Back at the beginning of the year when I first started blogging and recording my budgets, I had said I wanted to save $20,000 before I left for my trip. And guess what my friends…I did it!! I have $20,448.45 in my ‘Travel the World’ fund and $3,000 in an ‘Emergency/Return Home’ fund. Which brings us to a grand total of $23,448.45! Not too shabby in a year and a Continue reading
That’s right folks. One month from today I’ll be jetting off to Seattle to start my trip! I can’t believe it’s so close. I remember looking at a countdown that said something like ‘873 days to go’. And that was when I had only had a guesstimate on what day I might leave. Now we’re down to 30 days. Yeah it makes me a wee bit nervous, but at the same Continue reading
This is going to be the last budget roundup that includes things like rent, utilities, car payments, etc. I’m not sure how I’m going to format things from now on but soon you’ll be seeing the stats from my actual travels! Things went surprisingly well this month budget-wise. I went over in my allowances for ‘Travel items’, however I’ve only been allotting myself $25 which, as we move closer to Continue reading
Well today is my last day of work! It’s bittersweet. I do like my job and am very thankful for the opportunities I’ve had over the last year. I have worked with some amazing people and animals and am going to miss them. But the time has come to move forward. I’ve had a few ‘lasts’ over the past few days - last day working with someone, last time hanging out Continue reading
Travel hacking is an amazing thing and I don’t understand why more people don’t do it. This post touches upon how I earned over 225,000 miles in just 10 months for travel. I’m not sure the term ‘hacking’ is quite right as you’re not really doing anything wrong. You’re just learning the system and using it to your advantage. When I knew my overseas adventure was imminent I began researching ways Continue reading
Well as you’ll see the closer I get to actually leaving the worse I get about my budget. My bad. Let me explain though! There were a couple things this month that kept me from keeping my budget and I promise they are good reasons. 1. Phoenix Comic Con. It was an absolute blast to hang out in Phoenix with a few friends I’d met at San Diego Comic Con Continue reading
Well folks, it’s official! I will be unemployed in 3 weeks time. Today I handed in my notice at work. I was a complete ball of nerves when I asked my supervisor for a private meeting but it was all for nothing as she was incredibly sweet and understanding. Most of my team knew before I went into the meeting that I was leaving as I started telling them a Continue reading