Anyone crazy enough to sell up and live life on the road
 

After a 3 month trip around Europe in the dead of winter, I came to realise there is so much more to life than the hollow existence that most people live in their day to day live's. I have been home now 4 months and I'm finding it hard, work has been slow, near to non, working only to pay bill's and just existing.

I didn't miss any of the so called home comforts while I was away, a permanent roof, tv, bed, heating, etc. Life on the road felt real, my enjoyment from meeting new people and the scenery made my life seem fuller than it had ever been. It was cold and hard some day's, but I felt alive. Like I had a propose. (Sorry if I'm rambling)

In short I feel and think life as a nomad, shall we say suits me. Is there anyone else who feels similar and would like to take the big step and leave it all behind, and live life on the road (off-road) Find casual work to just pay for food and fuel, maybe just fuel as living off the land is not as hard as it seem's with the right skills.

Am I just living in a fantasy world?? Have I lost my grip on so called reality??

All comments welcome no matter how harsh or invasive.

Mark

Im living like this scince 2002 in more then 80 countrys. Riding were my mind goes, working as a tourguide now and then but mostly enjoying life: Adventure experience - motorcycle trip riding across Africa

For me, it depended on how long my money lasted. When I ran out of funds I got a job teaching English at a business school in Lima.I stayed for 1 year. It might have lasted longer except for my work ethic - I have none. If I did, I might still be there. All travel depends on how much time and money-all the time and no money, or all the money and no time, you go nowhere. You make your own plans.

Wanderlust
 

Not fantasy and you haven't lost your grip.

I've been doing that since 2006, but go "home" and stay with family for a few months to save and work for the next stage:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?m...g.k_yQ2VhGMNYU

This time I'm hoping to keep it going.

I am a digital nomad transcriber and make money while on the road.

Last year I made enough in Bishkek over a month to replace my gearbox.

This year I've done the same in Almaty to pay for a new cylinder head and radiator...

I'm heading to Japan, and no idea where to after - maybe Canada, maybe South America...

I'm on the road now for 8 months and the thought of going back makes me cry in my sleep! But I'm low on money and need to arrange stuff. Sell my furniture basically.

But after that... yeah, I want to live like that. Motorbikes, sports and woman I barely know.

So you not alone!

Alex

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Not crazy at all. However, most people leave things at the 'fantasy' stage and then go back to their routines.

If you think you can handle the perceived financial insecurity - go for it. In these times, I don't think anyone has a secure career (but then, I have been saying that for the last 25 years and reinventing myself to meet the changes).

Ask yourself, "What's the worst that could happen?" You might be surprised at the answer...

Speaking for myself, I have a need to have a 'home base' (nothing posh, mind you), but have also been able to leave it for however long I want, taking contracts overseas - the previous comment about teaching English (or an native language one speaks) is a good one. I did that in the Czech Republic eleven years ago and got paid to look around Central Europe at weekends and other days off.

Hope that helps. :mchappy:

Can't fault you to be honest. I quit work in Nov to do a trip in northern Thailand and Laos, I have just sold my house, have a small amount of personnel possessions in storage and I am contemplating what to do. I have the added bonus of been on a military pension. I am just enjoying life at the moment and chilling in BKK for a bit before I make my decision. No rush for me just yet
Oh yeah and Arrunya is being serviced ready for the MOT at the end of June.

Go for it

Wayne

coming back is hard! you re always going to have some sort of dispair moment when you look around at the hum drum of life around you back home.

I am in that place at the moment after coming back from a trip, Everything is rubbish!

Nomad living does sound just about as free as you can be, but make the decision with a clear head, being fed up with something is not the best way to start a trip!

go easy, Dave

Thank you
 

Thank's guy's, you have put my mind at rest :-)
I'm financially insecure at the moment anyway, so that wouldn't be a change.
I don't have any IT skills to speak of, to be able to work like that :-( All my skills are manual labour type skills, farming, construction, ground maintenance, plumbing etc. I am interested to know how grumpy geezer got a job teaching English? Have you a teaching qualification? Or was it you stumbled onto?

Sheer good luck. The second day I was back in Lima I went to the embassy and asked about working there. They grinned and said that was done back in the US. They referred me to the local international school, who informed me that no teaching degree along with no legal visa to work was an issue(day 3). They did refer me to a business school that taught how to work in international businesses in Spanish and English. They were okay with hiring an illegal alien, so I got a job teaching high school graduates how to improve their English accents(Day 4). The best job I have ever had!!!! Based on your description, be flexible and interview well - you never know you what you might find.

How about, Anyone adventurous enough to sell up and live life on the road?

In answer, Hell yes :-)

It seems I have found myself asking the same question. Im trying to decide if I should sell my house and start my journey or rent it out, and what to do with my dog. If not for the dog I would already be wandering. I'm 43, single, no children, and no life savings other than the house being paid for. I can't imagine I was put on this earth to work to pay bills and die. I have been very cautious about taking jobs with too much responsibility because I like to take off when ever I feel the need to wander. I feel like the positive energy thinkers, the "yes you can" people have evaded me and I'm surrounded by people that say you have to have a career, and a home, and a TV(haven't had since '94). I have lots of hobbies and interests and my extra income always goes to those. Living abroad on a motorcycle would lessen my "project" load, simplifying my life.

I wouldn't go the whole hog and sell-up everything, including my home. No way.

Remember, you have to come back one day and return to 'something' .. always assuming you don't end-up settling somewhere on your travels that's paradise for you.

Paradise for me is my home; where I live right now. Best place in the world (for me).

As you own your property outright - lucky you - then why not initially compromise: Rent your property out. You're going to need some sort of income no matter what.

If you need a little capital too, then trade down a bit in the property market; release some equity and bung it in the bank. Make sure what you buy is highly rent-able .. and you could live-in yourself when[if] you've got the wanderlust out of your system.

Finally, don't forget, a life 'on the road' isn't a care-free life. Completely changing your lifestyle is just a case of exchanging one set of problems .. for another set of problems!

Best

Keith

PS: Find your dog a loving home - or if you really can't leave him/her behind, then you're going to have to wait a while; or why not take him/her with you? (it's been done before .. see below.)

http://keithooper.smugmug.com/Travel...%20owner-M.jpg

I met Tas the dog, and his owner, in Kununurra, Australia. They had been on the road together, circumnavigating Oz, for the best part of a year!

Yeah..

I think everyone feels that way when they come home from a good trip. I know I certainly do.

I think about it all the time.. But I'm not sure how realistic it really is in the modern world. There is barely any wilderness left and you can get Wifi up Everest.

One day though... One day.. :D

Seriously?

Edit: I just had a look at Mr google ............you really can get wifi up Everest.