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Fear of the unknown vs taking the road less traveled

JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
For the longest of times i thought of filling every page of my passport.

Things that stopped me (fear of unknown):
- For a VAST majority of the cities/countries i'm going to visit, i dont speak the language.
- This is going to take ~3yrs since i want to spend some time in each place.
- I'm going to sell my house. The profit off that plus savings = ~$150k. I estimate by the end of this adventure, i'm going to be broke.
- I'm in the IT industry. In 3yrs I consider myself obsolete if i dont keep up w/the industry. and i probably wont. 🙁 so getting a job will be difficult after I'm done.

Currently, I'm:
-single
-no kids
- broke up w/gf

I'm leaning towards taking the road less traveled, and doing it. And live w/the consequences after I'm done.

Your thoughts?
 
I say go for it...it won't be like your stuck somewhere. Worst case? You have to come home and get a job....which you plan to do eventually anyways.
 
You're going to sell a house, something that people save up all their lives for, in order to go dick around for three years?
 
I'd sell the house, but put the money in CDs or something ...

and then travel and live like the natives - maybe even try n survive on a $ a day (poverty line)
 
Originally posted by: JEDI
For the longest of times i thought of filling every page of my passport.

Things that stopped me (fear of unknown):
- For a VAST majority of the cities/countries i'm going to visit, i dont speak the language.
- This is going to take ~3yrs since i want to spend some time in each place.
- I'm going to sell my house. The profit off that plus savings = ~$150k. I estimate by the end of this adventure, i'm going to be broke.
- I'm in the IT industry. In 3yrs I consider myself obsolete if i dont keep up w/the industry. and i probably wont. 🙁 so getting a job will be difficult after I'm done.
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-You speak English. There will be awkward moments, but it's enough, really.

-Good for you. Too many people don't spend long enough in any one place

-Holy crap, $50k a year? If you scratch off all the 5-star hotels, you can easily drive that budget WAY down. Especially in the third world, which is most of the planet.

Do it! Travel is awesome, and you're primed for it. There are always other jobs, or you could go to grad school and change your specialty, or you could ease your way back into IT with a lower-end tech job, and relearn the ropes.
 
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
You're going to sell a house, something that people save up all their lives for, in order to go dick around for three years?
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How many of us can really say we've seen the world?
 
Originally posted by: virtuamike
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
You're going to sell a house, something that people save up all their lives for, in order to go dick around for three years?
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How many of us can really say we've seen the world?
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he can probably start renting the house and use the income to fund his trip
 
Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: JEDI
For the longest of times i thought of filling every page of my passport.

Things that stopped me (fear of unknown):
- For a VAST majority of the cities/countries i'm going to visit, i dont speak the language.
- This is going to take ~3yrs since i want to spend some time in each place.
- I'm going to sell my house. The profit off that plus savings = ~$150k. I estimate by the end of this adventure, i'm going to be broke.
- I'm in the IT industry. In 3yrs I consider myself obsolete if i dont keep up w/the industry. and i probably wont. 🙁 so getting a job will be difficult after I'm done.
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-You speak English. There will be awkward moments, but it's enough, really.

-Good for you. Too many people don't spend long enough in any one place

-Holy crap, $50k a year? If you scratch off all the 5-star hotels, you can easily drive that budget WAY down. Especially in the third world, which is most of the planet.

Do it! Travel is awesome, and you're primed for it. There are always other jobs, or you could go to grad school and change your specialty, or you could ease your way back into IT with a lower-end tech job, and relearn the ropes.
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as long as you don't put off the "i'm a dumb rich and gullible US tourist" vibe, you can live like a king in many places for less than 2k per location for 3/4 month stints... the brunt of the expenses is travel between places and internal transportation and rent
 
$60K in high interest savings.

$30K /year for travel - no expenses (house, cars, insurance, etc...), $30K will go a long way. Be prudent, no frequent massages with happy endings, you'll be fine.

When come back, you'll have $60K + interests that you can fall back on for at least a year. Purchase a reliable old car to go to work, invest $15K on some updated training and cert in IT, since you've already had experience, this shouldn't be hard.

Oh, and don't forget that invaluable 3 years of life experience that you'd have to tell your kids.

DO ET!

 
Originally posted by: JEDI
For the longest of times i thought of filling every page of my passport.

Things that stopped me (fear of unknown):
- For a VAST majority of the cities/countries i'm going to visit, i dont speak the language.
- This is going to take ~3yrs since i want to spend some time in each place.
- I'm going to sell my house. The profit off that plus savings = ~$150k. I estimate by the end of this adventure, i'm going to be broke.
- I'm in the IT industry. In 3yrs I consider myself obsolete if i dont keep up w/the industry. and i probably wont. 🙁 so getting a job will be difficult after I'm done.

Currently, I'm:
-single
-no kids
- broke up w/gf

I'm leaning towards taking the road less traveled, and doing it. And live w/the consequences after I'm done.

Your thoughts?
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I think this will be a beautiful journey. Be sure to take a pistol. If after that, you're still un-inspired, simply take the pistol out, and end it....blow every picture off the wall, shoot the telephone, the eifel tower, and everything else you see. Then, come home to the reality of your worthless IT job. 😉

 
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