I quit my job with no plan and about 4,000 saved up. My original plan to teach English in S Korea but realized I would rather not so I got a working holiday visa for Australia in 1 working day and booked my flight for the montha fter.
Basically, I came to Australia hoping to find work pretty quickly which was not the case. As a recent graduate making 60k a year, I didn't want to get hospitality work and to be honest, don't have thick enough skin for it. So, I went completely broke.
Living in hostels was pretty rough too, I am young, but I'm not a drinker and prefer interesting conversation over sex with a stranger and found that aspect difficult within the typical travel community, but it just took me finding my own way and that wasn't a problem anymore.
I survived 4 months living as cheaply as possible, doing work exchanges for room + board for a few months then succumbed to the call of money and picked up a full time freelance job at a studio in Sydney. It was pretty easy getting the job. I'm wrapping up my 3rd month here and off to road trip around Australia and then travel Asia.
Basically, the experience was a bit more difficult than I thought, but in ways I could've never foreseen. I've grown so much as an individual, and also, make it my mission to help inspire other people to ask for more in their lives. I don't do that by pretending my experience has been smooth sailing, but I'd like to think that just by being me, and being confident (something I've gotten better at on the road) and alive and well, that it makes people question their situations.
Either way, stick to your own path. What feels right to you? Don't think with your head. This decision must come from some place deeper than logistics.
You'll figure it out. No matter what happens. Let go of control on this one. Then instead of relying on other people's opinions and experiences, you can rely on your gut instead.
I quit my job with no plan and about 4,000 saved up. My original plan to teach English in S Korea but realized I would rather not so I got a working holiday visa for Australia in 1 working day and booked my flight for the montha fter.
Basically, I came to Australia hoping to find work pretty quickly which was not the case. As a recent graduate making 60k a year, I didn't want to get hospitality work and to be honest, don't have thick enough skin for it. So, I went completely broke.
Living in hostels was pretty rough too, I am young, but I'm not a drinker and prefer interesting conversation over sex with a stranger and found that aspect difficult within the typical travel community, but it just took me finding my own way and that wasn't a problem anymore.
I survived 4 months living as cheaply as possible, doing work exchanges for room + board for a few months then succumbed to the call of money and picked up a full time freelance job at a studio in Sydney. It was pretty easy getting the job. I'm wrapping up my 3rd month here and off to road trip around Australia and then travel Asia.
Basically, the experience was a bit more difficult than I thought, but in ways I could've never foreseen. I've grown so much as an individual, and also, make it my mission to help inspire other people to ask for more in their lives. I don't do that by pretending my experience has been smooth sailing, but I'd like to think that just by being me, and being confident (something I've gotten better at on the road) and alive and well, that it makes people question their situations.
Either way, stick to your own path. What feels right to you? Don't think with your head. This decision must come from some place deeper than logistics.
You'll figure it out. No matter what happens. Let go of control on this one. Then instead of relying on other people's opinions and experiences, you can rely on your gut instead.
I quit my job with no plan and about 4,000 saved up. My original plan to teach English in S Korea but realized I would rather not so I got a working holiday visa for Australia in 1 working day and booked my flight for the montha fter.
Basically, I came to Australia hoping to find work pretty quickly which was not the case. As a recent graduate making 60k a year, I didn't want to get hospitality work and to be honest, don't have thick enough skin for it. So, I went completely broke.
Living in hostels was pretty rough too, I am young, but I'm not a drinker and prefer interesting conversation over sex with a stranger and found that aspect difficult within the typical travel community, but it just took me finding my own way and that wasn't a problem anymore.
I survived 4 months living as cheaply as possible, doing work exchanges for room + board for a few months then succumbed to the call of money and picked up a full time freelance job at a studio in Sydney. It was pretty easy getting the job. I'm wrapping up my 3rd month here and off to road trip around Australia and then travel Asia.
Basically, the experience was a bit more difficult than I thought, but in ways I could've never foreseen. I've grown so much as an individual, and also, make it my mission to help inspire other people to ask for more in their lives. I don't do that by pretending my experience has been smooth sailing, but I'd like to think that just by being me, and being confident (something I've gotten better at on the road) and alive and well, that it makes people question their situations.
Either way, stick to your own path. What feels right to you? Don't think with your head. This decision must come from some place deeper than logistics.
You'll figure it out. No matter what happens. Let go of control on this one. Then instead of relying on other people's opinions and experiences, you can rely on your gut instead.
Best of luck. :)