and speaking Chinese very well. Should I make sure to make money or just have fun? I'm very risk averse so the money seems like a good idea, but also it is nice because I don't have to think about the future. I can wait another year to consider what I really want while the money stacks up.
As post says I'm struggling to choose between money and freedom.
1. Choice one is money, perhaps saving 40k USD for the year. I would work for 5 months, 7 days a week at least 8am-6pm but also includes a commuter bus 40 minutes to and from work (I could eat dinner on the bus ride back, so not a complete waste of time). Then a 1 month break. Then another 4 months of 24 hours a week, probably 3-4 days a week for these hours, still with the commuter bus. Then another one month break.
**EDIT** I'm ok working these long hours. I work something like this now but I don't have to commute. This would be a new thing but my salary went up. I negotiated for something higher than this year if I do it again.
2. Choice two is for freedom. I would be lucky to save 10k USD, probably less, which doesn't sit right with me. But the plus side, I would work 4-5 months of 14 hours a week, a 5 minute walk from my door. Probably 8am to noon, 3-4 days a week. Maybe a 3 day weekend. Then I get one month off. THEN, the kicker, I would work for only a 8 week stretch, then I would get 3 months off, paid. The pay for that year would be 1k USD for each month, with free housing and utilities. Very little work, but little pay.
I already have 100kUSD liquid and more in mutual funds and have been saving hard for the last 5 years. I paid off all my loans and am debt free, but I really wanted to save 200-300k and retire with some rentals and maybe a part time job for fun (work at a rock climbing gym or a board game store).
I turn 34 this summer so I feel as though Im getting older and will soon be out of the "younger guy" period of my life, making getting laid by younger girls much harder. So I do worry about that. I look very young for my age though.
Especially from the older guys: better to strike while the iron is hot and save big another 2-3 years or just kick back and have fun, worry about tomorrow at some later date?
Any advice or heckling welcome.
****EDIT*****
My main question is: I don't have any marketable skills other than teaching English in China and speaking Chinese very well. Should I make sure to make money or just have fun? I'm very risk averse so the money seems like a good idea, but also it is nice because I don't have to think about the future. I can wait another year to consider what I really want while the money stacks up.