You only get one life..

WarZ · 15-05-2016 03:41AM #1

After years and years of working my ass off in Dublin, hating my job and spending my weekends getting slaughtered drunk for no real good reason I have decided to take a massive step in my life before its too late.

I am moving to a country in Central America. Why? It's dirt cheap, along a beautiful coast and crime is low. When I was younger I went there before and on just a thousand euros a month including everything I can eat out, live in a fancy place for next nothing.

Before people ask, yes I've been to the place before. I am going to quit my job on Monday, sell the car, sublet the apartment. Take my savings and off I go. Ive no commitments here and u know what? I cant wait.

Anyone else done something similar? Anyone besides mynameisURL because I thinnk I've heard him talk about Vietnam a ziliion times

makingmecrazy · 15-05-2016 03:49AM

WarZ wrote: »

After years and years of working my ass off in Dublin, hating my job and spending my weekends getting slaughtered drunk for no real good reason I have decided to take a massive step in my life before its too late.

I am moving to a country in Central America. Why? It's dirt cheap, along a beautiful coast and crime is low. When I was younger I went there before and on just a thousand euros a month including everything I can eat out, live in a fancy place for next nothing.

Before people ask, yes I've been to the place before. I am going to quit my job on Monday, sell the car, sublet the apartment. Take my savings and off I go. Ive no commitments here and u know what? I cant wait.

Anyone else done something similar? Anyone besides mynameisURL because I thinnk I've heard him talk about Vietnam a ziliion times

I'd be interested to know which country in central America you are intending to go to?

Jimmy Garlic · 15-05-2016 03:52AM

Correct me if i'm wrong but I'd imagine Central America is a fairly dangerous spot for gringos. Vietnam and the rest of South East Asia wouldn't appeal to me at all. Putin is giving away free land in Siberia, I might give him a buzz.

deco nate · 15-05-2016 04:06AM

A grand a month? You were doing it wrong...they saw you coming!

WarZ · 15-05-2016 04:07AM

makingmecrazy wrote: »

I'd be interested to know which country in central America you are intending to go to?

Dont really want to give my indentity away

WarZ · 15-05-2016 04:08AM

deco nate wrote: »

A grand a month? You were doing it wrong...they saw you coming!

Im talking about living in the best apartments, penthouses, eating in the best restaurants etc

Not backpacking.

Atlantic Dawn · 15-05-2016 04:14AM

WarZ wrote: »

Im talking about living in the best apartments, penthouses, eating in the best restaurants etc

Not backpacking.

Will you not be bored out there on your own after a few months?

Dave0301 · 15-05-2016 04:20AM

WarZ wrote: »

Im talking about living in the best apartments, penthouses, eating in the best restaurants etc

Not backpacking.

Unless you've got a decent job sorted, you won't be doing this.

Antar Bolaeisk · 15-05-2016 04:27AM

Go for it, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I love visiting the places over there but I don't think I could ever live in them; living is very cheap there but unfortunately life is very cheap there as well.

Cathy.C · 15-05-2016 04:58AM

Are ya mad? Don Henley's playing the 3 Arena on July 1st.

Charlie19 · 15-05-2016 05:03AM

Go for it!!!

If you're certain that this move will make you happy, then why not..

15-05-2016 05:30AM

WarZ wrote: »

After years and years of working my ass off in Dublin, hating my job and spending my weekends getting slaughtered drunk for no real good reason I have decided to take a massive step in my life before its too late.

Are they good reasons to go? If you hate your job and the routine of getting hammered, would it not be less drastic to try going for a while without getting hammered? I did, it sounds ridiculous but it changed a huge amount.

You mention a beautiful coast and low crime rates. I live in South Kerry so have the benefit of both.

The one thing you don't mention is a travel bug. Do you actually want to live abroad? 2 friends of mine always talking about leaving, sick of the routine, both single and I suspect that's what's motivating them. Which IMHO is not really a good reason. One is very resilient, intelligent and independent and will succeed anyway, the other will be back within a month when they realise that life doesn't necessarily improve on the basis of location alone.

15-05-2016 07:16AM

WarZ wrote: »

Anyone else done something similar? Anyone besides mynameisURL because I thinnk I've heard him talk about Vietnam a ziliion times

Ha I'm pretty sure you mean me!

I did similar but not as drastic.. Was on my way to Australia, saw how easy life was here and decided to leave that grind till my 30s or 40s.

A friend moved from here to Guatemala.. She loves it. Can't wait to get over that direction.

Barry Badrinath · 15-05-2016 07:33AM

WarZ wrote: »

Dont really want to give my indentity away

OMG!!!!!

Are you El Salvador?????

Hi, El Salvador! We knew it was you all along you silly moo!

15-05-2016 09:02AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Will you not be bored out there on your own after a few months?

Meet new people?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 15-05-2016 09:10AM

If you're gonna jack in your job and your flat, fly to Central America and blow €12k+ just living the high life for the heck of it then you're a mad hoor.

Fair play to you though, wish I had the balls meself. :pac:

the evasion_kid · 15-05-2016 09:36AM

Going to Vietnam in a few months,its dirt cheap(for now), op Id look into earning some form of passive income,even if it's only €20 euro a day it can be plenty to live on,or become a digital nomad,plenty of sites offering $$$ just for writing an article or blog entry.

shaunr68 · 15-05-2016 10:02AM

Good luck to you. Life is too short to pass up an opportunity like this. I too spent years in a job I hated, getting hammered to make the miserable Monday-Friday existence bearable. Finally they offered me an escape route, a redundancy package which I snapped up.

The missus packed in her job and we went travelling for a year. We soon came to learn that the rat race was not for us and yearned to do a "Good Life" out in the sticks somewhere.

We almost bought a little place in Brittany but that fell through and so we ended up in a cottage in rural Ireland, firmly in the fixer-upper category, with a bit of bramble-infested land leaving with enough left over to buy a rental place in the UK to give us a small monthly income.

With no kids, not smoking and now not drinking either we can manage on a very tight budget, foregoing superficial luxuries. We can't believe how lucky we are not having to work, but in truth have never worked so hard in our lives. Monday morning is the best feeling of all when you realise that all the wage slaves are on their way to work. I pour another coffee, take the dogs for a walk around the woods and fire up the brushcutter!

Fr_Dougal · 15-05-2016 10:07AM

*looks at time of post*

Suuuure you will, OP...sure you will...

Lavinia · 15-05-2016 10:12AM

How to comment on this and make any comparison if not knowing which particular country is in question?

Alf Stewart. · 15-05-2016 10:21AM

My cat calls bullshít on this.

stoplooklisten · 15-05-2016 10:21AM

Will you be starting a porridge import/export business. It'm told he porridge in that part of the world is delicious.

15-05-2016 10:22AM

shaunr68 wrote: »

With no kids, not smoking and now not drinking either we can manage on a very tight budget, foregoing superficial luxuries. We can't believe how lucky we are not having to work, but in truth have never worked so hard in our lives. Monday morning is the best feeling of all when you realise that all the wage slaves are on their way to work. I pour another coffee, take the dogs for a walk around the woods and fire up the brushcutter!

Every Monday? And all week?

Just how much brambles have ye?

Alf Stewart. · 15-05-2016 10:36AM

stoplooklisten wrote: »

Will you be starting a porridge import/export business. It'm told he porridge in that part of the world is delicious.

Is this a metaphor ?

crazygeryy · 15-05-2016 10:40AM

Op pm me your address myself the wife and 6 kids will come visit you regularly.

foggy_lad · 15-05-2016 10:40AM

While it might be easy to live on $1000/month it is not easy to earn that much in third world countries unless you work for some multinational company and those companies would not allow you to live as you described.

Whispered · 15-05-2016 10:44AM

Life is short and getting out of the rat race is the dream here too. Although we'd rather stay in Ireland. Funnily, you say that having no commitments is spurring you on, we were both pretty happy until our son was born and it really reminds you every day jut how quickly life flies by.

Fair play op. If nothing else it'll be an experience

Cienciano · 15-05-2016 10:47AM

makingmecrazy wrote: »

I'd be interested to know which country in central America you are intending to go to?

Costa Rica or Panama

Into The Blue · 15-05-2016 10:47AM

WarZ wrote: »

Dont really want to give my indentity away

To who? I doubt the locals scan boards looking for fresh meat straight off the plane

Cienciano · 15-05-2016 10:48AM

shaunr68 wrote: »

Good luck to you. Life is too short to pass up an opportunity like this. I too spent years in a job I hated, getting hammered to make the miserable Monday-Friday existence bearable. Finally they offered me an escape route, a redundancy package which I snapped up.

The missus packed in her job and we went travelling for a year. We soon came to learn that the rat race was not for us and yearned to do a "Good Life" out in the sticks somewhere.

We almost bought a little place in Brittany but that fell through and so we ended up in a cottage in rural Ireland, firmly in the fixer-upper category, with a bit of bramble-infested land leaving with enough left over to buy a rental place in the UK to give us a small monthly income.

With no kids, not smoking and now not drinking either we can manage on a very tight budget, foregoing superficial luxuries. We can't believe how lucky we are not having to work, but in truth have never worked so hard in our lives. Monday morning is the best feeling of all when you realise that all the wage slaves are on their way to work. I pour another coffee, take the dogs for a walk around the woods and fire up the brushcutter!

How do you get money to live?

clairewithani · 15-05-2016 10:52AM

You know what, go for it. If you hate it or it doesn't work out, come back home. Don't be sitting around in 30 years time wishing you had tried it.

You only get one life..

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