Learn To Be A Travel Bum

S o You want to be a travel        America who don't already own      bum? Travelling the world,      one. If you do not own one, get    meeting exotic people in        one! There is no better            exotic places, with no                motivation for setting out on an   attatchments or day-to-day            adventure than staring into the    grumbles of our modern                blank visa pages of a brand new,   capitalistic consumer world- this     never been used passport! Trust    lifestyle attracts seriously          me, this will get you out the      adventurous people who have grown     door and on your way.              tired of modern American life.                                           The apparent ease and carefree        Step two: Get out of debt!         attitude of this breed of             Everyone wants to travel, but      travelbum is something that must      noone can afford it? Maybe         be prepared for and cultured,         without the car payment, cell      because not everyone is prepared      phone bill, gym membership,        to get up, leave their job,           mortgage or rent, and credit card  social status, and circle of          debt, you might have some extra    friends and family, and set out       money for travelling? It is        on an adventure around the world.     amazing how much we spend on the   If you feel that you are the kind     month to month with nothing to     of person that can give up the        show for it. Living cheaply,       comforts of home and most of your     selling expensive cars and         possessions, than get ready to        possessions, and rearranging your  become a travel bum!                  life to fit into a backpack is a                                         cathartic and purifying            Step one of becoming a world          experience that will change your   travelling, adventure seeking,        outlook on life. Can't live        self-sustaining travel bum is to      without that big screen TV? Well,  get yourself a passport. It is        is it going to fit into your       amazing the number of people in       backpack as you travel the world?  Nope! Sell it and use the money       so you should be able to scrape    to buy your first plane ticket.       by on whatever you are earning                                           while you travel.                  Step three: the work dillema.                                            This is a tough one. there are        Another option for travel is to    tons of ways to look at work:         get into some web based business,  some people are defined by their      which can earn you money while     profession, and some people look      you travel. This is a bit more     at work as the means to an end.       complicated to the beginner, but   For me, work is the means to          if you think you can swing it,     secure money so that I can spend      give it a shot! try                it while I travel. I am defined       http://profitease.info for just    by who I am and what I want, not      about the easiest way to make      what I do. If your profession or      money on the internet.             career is your life, you have                                            probably stopped reading anyway!      Step four. Do you really want to   If not, maybe you should look         be a travel bum? Can you spend     into saving your money from your      time by yourself or in company of  existing job for a few months,        some very eclectic, very           leave work on a good note, amd        culturally different people? Can   maybe they will rehire you when       you make new friends? can you      you come back. As far as making       appreciate other cultures on       money on the road, be positive,       their own terms? If so, than the   inquisitive, and keep your            experience you will gain by        options open and YOU WILL FIND        travelling the world, budget       WORK! If you have wage earning        style, will change your life! Get  skills here at home than you will     a passport, pay off your debts,    be able to earn a wage anywhere-      save some money, quit your job,    and most of the time your wage        fill your backpack with a first    will reflect the cost of living,      aid kit, some comfy clothes and a  notebook, and buy a plane ticket      world! The world is an amazing     to someplace exotic and change        and diverse place, but you would   the way you experience this           never know it sitting in traffic!  About the Author: Zachary Judd lives, breathes, and dreams of travel. Last nights dreams were tropical lefthand reef barrels and spicy indonesian food. The night before that was Czech beer and Polish women. He travels, surfs, hikes, and trys to make money to travel. September is his next trip with his girlfriend, going around the world. http://www.travelbums.info Source: www.isnare.com