In my 29, I was exactly at the same stage. What I want from my life for the long term.

I had everything. Excellent job & career prospects, a super beautiful house inherited (NO mortgage!!!), a beautiful partner, a company car & my car, my stunning red Vespa for long or short rides and a little city to live plus short trips-escapes all around the world (Moscow, Stockholm, Cairo, Istanbul, Rome, Zurich are a few destinations only).

I am now 34 and the last 5 years I am traveliving non-stop around the world. Since 2012, along with my partner, we have explored Africa, North & Central America and we are currently in Colombia. Our visa expires 1st of July so we "must" move to Ecuador. We are on a campervan but at this point, I dont think it does really matter.

Visas, local regulations & weather patterns are the only restrictions so far and our longest term plan starts & ends in the country we are.

True, authentic long-term travelling with a super tight budget. No vanlife bullshit, no wifi chasing, no likes, tags & followers lovers!

We stopped following the news, we have no social media accounts, we do not do any marketing of our trip on FB or instagram (other than a book that we have published), we do not save any money but only recycle in the best possible way the rent we get from our flat, we work or volunteer locally, we always look for connections with local communities and after all, we enjoy what we are up to.

My biggest question before quitting everything back home was NOT if I will enjoy this adventure. We all know that we will.

My biggest fear was if this sort of exchange (travel+freedom vs all benefits of an anchored life) will be fair and worthwhile for the long term.

I am not older than you or even wiser but I can confirm that this exchange works perfect so far.

At your disposal for any further communication. I am super happy to share all my fears, doubts and answers that I gave to myself.


Cheers

Nikos

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