After taking the last few months off from budgeting I decided that with only a few months left of work I needed to buckle down and get back into saving as much money as possible. My goal is to save $20,000 by the time I leave for my travels - which is no small feat in a year and a half on my salary - so keeping track is going Continue reading March ’14 Pre-Trip Travel Budget Roundup
I wanted to share this poem with all of you. It’s hands down my favorite and pretty much describes my life right now in a nutshell. It also is really relevant to the struggle I went through when deciding to quit my job to travel. I liked my job, I liked having a circle of friends and favorite restaurants to frequent. I enjoyed owning books and movies all crammed into Continue reading The Double Life
As soon as I saw the movie “The Bucket List” I knew I wanted to make one of my own. There are those out there who don’t believe in bucket lists and think they give a person an unrealistic expectation of their lives but I say why not?? I’m a dreamer…always have been, always will be. I love to day dream about things I want to accomplish in my life, Continue reading Travel 30 Before 30
For my first post about travel gear and packing, what more fitting topic to discuss than my backpack! I did a lot of research leading up to the final choosing of a backpack. Thanks to information gathered through the many travel blogs I follow, I knew straight away that I wanted to travel light. I am a fairly small person and had no desire to be dragging around 30+ lbs Continue reading My new best friend: my backpack
In my last budget post I mentioned that I was going to get back on the budgeting horse! I’m already finding it a bit difficult to begin recording every single thing I spend again. But however nice it was to not think so hard about my finances, I realize it’s a necessary evil. So that brings to my monthly budget countdown! At the end of each month I’m going to Continue reading Monthly budget countdown
When I first made the decision that I was going to eventually quit my job to travel the world I was excited. The kind of excited that makes chills go down your arms and this indescribable feeling bubble up inside you that usually comes out as either a bright smile or a burst of laughter. Then I suddenly remembered that travel costs money - money I did not currently possess. Continue reading How I saved over $15k in 1.5 years to travel the world
Here is a map of my travel plans at the beginning of my trip. Travel plans are always subject to change (and inevitably will) but I thought it would be fun to show you what is potentially in store for the next year or so of my life! UPDATE: Want to know what my travel plans ACTUALLY turned out like? Check out what my first year of travel looked like!