I almost feel awkward peering into the details of your life like so. But I noticed that you up-voted my Jack fruit super food post, so I decided to stop by from one stemian foodie to another. I'm not a big fan of McDonalds in the States, but In other parts of the world they are serving up some really tasty treats like that carrot cake. In Ecuador they have some real cool things too, like empanadas. Here in Thailand they even serve chicken fried rice!
Seems like you have a real cool life. I'm friends with @heyitshass and another from the Netherlands. Along my travels I've met many from that part of the world. All great people! Up-votted and will be following. Have a great day and stay warm! -Dan
Hi there Dan, how nice of you to stop by! Yeah, I never really visited McDonalds a lot, but my boyfriend enjoys their food from time to time, so we stop there for lunch occasionally after working on one of our houses (I swear we're going back to simply one home though! Just gotta get these sold...). They didn't used to have many treats like these and many still don't, but I'm glad this one does! I'm also happy for the thicker fries, so I can have a nice lunch there aswell. The chicken fried rice sounds good and very much not McDonalds-like!
I'm happy with my life now, though I'm not sure where I'm going with it anymore. Got some plans, but going back into full-time IT jobs doesn't seem to be a good idea anymore. I've got time to figure things out though :D
Traveling the world sounds amazing! I'd love to do that. I can't wait to be rid of both of our houses, so we'll have money to spare for vacations. Would love to visit foreign countries again and take many cool pictures :-)
Have a good day!
What a lovely sincere reply. Your proof evident of the incredibly community we have here on Steemit. So happy to be following you now. So interesting how you talk about your life and houses. I too had a big house, swimming pool, saab convertable, big screen TVs, bar, pool table, and garage FULL of "stuff".
I found myself totally miserable and working like a dog to "maintain" all my crap.
I found success young. I'm 35 now and what I tell you above I was about 22.
I sold EVERYTHING! And all my belongings can now fit in my backpack. I've been traveling and living how I do for over 10 years now living on investments and a budget of under 1,000 dollars a month. I had an apartment in Vlcabamba Ecuador furnished all utilities and WIFI included for 190 dollars a month! Organic local food cost me about 30 dollars a week! I watch my money grow and have a better quality of life for 1/10 what it was costing me in the states and haven't even worked in since I was like 24. I just do what I love and that's see the world and seek out the best deals as I do so.
I'm now in Thailand. I've had such deals as 7.50 cent private bungalows at beach front resorts last month in Ko Pha Ngan Thailand. I just left Bangkok, my place had a gym, pool, and even a bubble bath tub in my room for 15 dollars a night.
So you really blew my mind to see you write about your stresses with owning property. I've been there and done that and will never do it again. I wish you all the success in the world simplifying your life and freeing it up at the same time.
Yes McDonalds has it's reputation and there bigger fries can't be beat, but I always get kick out of how they adapt to the country they set up shop in.
Wishing you an excellent day! I'll be sure to check in with you from time to time.
Your new Steemit friend,
-Dan "World Travel Pro!"
Wow, that sounds like an amazing journey you're on! Mine is a little less adventurous I'm afraid. I bought my current old house when I was in dire need of a new place. My rental at the time was above a man who had way too much noise during the night. I couldn't do anything about it, so I wanted to get out of there asap. There's years of waiting lists for rentals, so I decided to buy. It's in a crappy neighbourhood, but the house itself is nice and with a (too) big garden around it. Then, I met my current boyfriend.
He married young, divorced young and has a house with a crappy mortgage. He'll end up with a debt, but it's better than holding onto the house. His father has a big property and he build a big shed. Part is store space and part is living space. The last tennant just moved out and we moved in! We can live here for pretty cheap, so now we want to sell both of our houses.
My boyfriend has a full-time job and even though I'd love to travel the world like you do, he wouldn't want to. So instead, we'll stay here in the cabin, he'll pay off his debt and we'll be able to save up quite well after our houses are sold. We'll finally be able to go on long vacations! I'm looking forward to it so very much!
It's a choice between my boyfriend and living that life you live and honestly, I wouldn't want to live it alone anyway. So it's no choice at all really. I'll get to see the world through vacations instead :-)
I'm sure we'll eventually have to find a new place to live and I'd much rather buy a property which will eventually be mine, instead of renting one for the same price, after which you end up with nothing. But hey, atleast we'll only have one home to worry about then ;-)
Have a great day and thank you for sharing your story. It's inspiring!
I'm glad you enjoyed some of the details that made me who I am. This life is not for everyone. It's my first time traveling alone. I always had a girlfriend. But I'm enjoying traveling alone a lot more than I thought I would. Every decision is mine at any given moment, and I meet a lot more people being a solo traveler too.
Yes for most it's best to own, as you say rent leaves you with nothing in the end. But at the same time, owning leave you in charge of the upkeep, but often that isn't a big deal. Did you mention, a boyfriend in debt! Yikes, I'm sure he'll dig himself out of that hole sooner than later. I've never been a fan of debt and was so relieved to pay off my mortgage and leave that situation behind me.
I think that's a great deal you have at his father's now that the tennants are gone. I used to rent rooms in my house to help pay the bills after the roof needed to be replaced and the pool pump blew. It was far from ideal.
Anyway I see many long vacations in your future, until then you can keep on eye on my blog and many other's who travel to get some good ideas. I Have enjoyed getting to know you and looking forward to continuing to do so. I'll certainly be in-touch! -Dan