And again I will not be afraid to take (some say) drastic steps to achieve it.īecause it makes me happy. I got the leave this time but I will want to go somewhere for a longer time again. However, if I didn’t I wouldn’t hesitate to quit my job and look for a new one after I come back. I planned to ask for an extended unpaid leave at work and I expected to get it. Reading the best travel quotes can certainly help to inspire you but it won’t make your trip happen. Unfortunately his blog is only in Polish)īecause except for money, dreams require courage. And there are some positive, crazy people who would just go with only 50 euro in their pocket (like a Polish guy who set off to China by hitchiking and his micro-scooter! He started his trip a day before yesterday and I keep my fingers crossed for him. And there are people who would bend over backwards, take a working holiday job, work 60 hours a week and find a way to save the same amount of money in six months. It took me two years to save up for this trip, others might need three years. I had my travel goal set and I followed the plan. What I mean is that I was doing this systematically and I wasn’t spending money on things I didn’t need. (do you want to start one too? Check these 10 simple steps to starting a travel blog)ĭon’t get me wrong, I don’t want to complain because I live comfortably, I moved out of my family house, I was paying for my studies (ok, parents often helped me out here and I am very grateful for this). Moreover, I set up this travel blog to share my experiences. And there are no excuses – check this post to learn how to afford to travel with kids. There are countless tricks how you can save money for traveling. Additional money which I got as a gift? They went to that account too. Whenever I pay by card, 5% of the amount paid goes to this non-existent account as well. I wouldn’t agree that this was luck but that’s a topic for another discussion.Īs soon as I started working I started to transfer a certain amount of money to a separate account and I pretended this money doesn’t exist. Terrible decision according to my family because with “SUCH studies and an inferior diploma you will never find a job, and when are you going to learn, huh? You will fail the studies completely and that’s it” (I defended my master degree just this week □ ).Įven though I was a person with little experience, I found a quite well paid office job. I defended my bachelor thesis and decided to apply for extramural studies for my master degree so that I could have classes on weekends and work during weekdays. I had made this decision back then and I didn’t forget about it afterwards. If it hadn’t been for my longing man waiting for me with flowers at the airport it would probably take me at least a month to pull myself together. I needed this decision not to get totally depressed with the thought that such an amazing time is now over and I’m going back to my daily routine. When I was sitting in the plane home I knew already that I will go on another longer trip and maybe volunteer again. Two years ago I came back from my volunteering in Russia which was one of the best experiences in my life. Wingardium Leviosa, you’re flying to USA. Nobody sprinkled me with a magic powder and let the miracle happen. I am not lucky, I haven’t found a magic lamp with a handsome gin in it. And I am wondering – why do people react like this? I hear these sentences quite often when I tell people about my trip for two months to the US. “I would also like to go but you know, money, time…” “I have ALWAYS been dreaming about this too but…” “Noooo way, you are going to the US for so long, lucky you!”
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