A few years ago I quit my Software Engineering job to drive from Alaska to Argentina, absolutely loved every minute.
After a few more years of work behind a desk to save money, I have again quit and I'm now driving around Africa. It's already been over 18 months, probably something like 12 to go. [1]
It's so freeing and rewarding to do exactly what I want each and every day. Freedom is so much more important than money for me.
I feel so passionately about doing this with my life and teaching others how I did it that I wrote an eBook on how I do it, called "Work Less to Live Your Dreams" [2]
Because they are all higher as a result of going to work. i.e. if you buy lunch at work everyday for $15, you would only spend $5 if you were at home and ate a sandwich you made yourself.. so the $10 per day difference is a "cost" of going to work. Same for transport (would be $0 without work). Housing is often greatly inflated because of work. i.e. I want to earn the big bucks in Silicon Valley, so I pay $4000/mo rent. Or I just move way out someplace and only spend $1000/mo.. therefore the $3000 difference per month is a "cost" of going to work.
> It's seems like what you're really calculating is profit per hour.
That's an interesting way to say it.... I guess I would say "how much are you really getting ahead for every hour of your life you are selling. (hint: it's massively less than most people think)
> Do you have a link to your book?
"Work Less to Live Your Dreams" http://amzn.to/2vVzpbG
My biggest advice is not to think in terms of dollars when looking at a price tag - think in terms of the number of hours of your life you are spending to purchase something. Once you calculate your "real" salary (taking into account taxes, commute expenses, etc. etc.) it turns out you have to sit at work for a LOT of hours to afford a big screen TV. All of a sudden it's not so attractive, and it's easy to not buy one.
Extend that across all spending, and soon you really won't be spending much at all.
I'm so passionate about helping other people do it I even write an e-book on the topic - Work Less to Live Your Dreams[1]
Thanks, I'm already doing it. I quit my Software Engineering job to drive 40,000miles from Alaska to Argentina over two years.
Now a few years later I've quit again and will drive 80,000 miles around Africa for the next 2 years. I'm in West Africa now.[1]
The number one question I get asked is how can I afford to do that, so I wrote an eBook "Work Less to Live Your Dreams" - http://amzn.to/2huxZjZ
[1] http://theroadchoseme.com is my website, and I'm posting updates to http://facebook.com/theroadchoseme/ and https://www.instagram.com/theroadchoseme/
[1] http://amzn.to/2hcfuB7 - Work Less to Live Your Dreams
Now I've done it again and will spend 2 years driving around Africa.
By far the number one question I get asked is how do I save money to do all of this - it's become a huge topic of discussion.
I wrote an eBook on the topic - called "Work Less to Live Your Dreams" which describes exactly how I'm able to do it.
I'm about to hit publish on a photo coffee-table book from my three years around Africa, and I'll write an Africa guide book and The Road Chose Me Vol 2 in the next 12-18 months.
* The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 40,000 miles from Alaksa to Argentina (https://amzn.to/2vfCYvn)
Stories and lessons from two years driving my Jeep Wrangler down the Pan-American Highway
* Work Less to Live Your Dreams: A practical guide to saving money and living your dreams (https://amzn.to/2OD6UtA)
An eBook about how exactly I can afford to take years off work to do what I want and live my dreams.
* West Africa Myths, Misconceptions and Misnomers (https://amzn.to/2veyQMt)
After driving the length of the continent, I collected a bunch of information that is extremely helpful to anyone else thinking of doing similar. The vast majority of the Western Worlds "knowledge" of West Africa is so out of date it's useless. My book is from info I learned during my drip from mid 2016 to late 2017, so it's relevant