I taught English at a university on the Pacific coast of Mexico. It was truly a dream job: I loved working with the students, I enjoyed the lifestyle of a small, sleepy beach resort town, everything was great.... except the money. I took home about $1000/month. By local standards that was a very high salary - I spent maybe about $650/month and was able to put away a third of salary.
The trouble is that every time I got on a plane to fly back to Canada to visit family and friends, I'd wipe out the last 6 months of savings. After about three years of this, I realized that if I didn't want to keep working until I drop dead, I needed to return to a higher paying job in Canada and start saving for retirement.
That was five years ago. I have been working in IT since and have actually done a decent job of saving. I am on-schedule to take an early retirement in about 9-10 more years, and I will probably move back to Mexico and teach part-time.
The job I have now in IT? Meh. It's okay, nothing special, and pays the bills - but it will allow me to retire while relatively young and able-bodied.
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Bruce Clarke - 2020 Yamaha XV250
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