>>2833377
Quit my job in February. Been traveling ever since.
>What are your thoughts on quitting a job to travel?
Do it. You'll find a way to be an expat. I've been an expat for a very long time
>what do you think the budget would be for like, 4-6 months of full time travel be? I have 55K USD in savings
That's two years of very comfortable traveling. Three years if you're cutting back on shit

>>2833384
> That's two years of very comfortable traveling.
I guess in theory, but I also don't want to return home with little to no money. It took me about 2 years of work to save up for this, and in this economy idk how easy it'll be to find a new job, even with experience.
That said, if I do travel, it will be mostly hostels (mainly to stay social but also cuz cheap), and public transport. Not looking for 5 star resorts, but would also want to experience tourist attractions and at least a few fancy restaurants per trip

>>2833377
do it dude. you're 26. now is the time to be a little crazy and follow your dreams
it's not gonna be easier when you're 30+
also i agree 100% that a 2 week vacation is simply not enough. i've found 3 weeks is bare minimum for a very good vacation, but preferably 4+.

>>2833399
Get a CELTA and become an English teacher if your job is shit back home. If you're good at it or like it you can get a B.Ed. and do international schools, that's what I did

If you feel like this now it will only grow and fester until you underperform at work and or snap. You are only 26 once and you will blink and be 36 which is way too old to be in a hostel.

Do it anon, go Vietnam its very very cheap and is likely your OP at Halong Bay.

>>2833377
> I have 55K USD in savings
You could travel for many years on 55k USD.
My 2 star hotel here costs $16 USD per night and I spend maybe $4 per day on food.
(SE Asia)
So that's $7280 per year on food and shelter
And this is a nice country, relatively expensive. It gets much cheaper.

>>2833377
>I want to catch up, but I fear it'll be hard to recover if I do now.
Depends on what your job is and the markets, 55k is a lot of cash if invested properly at your age. I wouldn't quit unless I knew I had a plan to come back in, why not see what positions they have to work remotely.


Post Job+years exp and location or this thread has basically nothing

>>2833486
Northeastern US
Bach degree + like 2 and a half years experience at this shit paying entry level office job
I actually work from home now, but it's not the kind that's feasible to travel with. It requires a specific computer they provided, and I clock in at a specific time, so I def can't move continents. Even if it was feasible to make it work, if I'm traveling I don't wanna spend 40 hrs a week sitting in a hotel working my bullshit job I hate. I might as well just stay home at that point. If I'm traveling I'd rather just do what I want.

>>2833521
>2 years exp
>North East
Bruh you don't have enough to walk away from and come back in. Assuming 9-5
> if I'm traveling I don't wanna spend 40 hrs a week sitting in a hotel working my bullshit job I hate
If you are east coast time you got 8 hours still to do fuck all if in Asia so as long as you're willing to work 11PM->7PM, or if Europe the entire 7AM->3PM before work right?

> If I'm traveling I'd rather just do what I want.
Why not knock out the midground travel around north america or something, hell even west coast means you're done by 2PM and got the rest of the day to fuck off.

>>2833521
Go to Central America. Same timezone. Feel ten times richer. Enjoy Latina puusaay

>>2833377
I was the same age as you were when I left on my first trip, 12 years ago. I spent two months in SEA, I wanted to stay but my boomer parents convinced me to come back and that it was better for me to work hard in my prime years. I'm now nearing my 40s and I regret not staying. Time flies, you'll never be as young and energetic as you are today.

>>2833377
I left at 20. I'm 45 now. Never went back. Best decision of my life. Made it all work. It's either in you or not.

>>2833384
55k USD in Vietnam is like three years comfy or five or six if you cut back on shit. How many people do you think retire in Vietnam with less than 55k? If he doesn’t become an alcoholic it should be super easy. If he finds a roommate or gf who splits bills or if he locks in and collects fixed income on a portion of the 55k you could probably add a year or two. Your first month or two will make it seem like your 55k is only going to be good for two years but you either adapt and find better ways to go about spending money or you tire out and do less things and spend less money.

This is assuming you do not become an alcoholic.

>>2833584
Where do you live?

55k is a strange amount of money. It's a lot but also absolutely nothing. You're going to be sitting on this nest egg and you're going to have to be very diligent about not touching it.

I would ask your employer first for an extended, unpaid leave of absence, ideally 4-6 months. It's enough time to really disconnect and get something out of the money. Quitting entirely and knowing you'll have to start all over is going to weigh on you the whole time otherwise. I had my employer give me a 3 month PLOA and it was great. I was able to enjoy the money I'd saved and had a job to come back to.

It's something employers should except with millennials being ever precent in the work-force. Do your part to push the culture forward.

>>2833903
>I would ask your employer first for an extended, unpaid leave of absence, ideally 4-6 months.
What fucking reason would I even give? "Hey can I take several months off so I can fuck around and travel?" I don't think that would fly.
Also, I need to quit my job and find a better one anyway. My current job pays in the teens which is embarrassing at my age.

>>2833916
How do you have 55k at your age then?

>>2833377
Use the money to do a professoinal qualification in something you're remotely interested in, think:
>scuba diving instructor
>english language teaching
>working on boats
>being a pro barman

This way, you can drop 10k on something on a study holiday, which will help you grind out extra cash while you travel, and keep that 55k pumping. Combined with interest from savings, you could have a slower paced life for a while.

The worst thing to do is go yolo and spunk your spendings. It'll be hard to adjust afterwards. Have mediocre, soulful travels and keep it real.

>>2833917
Living with parents

>>2833916

It worked for me. And no, I don't live with my parents. I am a paramedic and during covid work was offering a 1k USD stipend to work an overtime shift, so OT plus 1k. I worked 6 days a week for about 2 months straight. I'm 29 of that matters. It was a lot, even after taxes at about 50%

Ask them with the full intention of quitting if they say no. Push comes to shoves you might have the upper hand, it's a gamble for sure. IDK about the normie job market right now but I guess it's not great. If you aren't a marketable human it probably won't work, idk.

on your death bed as an old man, you're not gonna be thinking "damn i regret not keeping my old shitty job back when i was in my 20s" lol

>>2833934

Instead you'll be thinking about how it sucks to have to pull part time shifts at Walmart at 70 years old because you cashed out your nest egg at 30 so you could fuck off in Thailand for a year.


There is a way to do this responsibly OP.

>>2833937
nobody's life is getting ruined by spending 50k traveling in your 20s

>>2833377
Your budget will primarily be determined by how much expensive touristy shit you want to do. Visiting population centers is cheapest, but it sounds like you want to go on a hundred excursions.

>>2833937
There is nothing irresponsible about a 4-6 month sabbatical. However, cagie wagies will always see it as desertion of duty in their mind, and some of them will refuse to hire you simply out of spite, because they don't have such freedoms.

>>2833943
Why would you only do it once? The world is worth a lot more than one trip. I'd say budget 20K for the first trip, but don't go overboard throwing money around in the first weeks. You'll burn yourself out. There's only so much rich food and other pleasures a man can enjoy before he becomes glutted.

>>2833899
>Where do you live?
Nowhere. Permanently traveling now

>>2833937
>There is a way to do this responsibly OP.
How's that?
>you cashed out your nest egg at 30
I dont plan to blow ALL my money, I was just giving context on the cushion I hypothetically have. A lot of it is in a HYS account too, I make like $145 a month.

How far could 10k get me? Or 20k? There's a lot of places in the world I could honestly wait till I'm an old boomer to visit, like Scandinavia, Greece, or India. However there's a lot of traveling I want to do NOW while I'm still young, mainly most of Europe and East and Southeast Asia, so I can live while I can

>>2833377
Im also 26 and fantasize about this all the time. My job is relatively easy but I cant get myself to do more than the bare minimum, kinda wish theyd fire me so I can neet for a year. Job market is so bad rn though

Quitting a job in this market sounds crazy to me, but you do you.

>>2834044
There's a potential first mover advantage. AI and emerging nations all over the world aren't going to have a positive impact on the western labour market....

>>2833377
>>2833973
just quit and maybe do a working holiday visa if you're that worried about money, look it up

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depends how hard it is for you to find a job

cuz if you travel for 4-6 months and blow up all your life saving, then after your travel you'll be poor and without a job
think about the dreadful feeling you'll be having 3 months in thinking about what's about to come in a few weeks when you're back
yea you can travel for 2-4 years if you're smart with 55k usd. but then what. 2-4 years out of your life is nothing. just make sure you're not coming back from your travel in a worse situation than before, cuz it sounds like thats whats going to happen to you. after that the next step is the rope desu

>>2834063
I came home from five months in Asia and got an Amazon flex job and delivered pizza for Domino's while living in a short term rental for 4.5 months and then I went to Asia again. I did this at 29 with a 20k nest egg. OP has plenty of options.

>>2834067
sound like a good plan if you wanna keep working fast food job till you die

>>2834068
this is a travel board, boomer

>>2834063
>>2834068
I mean, would this really happen if I have a degree and experience? Couldn't I just find another random office job?

>>2834090
im 26 lmao

>>2834091
> Couldn't I just find another random office job?

can you though ? I have a degree and experience and i don't know if id be able to find a job easily if i left my current office job

if yea I don't see the problem with travelling for years if you want. Just dont make decision that will hurt you later on or will set you back years
If you think a lifestyle of working as a pizza delivery for a few month to be able to travel for a few months and repeating this cycle forever, i mean go for it. not for me tho, i'm older than 16

>>2833521
>shit paying
>saved 55k in 2 years
???

I'm in a similar boat OP
just turned 25
working shitty dead end call centre job
I'm quitting next week and going to Asia for a couple of months then on to Australia for a working holiday visa.
I'll use the money I earn there to fund some travels then eventually to help fund a masters degree when I get home.
Life's too short to be miserable and stuck in an office your whole life. Take the plunge, just make sure you have some semblance of a plan behind it.

>>2834112
>$2300 per month saved
I've saved that much while making $13/hour and living in my van. It's really not that impressive if you're American.

>>2834109
>pizza delivery
Delivery jobs are a trap. Half your earnings go back into your car. I never flew overseas until I got rid of my car.
>economic uncertainty
That's something you're gonna have to face. Frugality starts making a whole lot of sense. I'll be heading overseas with 21K shortly, intending to keep 10K in reserve. It's unlikely I will try to work overseas, as I do not have the easy charm that enables a guy to weasel his way into people's favor.

>>2834213
You saved 105% of 13/hr for 2 years?

13hr is 27,040 a year @ 40 a week before taxes

>>2834214
Meh the worst part about being a pizza delivery driver is just saying you’re a pizza delivery driver. The money is the same as entry level construction for way less work and I own an 08 Corolla. I have a better job now but it wasn’t bad.

>>2834259
you can advance in construction though and end up on big money
you can't advance as a pizza delivery driver

I already did this and have less than you when I started, I am looksmaxxing tho and leveling up my social skills after years of being a shutin so I'm hoping I'll eventually reach the level of charm needed to weasel my way into getting people to give me free shit or opportunities like
>>2834214
Says

>>2834237
I was averaging 8 hours a week of overtime and sleeping in my SUV. $200 per month groceries, $20 per month laundry, $60 per month gasoline. That was basically the extent of my living expenses for the six months I worked. Also, the government gives working poorfags substantial tax credits that often cover the entirety of payroll tax deductions and then some.
>>2834259
Delivery driver pay is much lower than construction worker pay, even before you deduct the driving expenses. Here in rural America, the entry-level pay for a concrete laborer is $25 per hour.

>>2834306
You can go too far on that route. Someone who is a vain "people person" is not going to work worth a damn, and likely cannot be trusted around money or valuables - so you won't get invited into anyone's house. People trust me, but they don't like me. One time I ate most of a bag of pine nuts in the kitchen cabinet of some WWOOF hosts in Arizona who left me with their house keys when they went away together for the weekend.

>>2833377
Yeah do it OP. I quit my job and bought a one way ticket to London and that EU railpass. Travelled for about 6 months. Never regretted it. It makes you a more interesting person.

>>2836974
You can go too far? I don't know, it always seems like they have it easy. But my goal is to hopefully seduce some girl who's better off than me and then we can cohabitate or whatever for a while as i try and figure out longer term goals. Meeting a future le waifu in such a way would be kino. I'm not le parasitic bad boy, I struggle to do that. But I will ganbatte nevertheless!

>>2837091
I had a tall friend who stayed for free in Monterrey by matching with Mexican sluts on Tinder. They even cooked food for him. He was a very irresponsible guy, eventually wrecked his car with friends inside while drifting across the median line on a curve and got fired from his job, went back to live with his parents in disgrace and probably pain as well from the wreck.

>>2837069
Traveling in the EU definitely did not make me a more interesting person. If anything, at the tail end of eight months in Southeast Asia it felt incredibly stuck-up and tiresome. I was drinking a lot of 1 euro supermarket beers on park benches.

>>2837218
that says more about you than it does europe

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Not exactly quit, but I used to work a seasonal construction job up in Kodiak Alaska from 2013-17. Brutal work, long days, 7 days a week straight through the summer. Didn't even get holidays like labor day or july 4th off. But it paid really well. I made around 55-60k in about 4-5 months from May-October. Then I would just take the rest of the year off and go traveling until it was time to come back to work in May. Did this in my mid-20s, eventually i realized that everyone at the job who was in their 30s and older was either addicted to some serious drugs, injured/maimed, or both. Decided at that point that I needed to get a proper career.

>>2833377
>Or is it too late for me at 26?
def too late unc, sry to tell you this but youll need those 55k to go towards a retirement home asap if you dont want to end up an old ahh man on the streets

>>2838235
Lots of manual laborers ruin their lives with bad habits and overwork, but it's possible to avoid these pitfalls. My current job is demanding enough to keep me in excellent physical shape, but hour limitations mean that I never feel overworked, and I haven't pulled a muscle or injured myself all season long. The downside is, my four-month gross earnings look to be around $12000, and free time is pretty fucking boring with nothing to do but smoke weed and trudge the roads of this scenic mountain valley.

>>2833377
>too late for me at 26

when I thought I'd need to finish my studies some time soon, at around 28
while still craving to do a real big journey to see the world
I arranged my research topics to allow me later going on a fieldwork trip in Tanzania for almost a year
after preparing my research (into non-state judicial systems) on grant-funded research visits to the most prestigious Universities in London (LSE) and Cambridge (KIngs College)
best time of my life (apart from raising my kids)
each of them

just a matter of planning how to go on

>>2833399
>That said, if I do travel, it will be mostly hostels (mainly to stay social but also cuz cheap)
ideally, you'd want to rent an apartment for under $500/m.

>>2839672
Is that even allowed as a non citizen?

>>2833377
Im 28. I quit my job in February right after I got accepted into PhD programs starting this fall. I spent 1.5 months in Asia, 1 month in Europe, and a couple weeks fishing across the US. Started research work shortly after returning, and I was excited to start. I was really being ground under the company’s heel before quitting and getting fat. Since then I lost 40 lbs. I have no regrets about the whole affair.
My situation is a bit different tho because I’m STEM. But I was able to travel with good conscience knowing that I had a new life structure to begin upon return.

Currently doing at 33. Did 3 weeks in Europe and noped the fk out to Asia. Ama

>>2841291
>noped the fk out to Asia
Why do you say it like that? Did you not like Europe, or is it a price thing?
Also are you staying at hostels? How's the social aspect?

>>2841309
Price was a big thing. Asia is just so cheap and easy to do whatever you want in. Also Europe was getting cold. I do solo rooms at hostels or hotels. Never done dorms because I need good sleep. Unironically Portugal had more touts and scammers than anywhere in SEA

>>2841309
>>2841310
Also Europe kinda feels like a boomer retirement home attraction-wise and the club/social scene feels more cliquey in a lot of Eu countries

>>2833916
>Hey can I take several months off so I can fuck around and travel?
lol I just tell my boss I'm going on vacation for a month and he takes it on the chin bc he's a rich boomer who travels all the time himself
you can tell them you've been feeling stressed or overwhelmed and need some time to recharge the batteries. if they like you they'll agree to it

>>2833377
i quit my job and backpacked latam until covid ruined my trip. i spent six months and was going full blast like i was hunter biden and i cost only a couple thousand a month. i stayed in $4 & $5 hostels and ate street food or cooked at the hostel. all the day trips to the mayan ruins or volcanoes or surf lessons were like $20. liters of beer were $1 so i got buy on $50 or so a day. i would say do it, i dont regret it one bit. the world is a crazy place outside of the US. you have never seen poverty if you have never left the US.

>>2842884
corrogated iron roofs and plastic chairs aren't poverty though, it's the default setting.

Africa is the only place with actual poverty, where there's little kids with flies swarming them, sniffing glue, etc. There's no poverty on the Americas, the land is just too rich.