Quote: (12-18-2018 11:30 AM)WhatTheFuck Wrote:
The idea that there is some mythical number you need to accumulate in your bank account first before traveling is one of the main things keeps people from ever leaving the couch. Even if you get to 500k, you're still going to be worrying that it isn't going to be enough. You'll always have that voice in the back of your head will tell you, "what if something goes wrong, maybe I should just wait until I get to a million instead, then go". Then a million becomes 1.5 and so forth.
Better to just pull the plug and buy that ticket in my opinion, figure the rest out later.
Of course you don't want to be completely broke. That would add a lot of stress to your life. But if you set off with 10k-50k and a plan to make a little remote income, you should be more than fine.
Its a pretty big risk jacking everything in and quitting the developed world entirely with as little as 10-50k in the bank. But its also a huge waste to never travel long term in your 20s. Working a professional job with a reasonable amount of holiday time is probably the best compromise.
Pretty much anywhere in Western/Northern Europe gives 6 weeks a year of holiday leave or more, which means its possible to take month long holidays to SEA, South America, or anywhere else that tickles your fancy once a year. While at the same time having a job that pays well enough to return to, that allows still stacking cash for an eventual (hopefully) early retirement.
Its a lot rarer in the US, but Americans can either a) try to move to firms with better leave entitlements (tech firms are usually the best of a bad lot) or b) try and move to Europe. Either by getting an internal transfer in a company with EMEA offices, or by claiming an Italian or Irish passport and moving independently.