So I was watching An Idiot Aborad - The Bucket List (trailer below).... and seeing he hated everything, and knowing how much I would love to do it, it spurred me on again to get adventuring and make something happen.... I've had a few days off work for my birthday so decided to use my time and get things moving.
Things are going to move really slow though which makes me fairly mad, but good things come to those who wait. It irritates me though as I'm not one to wait around for things, I prefer to be spontaneous. As soon as I have enough money to set off travelling then I will go... as things are at the moment that looks like taking around 24 months.
Step 1:
First thing I've had to do is get those finances in order as when I go travelling I want to make sure I have no other financial obligations. So I've increased repayments on the various university debts; credit cards, overdraft and so on. It'll now all be clear within 18 months, meaning I can hopefully start my trip a little sooner. Also at the end of every day I empty all of my loose change into a tin (anything less than a 50p piece goes in). At the rate it's going so far, within 24 months I should have around £600 in there. That's half the money I will need for my round the world ticket. Good start. I've also made myself a monthly budget allowing myself to save £100 per month for the next 6 months, I'll then increase it to £200 a month after that.
This should mean that a week after my 26th birthday (14.10.2013) I should have a grand total of.... £4800. I don't think this is enough to travel the world for a year and do the things I want to do. So I'm going to push that up and give myself a target of £8,000. So there's the second twist.... the challenge. I've set up a new savings account for this and will keep you updated on my progress via the nice thermometer on the right - as you can see it needs a lot more heat! Who knows how I'll raise the extra money... I can be quite resourceful at times.
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