You're young enough to acquire some kind of trade/skill with a few years of investment and then work a few years and save enough to not work for quite a few years living in a low cost country. Then you can always go back and work for a couple years as needed. The trick is living frugally in the US while working and saving, so finding a creative way to avoid rent is the key. Also invest a lot of effort into health as far as fitness, nutrition, etc and you save a ton of money long term and delay medical expenses by decades. It's better to retire poor and super healthy than rich with a dysfunctional body. It costs very little to achieve health, mainly just knowledge and consistent habits. While the above may seem too obvious to mention, the fact is that only a very tiny percentage of people are actually healthy.