If You Had Nothing Tying You Down...

Reactor · 24-05-2016 07:09PM #1

Where would you go and what would you do? Id like to travel and Ive never been anyhere, never been on a plane even. Im always fascinated by stories you hear about people leaving Ireland and going to Dubai or the middle of nowhere in Australia or somewhere and start earning good money or just getting by as long as they're doing something interesting.

I just really have nothing tying me to Ireland anymore and would like to do something interesting for once, spent the last 10 years scrimping and saving like Im scraping by with a wife and kids and mortgage but really I have no commitments or anything stopping me from going.

tomwaterford · 24-05-2016 07:13PM

NZ....looks amazing country....or else Argentina....something about there intrigues me

tea and coffee · 24-05-2016 07:14PM

If kids had no school ties, I'd like to go to Canada for a few years.
If it was just me? Some island in the Pacific. Tonga, something like that.

24-05-2016 07:14PM

It's a wonderful feeling

My family and friends are here and I love them very much. But really when it comes down to it I have no commitments that I'm tied to. I just don't think I have it in me to up sticks and move.
Also I'm very fond of this little island.

Help!!!! · 24-05-2016 07:15PM

OP what do you work at now?

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-05-2016 07:15PM

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DrumSteve · 24-05-2016 07:16PM

Japan.

It looks ****ing mental.

I'd be a pro wrestler.

PARlance · 24-05-2016 07:17PM

Hop on a plane to Edinburgh for a long weekend.
If you don't like it out foreign and flying doesn't turn out to be your thing then you can still get back by land and sea.

You don't want to dive into the deep end with this.

BlondeMoment · 24-05-2016 07:20PM

Travel, work/live in a different county for a bit.

Id love to sing and act on Broadway, looks fun!

Just a few more years though and im outa here.

24-05-2016 07:23PM

Live in South Kerry.

If I had no ties here, I'd think about moving to West Cork. Particularly Beara, so I could look across at South Kerry.

They could not invent the machine that would detect my interest in Dubai. Sunshine, sand and shops selling gold. Not for me.

corner of hells · 24-05-2016 07:24PM

Valentia Island in Kerry.

Alf Stewart. · 24-05-2016 07:24PM

If I had nothing tying me down, I'd probably just walk the earth.

You know, walk the earth, meet people... get into adventures. Like Caine from Kung Fu.

SEPT 23 1989 · 24-05-2016 07:26PM

A beachside shack somewhere in the Caribbean overlooking the clear blue sea stop shaving grow my hair one pair of shorts to my name and the BBC World service on the radio for company

MarkY91 · 24-05-2016 07:26PM

I'm in that situation. My brother and I are going away for a month to dubai, Bangkok and Australia. I know it's just a month but I feel like I need to do this. Maybe I'll never what to come back home.

We usually go to Magaluf and **** like that then Las Vegas last year. I'm glad to be going away finally on more than just a boozy holiday.

24-05-2016 07:27PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Valentia Island in Kerry.

Nice spot, but would stick near Knightstown. Pubs.

FanadMan · 24-05-2016 07:28PM

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

If I had nothing tying me down, I'd probably just walk the earth.

You know, walk the earth, meet people... get into adventures. Like Caine from Kung Fu.

And you don't dig on swine either

Alf Stewart. · 24-05-2016 07:30PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B34DmsMxUlA

Reactor · 24-05-2016 07:38PM

Help!!!! wrote: »

OP what do you work at now?

I work in the Pharma industry for the last 10 years but I hate it and even after 10 years I know I still have crappy experience that I would struggle to explain to an interviewer, doubt Ill get a reference either when I leave, only reason Im still there is that I hate being unemployed more, but then when I think about why I always need to have a wage coming in when I have no commitments I cant answer, I have lived such a boring lonely life and its really getting to me now.

I meet people on the buses sometimes who are just out traveling the world, they obviously have no careers and I just wonder how they're doing it...

24-05-2016 07:41PM

Reactor wrote: »

I work in the Pharma industry for the last 10 years but I hate it and even after 10 years I know I still have crappy experience that I would struggle to explain to an interviewer, doubt Ill get a reference either when I leave, only reason Im still there is that I hate being unemployed more, but then when I think about why I always need to have a wage coming in when I have no commitments I cant answer, I have lived such a boring lonely life and its really getting to me now.

I meet people on the buses sometimes who are just out traveling the world, they obviously have no careers and I just wonder how they're doing it...

I'll tell you one thing OP, moving to a different country won't change who you are or how you feel about yourself

JohnCleary · 24-05-2016 07:43PM

What age are you? Fcuk the excuses and get on a plane, man!

I went travelling SE Asia when I finished college. We've been going back for 1 month every year for 5 years now. It takes a lot of effort to work the logistics, but we make it work.

Mec27 · 24-05-2016 07:44PM

Its so hard to just get up and go, we have free movement in europe but so many obstacles are in the way if you want to move anywhere besides the UK. I'm trying to find work in Spain or France but its a challenge.

FizzleSticks · 24-05-2016 07:45PM

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Nekarsulm · 24-05-2016 07:50PM

I would love to work a summer in the USA, on the custom harvest trail. Basically you get your truck licence and start with a harvest contractor in Texas and follow the combines as they cut their way North to the Canadian border. Then they cut different crops on their way back south as different grains ripen at different times.

Pinch Flat · 24-05-2016 07:52PM

Emigrate to Canada and train as a bush pilot. Ferrying everything from people, mail etc inn a little single engines Cessna. It'd pay shyte, but I'd be happy.

Reactor · 24-05-2016 07:53PM

JohnCleary wrote: »

What age are you? Fcuk the excuses and get on a plane, man!

I went travelling SE Asia when I finished college. We've been going back for 1 month every year for 5 years now. It takes a lot of effort to work the logistics, but we make it work.

33 in June.

I cant even decide if I want to travel or not, its just right now I live like Im 40 with 3 kids and a mortgage and carloans, scrimping and saving, and theres no reason for it, its just what Ive always done.

Id love to do one of those jobs you hear about where someone goes to Alaska or somewhere and gets a 50-100k job just because of the remote location and only people with no commitments can work there...

24-05-2016 07:59PM

Reactor wrote: »

33 in June.

I cant even decide if I want to travel or not, its just right now I live like Im 40 with 3 kids and a mortgage and carloans, scrimping and saving, and theres no reason for it, its just what Ive always done.

I've a feeling you are using travel as a quick fix. Take a good luck at your financial situation. Is your car loan quite high because it's a fancy model? Or are you in a low paying job? Why do you believe that you wouldn't have much success in an interview?

Nekarsulm · 24-05-2016 08:00PM

Reactor wrote: »

33 in June.

I cant even decide if I want to travel or not, its just right now I live like Im 40 with 3 kids and a mortgage and carloans, scrimping and saving, and theres no reason for it, its just what Ive always done.

Id love to do one of those jobs you hear about where someone goes to Alaska or somewhere and gets a 50-100k job just because of the remote location and only people with no commitments can work there...

Have you been watching "Ice road truckers" ?

JohnCleary · 24-05-2016 08:02PM

Reactor wrote: »

33 in June.

I cant even decide if I want to travel or not, its just right now I live like Im 40 with 3 kids and a mortgage and carloans, scrimping and saving, and theres no reason for it, its just what Ive always done.

Id love to do one of those jobs you hear about where someone goes to Alaska or somewhere and gets a 50-100k job just because of the remote location and only people with no commitments can work there...

Ugh, fair enough, you've genuine excuses.

Lesson learned.... I don't do kids / mortgages (i'm lucky with that one) or car loans.

Oh some day i'll 'grow up' :pac:

Reactor · 24-05-2016 08:05PM

No no no, I mean I live like that, I dont have any of those commitments just for some reason I force myself to live that way and I dont know why, its just habit, I want to do something different but Id like to still be earning if possible, just looking for suggestions.

messy tessy · 24-05-2016 08:06PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'll tell you one thing OP, moving to a different country won't change who you are or how you feel about yourself

I second this.

But in answer to your question I would head to New Zealand and just spend months travelling around it. Have never been but always fascinated by it.

AnonoBoy · 24-05-2016 08:08PM

If I had nothing tying me down the first thing I'd do would be complain to the management of the S&M dungeon.

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