The last year or so since discovering MMM it has really opened my eyes to what I want in life. I used to be much more of a consumer valuing unmustachian things as opposed to experiences.
A little about myself. I am 27 and my fiancé is 21. We've been together 3 years. I work in the industrial new construction industry, thus we travel all over the country for work. She occasionally works but often not, as she doesnt make a fraction of what I do and we enjoy having more free time to spend together. On average I make the equivalent of 150-200k a year or so. Since we travel, we live full time in a 5th wheel we tow with my truck. We owe about 95k on these two items. Truck will be paid off in 3 and trailer in 7, interest rates are low enough I'd rather invest than pay off sooner. Plus, the trailer is our house so I look at it like that.
Needless to say, I'm starting to get a bit burnt out. I want a house eventually, I want a big shop that I can put gym equipment and welding equipment in. I used to be a welder by trade and fitness has been a life long passion.
I see a few different options which I'll lay out:
1. Continue doing this another 6-8 years and have enough saved to pay cash for a house and have a good chunk of withdrawal on interest from my investments. I may be able to retire early or Either start a business doing what I love to make an extra 30-40k, or just go and do contract work like I do now for a few months out of the year. I could also do this living somewhere I love.
2. Stop traveling sooner, and get a permanent job somewhere I don't love but pays well, could probably make 100-120k somewhere I am not a big fan of. I could get a house sooner and still have a house, shop, etc. I probably couldn't do the hobbies I want as I wouldn't be in a location I want. Snowboarding, good mountain biking, etc. the locations I'd really like to live I could maybe make half that, and living ERE like or working for 30 hrs isn't too appealing.
3. Travel a few more years, buy a house somewhere I enjoy, but continue traveling for 8-9 months a year, taking 3-4 off. Maybe using that time to try and get a business kicked off.
Either way, I'm not miserable right now as I enjoy my job for the most part and get paid well, I just feel like I'm going to waste these years of my prime living in places I don't care for (the south for the most part, I hate the summers which is like march through november lol)
I just feel like I'm in a tough spot. Either way the best thing I can do now is continue making money and saving. I feel like if the housing market takes a decent dive in the next few years, I'd take advantage of that and buy a house somewhere I'd really like and go from there.
Anyways, just throwing these things out there, looking for some input or maybe ideas I haven't thought of.