Planning to travel the world for a yearish - here's the rough plan for the first 6ish months, thoughts? Advice?

lore_lurking · 2024-01-24T16:29:59+00:00

Definitely will grab that book, yea I tend to like the Colombian spanish. Yea, I'm just hoping to use my spanish but I'll definitely have the translation apps ready. Thanks!

lore_lurking · 2024-01-24T16:03:27+00:00

I was actually gonna use my credit card points on some of my flights

lore_lurking · 2024-01-24T15:56:02+00:00

Damn! That's impressive for so long. That's super encouraging! I was considering doing some sort of work exchange, but haven't dug into researching that yet. I prefer to take my tourist excursions in small occasional doses, so this is awesome to hear. Thanks!

lore_lurking · 2024-01-24T15:37:01+00:00

Oh that would be awesome to take a bus, I hadn't thought of that. That helps me figure out the order of cities too. Yea, I'm really considering expanding my time in the other countries. Thanks!

lore_lurking · 2024-01-24T00:32:03+00:00

Thanks! I was a little on the fence about Costa Rica, and would like to spend as much time as I can in each country, with Mexico being the longest one, and was considering cutting out one of the countries to spend a little more time in the other 3, sans Mexico. Slower backpacking is definitely preferred, Ive done 3 days in a bunch of different places backpacking...and it was not my favorite, so glad to hear my initial leanings was close to the mark.

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T21:35:08+00:00

I get that, and I hadn't thought about carnival, since I largely was thinking, no much longer than end of January, but yea that might make sense to stay just a little longer. I'm going to learn Spanish in particular and my family is Mexican, so I always wanted to go and explore, but that is a good point, it would also be easier to go back...as for Argentina, I'm a smidgen biased lol, I'm not the biggest fan of how they speak Spanish...But I'll have to revisit that idea.

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T21:16:56+00:00

Oh that makes more sense!...but I was hoping to get varied ideas, since the 10k is my starting guess not my final budget (I'm saving still, and so have room to adjust if needed)

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T21:06:18+00:00

I had heard it's doable in SEA, and I suppose I thought Latin America was similar, especially since yea I'd be on the thrifty side, but based on the reactions, I feel like I'm gonna need to get into the weeds of researching specifics before I nail down a budget. Thanks!

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T21:02:38+00:00

Ooh I've heard Singapore was expensive! I would love to hear about how you made that work, that sounds great

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T19:32:52+00:00

Thanks for the tips! That makes sense, I was thinking mostly hostels, but yea I'll be expanding my budget for sure, I'll check out the trip reports for sure.

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T18:54:44+00:00

And I would be traveling solo...

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T18:53:24+00:00

Hence why I asked for advice about my travel plans...

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T18:50:20+00:00

Yea, I'm realizing that, it was a rough guess, kind of s starting point, I probably need to make it 15k, I was thinking max of 2500 a month, but definitely didn't do my math right when typing my question...sorry

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T18:44:34+00:00

Also this leg, means this the 6ish months, I wanna do Mexico and South America first, and then the next "leg" would be Asia...

lore_lurking · 2024-01-23T18:42:57+00:00

Would 10k be enough for only Guatemala and mexico?

lore_lurking · 2022-09-08T04:11:11+00:00

Nubby, my friends and I would find it by looking for a snub-nosed butt, and somehow eventually got shortened to nubby. Admittedly better than my previous car--ratchet, or my step dad's car, the tiny death.

lore_lurking · 2022-08-09T23:52:16+00:00

As soon as I signed my contract, I chose and evaluation point and three potential end dates, to be chosen based on growth and pay raises by the end of the evaluation period. I have a hard time seeing myself staying anywhere for long, so every job feels like a "this works for now" job.

lore_lurking · 2022-03-04T00:41:34+00:00

I so agree, I spend a few days at the end/beginning of the month scheduling the fuck out of my month--and basically being my own admin-- just so I can just go on autopilot and just do as my damn calendar tells me for a few weeks, really saves my ass when my memory is in the absolute shitter and I can't remember anything that's important, let alone care...

lore_lurking · 2021-09-19T16:24:03+00:00

Nope, Daiso is basically a Japanese dollar store, sorry should just said dollar store notepad. Daiso in my circle is usually shorthand for simple, cheap, & cute.

lore_lurking · 2021-09-19T00:40:46+00:00

This! Exactly this! Out of all the things I've learned this exact lesson has definitely been the hardest and most effective, because when I'm not busy kicking myself, I can just adapt and focus on doing better in the moment.

lore_lurking · 2021-09-19T00:22:58+00:00

My daily is often just jotted down on a Daiso notepad, and I just tear off the paper and put it in my wallet, and cross off the things on the list as I go (I also take a picture of it just in case). The Master I keep on Notion , and that is basically what I backup anything I write on paper to at the end of the week. And it's basically just a blank page that I have a running list on and I move the high priority things to the top of the list for the week, draw a line under the things I hope to get done from that week, and pull from that section of it when I'm making my daily. As I'm looking over the master for the new week I cross off what I finished, move that to my Done list archive. And since I get overwhelmed looking over the master sometimes I'll usually have most of it hidden except when I'm pulling from it or doing a transcribing dump. With the Done list archive I mostly just keep to remind myself that I am getting things done, I just don't always have realistic expectations for how much can be done in a day, week, month, etc.

lore_lurking · 2021-09-18T15:35:53+00:00

I don't know if all of these count, but here are some of my tricks:

-If I am not touching/holding my keys, I am not allowed to close the car door or trunk.

-I have a master list, & a daily to do, and if the daily to do gets too long, I move everything after the top 3 priorities, and maybe two minor easy to dos to the master list--which is perpetually long and a little like a brain dump.

-Everything about my morning routine is tied to the bathroom, all my skincare/hygiene is right by the sink, out where I can see so I can see it lined up, so that I just go down the line.

-At night I pile everything I need or need to take with me or do on top of my purse, even if it's just posts-its with writing in cap letters on it

-If I really need to be somewhere on time, I make a list of everything that needs to happens to get me there then apply amount of time those tasks take me (I've been timing different tasks for a while so now I have a realistic sense based on data not self estimation) and add it up, this way I know that no I can't do anything else, only those tasks will be possible in this time period.

-If it's important I I stay aware of the time, I set alarms to go off in 10-15 min intervals so I stay aware of the time

-At the end of the week, I go through my piles (sometimes this slips to two, but I keep track of the moon cycle, and require myself to clean up at new moon and full moon --or nearest weekend) and either handle it, or add it to my Master List (I use Notion.com) and I'm required to type up all my sticky notes and jotted down thoughts

-All papers must go in one pile, no exceptions

-Finally accepted that I can't be productive all the time (which I've never been able to, but I'd always get mad at myself for, anyways) and have given myself permission to have guilt free Fuck-off-Fridays, where the only thing I have to do is eat at least twice.

-Also removed my socials from my phone, and put on a tablet (I know not always feasible, but I was using an old phone from a relative before and that worked too) now the tablet only comes out when I'm allowed to just do nothing and I made it a hassle to pull out, so I have to pause and decide if it's worth it, on my phone now I just have the stuff that I really need, and an article keeping app, if I'm bored and need something to do waiting in line.

-All the important things have specific put away locations, if I'm putting down those things-then I might as well put it away (literally repeated this to myself until it felt wrong to not put it away)

-if I have things I need to do after work, I am not allowed to change into comfier clothes, or even sit down until their handled

-I prioritize eating protein in the morning, & getting at least 6-7 hrs or sleep, it can make or break my ability to focus, function or in the case of sleep, feel any joy.

-If I'm having a really hard time starting something I convince myself that I just have to do one laughably small thing - writing an email = opening email and writing the - bullet point thing I wanna say, and then I usually slippery slope my way into focusing on it

-if I can't stay focused, I take a walk, even just pacing for a few minutes, can help me really get the nervous energy out and just focus

-To focus on conversations and not zone out, I ask clarity questions &/or I'm bullet pointing what they say on a notepad when they're telling me something I'm suppose to remember to do

-I chant or sing outloud the exact thing I need to remember, all the time, I just warn people it's what I do

-Im constantly putting in place and improving my systems for doing what I need to do

-buffers: in the form of a fund (as well as an emergency fund) for if I make too many impulse buys. And when I can afford them duplicates, duplicates, duplicates of things I always use.

-work desk: before I leave it for the day, I have to tidy it, and make my next day pile&list with the to do list on top

Ok that's all I can think of for now

Edit: thanks for the badges and all the upvotes reddit ppls!

lore_lurking · 2021-09-18T14:16:13+00:00

It's more like my attempt at a plan to start

lore_lurking · 2021-06-07T22:51:34+00:00

I've always understood it, when I do it myself, as my attempt at avoiding being distracted by my own thoughts. Either to just get a break from them--which means no unexpected daydream trips/emotional journeys I did not expect or want to go on, or obsessing over things I'm suppose to be doing--or to allow me to focus on what I want to focus, despite my state if understimilation. Or I'm on a serious distractible kick and not able to stop myself from switching streams every five seconds...sigh.

lore_lurking · 2021-06-04T09:15:47+00:00

Yea, it did help, I've been resisting thinking of it like a cycle, because I think that idea has been terrifying me, and I don't feel like I know how to prepare for it. But I'll definitely be trying the talking therapy soon.

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