Do you ever worry that you're running out of time??

TommyTippee · 06-06-2011 02:33AM

Kaneda_ wrote: »

I want to see the world,meet new people and try new things.I know this town will always be here for me and alot of people think its the center of the world but i want to experience life in a different way,whats the worst that could happen?!

Well then you know what to do!

No time like the present....get yourself to Trailfinders tomorrow and book it.

You will NEVER regret it, I promise you that.

LegacyUser · 06-06-2011 02:37AM

I think that going traveling is the best thing you can do. I know a girl who met her husband when traveling and he is not Irish.
I traveled a bit when I was younger and It was one of the best things I ever did.
If I won a few thousand I would do some more traveling now.
You could have staying in Ireland, lived in the same place with mammy until you married a local man and had 2.5 children like many people do but you had the guts to leave and broaden your mind.
If you stayed in Ireland there is nothing to say you will met the love of your life so travel is good it broads your mind and outlook.
At the moment the jobs market is poor so why come back to sign on the dole.

supermouse · 06-06-2011 02:51AM

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!

I can hand on heart say the best thing I have ever done is travel. I started at 16 on and off till now and its just incredible.

You're put in situation you would never have been in, you're interacting with people from places you've only heard about in the movies, you're seeing sights that your minds eye will never forget, you're pushing yourself emotionally further than you probably ever will in your entire life, you're putting yourself out there - and you will not regret it!

Like seenitall said - you have no ties, what have you got to loose? Book a return ticket - if you want, use it.... but i can nearly guarantee you wont.

Maple · 06-06-2011 08:15AM

liah/Tommy Tippee, this isn't a relationship issue thread for you to discuss your own situations, please stop derailing it.

Maple

I am a friend · 06-06-2011 11:07AM

Op has specifically stated that she believes she's best suited to an Irish guy and her best chance of meeting an Irish guy for a long term relationship is in Ireland (can happen while abroad but chances obviously as fewer) and on this basis, her waiting til she is 30+ to come home further reduces the chances of that.

I also experienced an element of discrimination from potential employers when I returned home at 31 due to my travElling in my late 20's and that was only after 2 years. While it's all good and well encouraging the op To experience life, from my experience it's not a walk in the park when you return home at 30+...

IMHO, from an employers perspective, 7 or 8 years travelling the globe unless following a specific career path is indulgent and I do think the op won't find it as easy to get work as her peers who have travelled for 1 or 2 years and who display a more settled lifestyle.

LegacyUser · 06-06-2011 02:35PM

OP, can I ask, are you going to all those destinations you've planned because you really want to, or because it's the done thing? You shouldn't need four years just to recoup losses.

fghijkl · 06-06-2011 07:02PM

I am a friend wrote: »

I also experienced an element of discrimination from potential employers when I returned home at 31 due to my travElling in my late 20's and that was only after 2 years. While it's all good and well encouraging the op To experience life, from my experience it's not a walk in the park when you return home at 30+...

IMHO, from an employers perspective, 7 or 8 years travelling the globe unless following a specific career path is indulgent and I do think the op won't find it as easy to get work as her peers who have travelled for 1 or 2 years and who display a more settled lifestyle.

While that may have been the case a few years ago, things are a lot different now, the OP says the industry she's qualified in has been hit hard by the recession, I'm sure most employers would see someone who's done something proactive with their time during a recession, getting a job, traveling, as a much more proactive, motivated individual with a can do attitude and therefore more employable, than someone who spent 3 years stuck in ireland on the dole doing nothing.

I am a friend wrote: »

Op has specifically stated that she believes she's best suited to an Irish guy and her best chance of meeting an Irish guy for a long term relationship is in Ireland (can happen while abroad but chances obviously as fewer) and on this basis, her waiting til she is 30+ to come home further reduces the chances of that.

Just because it's her "best chance" it doesn't mean it's a dead cert, she could come back to ireland and never find a man. With all due respect the very notion of coming back home just "to find a man" seems like utter madness to me, being over 30 is not a death sentence. In fact the very notion of giving up anything which makes you happy now and enriches your life now on the possibility that something might happen to make you happy in the future seems like utter foolishness imho.
Live in the present not the future, you may not even wake up tomorrow.

Stheno · 06-06-2011 09:58PM

supermouse wrote: »

The main reason I'm not coming home to Ireland before that time is due to the recession - i have a job in NZ, i wont have a job in Ireland. The industry I'm qualified in is one of the worst hit back home, so why go home to join a dole queue.

Your choice makes more sense to me now given that post

supermouse · 06-06-2011 11:36PM

Yack yack blah wrote: »

OP, can I ask, are you going to all those destinations you've planned because you really want to, or because it's the done thing? You shouldn't need four years just to recoup losses.

As i said earlier, i dont need 4 years to recoup my losses... i need 2 years to work in NZ to gain anything like the money i had saved before i left Ireland. NZ isnt cheap, cost of living is high, wages are generally low, so 2 years of solid saving should be enough to leave and continue the rest of my journey (incase you didnt read, 9months South America 1 year Canada)

I've done South America before, but loved it so much that i want to properly explore the region.Canada .. i've been on holiday and travelled a little, and found it amazing. Truthfully, its another year i can do on a WHV that allows me to be employed and hopefully gain further experience in my field.

I agree that coming home over 30 having travelled for 7 solid years isn't amazing looking to most employers - yet in my industry its an important aspect (im a travel consultant!) so it all fits together.
In the same breath i dont want to be a consultant forever and will probably go back to uni at some stage when i get back home - once i find out what it is i want to do with the rest of my life.

Snowie · 07-06-2011 04:03AM

You should'nt worry about a thing.... I know a couple who known each other a fair few months there booth ready and know what they want..... Things are progessing comfortably for booth of them

and there booth in there umm that number....

Im under the opinion that things like that happen precisely when they mean to! :cool:

Do you ever worry that you're running out of time??

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