Travel Pro Tip #27: How to Live Travel Pro! Inspired by @jedau. Part One, Get Your Money Straight!
Hey there my Steemit friends! Recently in a conversation with my new best Steemit buddy @jedau, he asked me how do I afford to Travel? Well, there is no simple answer to that. Quite frankly I don't travel like 99% of everyone else. I don't look at it like vacationing at all. I don't really even look at it like traveling. I look at it like living life strategically to get the most out of what life and the world has to offer!
That last statement right there is a matter of opinion. For the past dozen years or so "getting the most out of life and what the world has to offer" has been about having time to do what I want. Not doing what someone else wants me to do. This translates directly into what many would regard as a terrible work ethic. I simply haven't worked a real job of any sort in over a decade.
Instead I've spent my time learning how the world works through experience. Discovering new places, new cultures, and new ways of doing things and doing so in a fun adventurous way. This would not have been possible if I was living paycheck to paycheck working a 9-5 like so many do.
To someone else getting the most of what life has to offer may be about building a business, having lot's of money, toys, and notoriety within their community. So this is kind of a humble disclaimer, explaining that my way is not the best way or only way. It could be someone's worst night mare. Living non-local in many different countries how I do works for me, and I've mastered the art of Living Travel Pro! In this multi post series I'll go over step by step of how it's done and done right.
Get Your Money Straight
I could have titled this part, get your time straight. Have you ever heard that expression "Time is Money". Well it's true even if you don't have a job, don't have much income, and you just want to be free to roam the planet living out of a backpack.
If you ain't got no money, you ain't got no freedom! Feel free to quote me on that! Without any freedom your world of options, choices, and possibilities are limited. You can say, without any money your options, choices, and possibilities are limited.
So first and for most if you want to Live Travel Pro you're going to need endless free time, plenty of options and choices. Which means your going to need money; and not just a few hundred bucks you borrow from a friend. You're going to need a never ending supply of money; something most people call an "income".
So how do you get an income without working is the first thing most people would ask. Well, there are many ways and they all usually start with someone working very hard and saving a bunch of money and investing it. If you can start to run your life like you are a lending bank rather than a borrowing credit card holder this would help you out immensely!
I personally have had waves of money come and go throughout my life, and what I've done with these waves of money has had much to do with the freedom I have. My first wave of money came at a young age of 20-24 working 60 hours a week in South Korea running my own teaching business.
I was able to squander most of it. But I learned never to do that again. But I did end up with a house, which gave me a long term rental income. So now I'm a landlord/ real estate investor at the young age of 24. I was no longer trading hours for dollars. I was trading rental space for dollars. I had free time and income.
So one way to get your money straight is get an income that doesn't occupy your time; often through investment. How you get that first chunk of money can be through hard work and business building like me. It can be through your great uncle Tony who passed away and left you something. It could be through slow and steady saving over a decade of hard work. It could be from those five bit-coins you bought a couple years ago at 100 dollars a piece!
One thing is for sure is that you can't even begin to Live Travel Pro if you're broke, in debt, living pay check to pay check, and just struggling to live how you are at the moment. You have to, have to, have to! Get a nice chunk of cash, not squander it, but get it working for you in a safe way.
That's key to get money working for you in a safe manner, something you can trust, and rely on. Living Travel Pro is not about becoming a millionaire, it's about becoming a millionaire in free time. That does not take nearly as big of an investment or risk! What you do with your free time, is up to you! I choose to travel and live internationally actually maximizing my spending power in other countries which we'll learn all about in a later part.
In the next part we'll talk more about ways to get your money working for you and if there are alternatives in general to getting this needed income stream to Live Travel Pro! Until next time - Dan "World Travel Pro"
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Oh wow loved this post @world-travel-pro , so full of great advice and information ! "If you aint got no life , you aint got no freedom !!" Haha !love your tips as well on getting your money straight ! I learned a lot about you here and how Manage to Do It !! , and im looking forward to the rest of your series ! Thanks so much for sharing with us , Happy Travels !!😂👍👍👍upped and resteemed
That gif certainly summarazies a good part of my life. But for every good bye leads to a new hello and adventure. My network of friends are global now too. Thank you so much for you kind words. I didn't realize what a great response I'd get to this series. I'm glad I waited to do something like this until I have 1300+ followers! woot woot!
Part tow comes out Tuesday morning. Thank you always for your kind words and support!
Thats awesome !please drop me a line if i forget ! thanks !!👍👍👍
Very good points 👍 you're reminding me of "goodbye gary cooper" by Roman Gary
The main character, naned Leni, was a true nomad, nothing could nail him down to a place...
I'm well traveled but not as well read. Never heard of that, but wow I'll take it as a compliment. Thank you! Hope you follow the rest of the series. I will be a good one!
yes you are good story teller - that's also compliment ;)
sure I will follow. thanks for writing
That's a great to hear. Thank you!
good write it, because I also like to travel far. Thank you for the information.
There's A LOT more to come. Like a book! Stay tuned if you want to know. Thanks for your visit in the first place and have a great day! -Dan
Nice post sir! Thanks for the information amd motivation for all the people who want to travel like me. Always take care to your adventures! Godbless :)
So glad you found it informative and motivational. I hope you enjoy the entire series! -Dan
Wayhay! Thanks for the shoutout, Dan! It's always nice when I have a hand in jumpstarting a series here haha! Man, I'm locked in with this. I'm really motivated to live like a travel pro, and I'm hoping a lot of my investments pan out. With crypto coins in play, there's that added wild card. I did go through the first steps though. I worked crazy hours early on, working multiple jobs at once. I didn't get to buy a house at 24, but I managed to save up quite a bit to tide myself over a number of jobless years. I'm holding out hope that with the help of your tips, I could live untethered pretty soon!
Thank you so much for the kind words Jed. It means so much to me that you find the information I share os such value. Thank you for jump starting this series. I'm already getting more of a response than I anticipated. Seems like you are already half way there. I'm sure you'll be untethered before you know it!
See! I told you this would be a hit! :)
I actually said to my cousin today at lunch - "I wonder how @world-travel-pro gets the money he lives off" and when I got home you'd published this article. Very twilight zone!! Looking forward to the next one in the series. 😊
HAHA! That is funny! Thanks for telling me this. You and I must have some steemit connection! I'm planning on dropping a continuation of this article once or twice a week, for about 7 or 8 parts. I already have the next part written and an entire outline layed out. I think it will be a masterpiece when it's all said and done! lol Have a great day!
Great post Dan! very happy for you on how you can life right now after the hard work and smart decisions. Hope the post will do well, bacause it's helpfull to many
Thank you Haas. These kind words mean a lot my friend! Hope your trip to Cali is going well!
That is great... Thank you for shared a motivated to us...
Good luck... May good always bless you 💖💖💖💖
Thank you very much. I appreciate you kinds words!
important information for those who want to travel thanks for sharing it and for the successes to continue
Thank you very much Rebeca!
Awesome post @world-travel-pro! Firstly I love every single photo in this post. you really look at home in yourself and this turns out to be a sort of gift to the viewer of the photo too since it's inspiring and a bit contagious.
And in the photo of the kids on top of you, the girl right over you with her eyes rolling made me laugh out loud!
Also, yours is a good story to tell because you clearly have had and continue to have a focused clear path outlining your goals: freedom of time and action which requires financial freedom.
AND what's more, you have the know-how, resourcefulness and smarts to actually take the actions needed to create this life.
This is a surprisingly rare combination! I have all of this in terms of the microcosm of imagining and then making a piece of art, or to transform myself/grow personally but haven't been as agile, clear-headed and focused outside of these areas. However many things are conspiring in my life to bring about more clarity and a capacity to know more about what I want and to take actions that reflect these values. One small step at a time. It's slow for me but it is surely happening. And your great and generous advice and the inspiration you've provided have been part of what's helped me, thank you!
This really means so much to me. Knowing that it's you writing me. Thank you so much for the kind words. Everyone has their talents and you certainly have yours. I'm so glad you gave me the chance to help you, and you actually value my advice. I think you will like this series. I'm already getting more of a response than I anticipated. I could write a book about this kind of stuff.....so I am! Chopped up into Steemit articles like this one.
Yes the photos really capture something! That is for sure. I'll be in touch.
Excellent idea to write a book about this, so glad to hear it!
That is the perfect way to use steemit - I think our work here has the unique capacity to lead us into taking it out into a bigger context or at least some of it. I've been thinking about this for awhile for myself knowing that an endeavor will be born from the work I'm doing here.