{"id":1436,"date":"2010-03-08T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T07:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:41:07","slug":"how-young-is-too-young-to-travel-reader-questions-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/how-young-is-too-young-to-travel-reader-questions-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"How Young is Too Young to Travel? [Reader Questions Answered]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>How young is too young to travel? This reader question comes pertains to how young is too young for the sort of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/category\/travel-lifestyle-guides\/\">full-time travel lifestyle<\/a> I live. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s clear-cut answer that applies across the board, as each answer is dependent on a certain degree of context. Here&#8217;s what I had to say to our reader below:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post was originally published in 2010. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content. <\/em><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I am really enjoying reading your blog&#8230;your lifestyle is what I eventually want to do, so it&#8217;s good to hear&nbsp; that others are doing it (and succeeding in it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a college student about to graduate. I have a good&nbsp; finance banking job lined up for next year (and I&#8217;m also looking&nbsp; into the CFP program) but I am definitely a dreamer. I want to&nbsp; travel the world and participate in humanitarian efforts, start a&nbsp; wedding planning company, etc.- I&#8217;m all over the place! Basically, I&nbsp; think that I am yearning for something out-of-the-box and where I&nbsp; have a life that I can control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now, I&#8217;m going into this banking job as a young analyst, which I think would be fine to do for a couple of years, but part of me&nbsp; wants to just drop everything now and go do what I really want to&nbsp; do. But I think to myself, maybe it would be better to get some&nbsp; &#8220;real&#8221; job experience and some cash before I start chasing all my&nbsp; dreams. At what point do you decide enough is enough?<strong> Am I too young to drop everything now to travel the world? Realistically? When you&nbsp; just came out of school, can you see yourself doing then what you do&nbsp; now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/><strong>My Response:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks so much for getting in touch! No age is too young to start, but I would say that <strong>I might not have appreciated the experiences I&#8217;m having on the road now, without having first spent some time in the working world<\/strong>, for a few reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was able to earn some decent cash<\/strong> to not only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/how-to-save-money-to-travel-by-drastically-cutting-expenses\/\">save for traveling<\/a> but also to have on hand for business opportunities (ie: wedding planning &#8211; or my version thereof), as well as to have some stashed away for long-term investments (ie: retirement, etc &#8211; or when I may not be able to work but need money).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Money aside, <strong>I was also able to gain more personal identity and some business sense <\/strong>&#8211; which has helped me transition to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/location-independent\/\">location independent career<\/a>. Lots of people could do it sooner&#8230;I took a more circuitous route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A lot of it also depends on how long you want to travel, or the lifestyle you choose for yourself.<\/strong> There&#8217;s a bit of a difference between a 3 month trip, a 1 year trip, and a no-fixed-time trip; the preparations for each are quite different. Heck &#8211; you may find more value in developing a rewarding career that also allows you to take time off each year (say, a month or two) to travel in style!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bank analyst job will be rewarding for you (especially if you&#8217;re interested in becoming a CFP), and will help you get your feet under you financially (which doesn&#8217;t hurt, especially when saving for travel). In the meantime, watch out for spending too much of your cash on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisebread.com\/where-did-your-ipod-come-from-the-story-of-stuff-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">stuff<\/a> (as tends to happen), and keep your eye on the ball- whatever that is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How young is too young to travel? This reader question comes pertains to how young is too young for the sort of full-time travel lifestyle I live. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s clear-cut answer that applies across the board, as each answer is dependent on a certain degree of context. Here&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"How Young is Too Young to Travel? [Reader Questions Answered]\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/how-young-is-too-young-to-travel-reader-questions-answered\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How Young is Too Young to Travel? 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