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I was just wondering iph anyone out there has ever had the desire to just pull a rambling around the world kinda thing? What I mean is...has anyone ever just considered a life of wandering and seeing the world? Working your way from place to place and just being alive and always on the move. I've considered it many times in the past and am at a point in my own life where I have nothing left to do except save my money. I have had a pretty long road as far as getting my shite together and am pretty much ready to go wherever I choose. What I'm considering is just getting up one day when I have enough money saved to where I feel comfortable and just pick a spot on a map and just leave. Iph I don't like the place, just leave, get a job and save more money and split or just split with whatever I got on me. I dunno. I think it would be a very interesting life, taking whatever opportunities came my way and just going with the flow. Anyone here ever done this or considered it? If you did what inspired you? If you didn't, what stopped you?
I was kinda inspired by what Old Hippy wrote and have always had this desire in the back of my mind, to do this. Any tales anyone has to tell would be greatly appreciated.

Yes, definitely.

Ironically, one movie scene that always makes me want to do so is in Pulp Fiction. In the diner, Sam Jackson tells Bruce Willis of his plan to "walk the earth like Cane and get into adventures".

Money is obviously the big concern. My solution is teaching English...for now anyway. I now live in Madrid and love it here. Teaching. Plan is to stay until I am bored of this location and then head to SE Asia with a friend. Who knows what will happen after that, but I am completely comfortable with the idea that I may never live in the US again. Go for it!

yea good i dream of it every day. im trying to set my life up to never come home. im sure its a very comen dream at bna.
by the way what does iph mean weather?

I read Rolf Potts 'Vagabonding' book for the first time the other day and would love to just take off and wander whereever.
It's just a matter of getting past my fears and quitting my job.
I long to feel 'alive' rather than just 'existing' day to day in this deadening, monotonous suburban life.

Vagabonding is what started me on this whole path! I've already told others my story on BnA before but the short version is: I was so inspired by that book that I broke up with my boyfriend, sold and gave away 99% of all my material belongings and now have only a back-pack, gave up my apartment and gave away my car. It has been about a year and a half since I started all of this, but now I am at a point where I have nothing left to do but save money and then I'm gonna pick somewhere to go. I am really getting quite psyched about it all now, I mean I was before but now I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel as it were.
Actually, Duffy that movie line is in my profile, and I love that scene. By the way, is it true that you don't need a degree to teach ESL classes? I could TOTALLY consider that as a opportunity iph so.
Dopplegangerr iph=if. It's my salute to the cyber-freeks.

for a degree...most TEFL places will probably want you to have one, but you could probably find some without it.

my recommendation - lie. all you have to do is show them some transcripts...just make that shit up. that´s all they ask for (or at least all mine asked for).

the other option - just lie about having a TEFL certificat. i have a friend now in madrid that did that. he lived in sevilla and moved here and just told them he had a TEFL certificate from "TEFL International" or someone and got hired. in spain, you need a TEFL thing most of the time...not sure about other places and your best bet would be SE Asia or Central / South America.

Shell...I say we form a club! lol

im sure you could buy a TEFL certificate in thai land. hell while your at it get a harvord law dagree there too.

LOL

Folks, when I lived in Barcelona none of the teachers I knew had TEFL certificates. I don't think they're necessary. If you studied anything in the humanities or social sciences in college, you can play that up just fine. Or embellish your experience tutoring. Or other kinds of teaching -- I used my yoga teaching in both of my job interviews in BCN, and I got both jobs! It's all about figuring out the best way to sell the experience and skills that you (really) do have. That's always been my recipe, and it's worked pretty well for me so far.

As for the Vagabonding lifestyle, that is exactly what my life is leading up to. Basically once I embark (after this year's Burning Man) I plan to be on the move for three years. I can't think any further ahead than that. But I definitely plan to work along the way -- the plan includes two 8-month stops to work, in Australia and the UK. At least that's the plan. Plans change, too! But I do know several things for sure:

1. I have always wanted to do a lingering, destination-free journey around the globe. Always.

2. I'd better do it soon, while I still have no debt, no husband (at least not anymore ), no mortgage and no car payment. And while I still have my youth (what's left of it), an ability to enjoy myself among drunk travelers, and my physical vigor.

Damn, I am doing a really good job of talking myself into my own life path! The hardest part for me will be giving up all the things I have come to appreciate about having a stable life -- the same paycheck every two weeks no matter what (i.e. always getting paid the same no matter how much work you do!), a lovely little apartment all for *me*, a surfboard that lives in the backyard, hell a backyard! And a kitchen -- that's huge. Nothing like staying in a mold-filled hostel with no kitchen to make me appreciate the finer, simpler things.

Kudos to you WeatherWitch -- you're on the right track! I remember reading once that someone asked Gandhi for the secret of life in three words. His answer? "Renounce and Enjoy."

this is exactly what im going to do in october, sell, pack, and leave. where of for how long? i have a few ideas, but would rather that it'd unfold itself.

i'd like to know more about getting a english teaching certificate, personal experience, where, and how much? i also don't have any education past highschool, will this prevent me in succeeding in any way?

im also looking into being an air courier for a while for cheap airfare, just to where i need to go, if i get accepted, if not, its no big deal.

any ideas? appreciated.

beyourmuse...

most places want you to have a college degree to get a TEFL certificate, but don´t sweat it. there are plenty that don´t. as long as you are a native speaker, you´ll be fine. plus, if they ask, just fake it. all my TEFL school asked for was a transcript. anyone can print one of those up.

plus - they ain´t exactly cheap, so i would try to find work without it first.

i imagine lots of places in asia you don´t even need the certification to work. probably eastern europe too right now. not sure though.