Hi Wanda,
I understand you feel trapped by your lifestyle and income restrictions, and I feel for you. Even if you do nothing about it, I encourage you to look at it a different way. Inflation between 2010 and now doesn’t account for the change of my travel expenses, which as the years have gone by, have gone up not because the cost of living in general has, but because I’ve made different choices (such as starting to pay for accommodation instead of volunteering and house-sitting, or living in more expensive countries). If I wanted to go back to living and traveling full-time for less than $20,000 year, now, I could.
I’m a realist – and sometimes the things we want to do aren’t possible. But I also believe that more often than not we are our own worst enemies and restricting forces.
Thank you for your support, and I hope you manage to design the life you truly want.

Your reference to your 2010-2011 costs would not be a true comparison – it’s not like-for-like. That was four or five years ago, and at that period my income was far lower than what it is today – so my point would have been the same even back then. Not that I’m sure what my point was. I think I was jealous of you, that’s what I meant by my phrase “What I would give…”
I enjoy your writings.

Wanda,
If you look at my cost of full-time travel in 2010 and 2011 (links at the beginning of this post), you’ll see that my cost is $17,000 – which is 11,000GBP – much LESS than you’re currently living on in what appears to be relative misery.

Hi Jeff,
Here’s some more information on house-sitting:
https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/the-creative-guide-to-free-or-cheap-accommodation/

And if you’re interested in house-sitting as well as other forms of free accommodation, check this out:
https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/travel-tips-resources/get-free-accommodation-around-world/

Thanks, Jessica – and happy travel planning! 🙂

Thanks, Ron – I’m so glad you like my site, and that you appreciate my breakdowns! Happy travels….