Automatika
Recycles dryer sheets
After over a year of waffling on how to reconcile my lust for travel and need to continue generating some kind of income I think I've made my decision. One of the things that helped me decide was reading posts on the Kaderli's website retireearlylifestyle. I realized that I can easily take a couple/few months off of work every year and travel on a much lower budget than I have been used to. So much of my travel budget has been taken up by transportation costs, I typically fly 6-8 times a year and only stay at my destination for a few days because of my available vacation days. If I didn't have that restriction I would be able to take fewer trips for longer periods of time.
I've decided to stay at my current j*b until next December and then pull the plug. After enjoying family time through the holidays I plan on starting a trip through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and spending a couple of months traveling "on the cheap" similar to the adventures described on the Kaderli's website. After returning to Nashville in the March timeframe I will start contracting as an engineer through the spring, summer and fall. I probably won't be able to make as much money as I do now and I'm really not sure what I am going to do about health insurance yet, but I think the stress and happiness trade will be worth it.
This is also something I haven't discussed with DW yet. She is used to the shorter trips that we take throughout the year and may not be up for "roughing it" in which case I may be on my own on this first trip. If all works out well she may be more interested in the following year's plans for Thailand/Cambodia/Vietnam. I am hoping to make this a regular event, traveling during the winter months and contracting for 1/2 to 3/4 of the rest of the year. Kind of a "Semi-Retirement" I guess. I have realized though that life is definitely too short and if not now, when?
I've decided to stay at my current j*b until next December and then pull the plug. After enjoying family time through the holidays I plan on starting a trip through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama and spending a couple of months traveling "on the cheap" similar to the adventures described on the Kaderli's website. After returning to Nashville in the March timeframe I will start contracting as an engineer through the spring, summer and fall. I probably won't be able to make as much money as I do now and I'm really not sure what I am going to do about health insurance yet, but I think the stress and happiness trade will be worth it.
This is also something I haven't discussed with DW yet. She is used to the shorter trips that we take throughout the year and may not be up for "roughing it" in which case I may be on my own on this first trip. If all works out well she may be more interested in the following year's plans for Thailand/Cambodia/Vietnam. I am hoping to make this a regular event, traveling during the winter months and contracting for 1/2 to 3/4 of the rest of the year. Kind of a "Semi-Retirement" I guess. I have realized though that life is definitely too short and if not now, when?