Hi Mustachians!
I find myself in an interesting position-yesterday I was fired from a job for the first time. It was a job that I was ready to leave and have been looking for new jobs, but it still is a situation that I never thought I'd find myself in. However, I do consider it a blessing in disguise. I've been thinking a lot lately about how I want to live my life, especially after I found MMM, and I don't think that going out and finding another job in an office is the path I want to take. I have always dreamed of moving out west and working at a ski resort or in a ski town, or moving abroad and working as I travel through different countries. However, now that this opportunity has presented itself, I find myself worried that perhaps it's not as simple a choice as I think. Has anyone here had success leaving the office life behind and going a non-traditional route?
Things I'm worried about: not making enough money, not being able to return to corporate life if I find that the more nomadic, laid-back life is not for me.
Luckily I have a small emergency fund, will be getting 6 weeks of severance, and have some liquid investments that I could tap into if absolutely necessary, so I have some time to figure out where I want to go, but I am worried that I am being blinded by the allure of just going out west, essentially to live the ski bum lifestyle, and when the realities sink in, I may find myself in a hole that's very hard to climb out of, if I ever do decide to return to traditional employment. However, to me, the end game of me living the mustachian lifestyle was always to allow myself to live this way and not have to work in an office for the rest of my life. My intent has always been to work for the next 5 years or so, until I paid off my student loans and had accrued a bit more sizable nest egg, and then leave to do these things. I'm only 24, so haven't build up much of a solid foundation yet, but also feel like this may my chance to go for it and make my dreams happen.
SO, any thoughts, advice, stories of someone doing something similar?