I guess all we can do is command our own actions and hope for the best. But in a society where money seems to do the talking, corruption is rife and governments are so short term...It doesn't bode well.
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100% agree! :)
I should sell my apartment, monetise while the market is up and buy back in a dip...hmmmm camper van is the solution I suppose: living and travelling in one :)
I'd like the camper van life....We're working that way. Planning a year off to start and see how it goes.
Thats super! I really need to follow your example :)
Early stages still, but I'm 50 and we figure if we don't do this (been talking about it for years) then we may not have the chance through illness, financial incapability or death. We're hoping in the next 3-4 years sometime but have to work on how to fund it, the situation round a year of no earnings and what happens when we get back. It's on the planning table though and we work on it weekly.
That sounds really super! Yea, the life after is something that causes me not to take action, I think. Have been in situations in which it was challenging to get funds coming in again. With a similar age as you, to me its clear that at least the basic financial support in such event and after must be there without having to rely on others (customers, employers etc). But who knows, HIVE may go through the roof and we get unexpected support through that way :) NJOY the planning! ;)
I know what you mean, it's been the biggest sticking point so far.
The thing is though, that had we done this 15 years ago, when I was 35, we would have rebounded, got back to work and have had an amazing year-long experience to remember. Now I just have the regret of not having done that.
That's the motivator right now...The fact that in 20 or 25 years I'll be dead, or unable to do these things in the way I wish to do them. It's not a now or never mentality, just...better now whilst we can, than leaving it with the risk of not being able to mentality.
We're not rash people, don't live purely for the moment with no thought to the future; We look for balance. But life can be snatched away pretty quickly and so we work towards living our best version of it.
Come on hive, go through the roof! :)
That sounds so familiar! Though I live more and more in the moment compared to the past :) I think in 10 years time I can still handle a more or less nomad life, so still have some time. A few years ago, I was at a point I needed income badly, prepared everything to put my own apartment up for long term rent, had my fingers hoovering over the buy button for a yurt whilst debating still if I shall buy a small van instead (last money reserves, not easy to decide). Right at that moment, an opportunity passed by; Got lucky, back to employee again with a good income and all; Difficult to give that up after such relative recent event knowing the todays job markets seems to be about people who have 100 years of experience and specialist in all side of business, while not having grey hairs.
YES! And at the same time, diversify a little, like betting on LEO for instance :)