Comments on: My One Year Plan to Quit my Job and Move to a New Country! http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/ Celebrating Global Citizens in Pursuit of an Excellent Life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-21488 John Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:46:16 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-21488 Thanks for the well wishes Jeff. Earning online income is definitely an ongoing process but we manage to keep our costs really low to make our saving go further. Thanks for the well wishes Jeff.

Earning online income is definitely an ongoing process but we manage to keep our costs really low to make our saving go further.

]]> By: Jeff @ Digital Nomad Journey http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-21482 Jeff @ Digital Nomad Journey Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:59:28 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-21482 This is both a bold and important move you are making John - good for you! If not now, when? That's a great question, there is never a perfect time. It is good that you had assets to sell, in order to fund your multi year travels. Hopefully, your Internet ventures will provide an income stream to continue on this way! Best of luck :) This is both a bold and important move you are making John – good for you!

If not now, when?

That’s a great question, there is never a perfect time. It is good that you had assets to sell, in order to fund your multi year travels. Hopefully, your Internet ventures will provide an income stream to continue on this way!
Best of luck :)

]]> By: Angelo http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-12946 Angelo Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:21:37 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-12946 An internet based income would be the best so you can make money no matter where you live. A solid business stuck in any one place is a weight. An internet based income would be the best so you can make money no matter where you live. A solid business stuck in any one place is a weight.

]]> By: Justin Klein http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-7150 Justin Klein Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:24:26 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-7150 Hey John, From one digital nomad to another...I just stumbled on your site, and I love it! I actually spent over 2 years living in Japan myself (first as a student, then as a game developer - both in Kyoto), and since quitting my job there have been bouncing around the world as much as possible. Just got done with a 3-month stint in Eastern Europe & Scandinavia (grrr...Schengen...), and am looking at heading to SE Asia next month, if all goes well. Anyway, just wanted to say a quick hello - it's always cool to find others with such a similar outlook on life & the world. Who knows, maybe our paths will cross at some point, somewhere in the world :) J~ Hey John,

From one digital nomad to another…I just stumbled on your site, and I love it! I actually spent over 2 years living in Japan myself (first as a student, then as a game developer – both in Kyoto), and since quitting my job there have been bouncing around the world as much as possible. Just got done with a 3-month stint in Eastern Europe & Scandinavia (grrr…Schengen…), and am looking at heading to SE Asia next month, if all goes well.

Anyway, just wanted to say a quick hello – it’s always cool to find others with such a similar outlook on life & the world. Who knows, maybe our paths will cross at some point, somewhere in the world :)

J~

]]> By: Why I am so Successful (Hint: It is not because of my over-sized ego) | JetSetCitizen.com http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 Why I am so Successful (Hint: It is not because of my over-sized ego) | JetSetCitizen.com Wed, 05 May 2010 17:38:34 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-4719 [...] enough was enough and last spring I made a public declaration on this blog that we were going to leave Japan and change our careers within one year. It was that deadline and [...] [...] enough was enough and last spring I made a public declaration on this blog that we were going to leave Japan and change our careers within one year. It was that deadline and [...]

]]> By: Johnny http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Johnny Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:19 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-1990 Hi, I recently found this blog and its an inspiration for me. I'm nearly finished school and I have big aspirations to live in a foreign country after university. I've been trying to find stories about people who have done so but its more interesting to actually follow one happening. I would like to follow you on twitter and get the rest of the story. Best of luck. Hi, I recently found this blog and its an inspiration for me. I’m nearly finished school and I have big aspirations to live in a foreign country after university. I’ve been trying to find stories about people who have done so but its more interesting to actually follow one happening. I would like to follow you on twitter and get the rest of the story. Best of luck.

]]> By: An Introduction To Lifestyle Design http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 An Introduction To Lifestyle Design Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:23:53 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-1716 [...] is a whole group of awesome people out there blogging, teaching, living the principles of lifestyle design.  I love reading about their lives and what they are doing with the idea of lifestyle [...] [...] is a whole group of awesome people out there blogging, teaching, living the principles of lifestyle design.  I love reading about their lives and what they are doing with the idea of lifestyle [...]

]]> By: John http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 John Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:22:41 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-1538 Hi Dwight, Thanks for the great comment! Please keep in touch I would love to hear more about your adventure. Hi Dwight,

Thanks for the great comment! Please keep in touch I would love to hear more about your adventure.

]]> By: Dwight http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 Dwight Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:00:03 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-1534 Hi John. I just found your blog and am getting caught up on as much of your story as I can. My wife and I are nearly 30 (me next month, her next year) with a two-year-old. We got a brief taste of backpacking when we were 25, quitting our jobs in Alberta, selling our house and moving whatever was left of our belongings back to our home province of Ontario, before backpacking New Zealand, Oz, Malaysia, London, Paris and Barcelona. A crazy eight months for sure. Now we're itching again, and we need to get going before our little girl goes to Kindergarten. It would mean quitting jobs again -- and I'm on the fast-track to a great career in journalism, although working 19 hour days and being addicted to a BlackBerry like my boss is hardly what the sane, carefree human in me sees as a future, as my mind and heart is already discovering new customs and countries around the world. Taking the step to living the life we want to live is going to be tough, especially with all our less wordly friends and family judging us for giving up our "future" to travel (ugh, I can already hear the whispers), but with websites like yours, hopefully we can make it a reality. I just wanted to thank you for the work you do to help guys like me chase what really matters in life, and that's experiencing it. Cheers. .-= Dwight´s last blog ..<a href="http://northumberland.typepad.com/dwight_irwin/2009/10/layne-checking-for-rhinos-and-bears-which-were-chasing-us-along-a-stretch-of-the-ganaraska-trail-on-sundaymy-imagination-is.html" rel="nofollow">Re-discovering my long-lost imagination</a> =-. Hi John. I just found your blog and am getting caught up on as much of your story as I can. My wife and I are nearly 30 (me next month, her next year) with a two-year-old. We got a brief taste of backpacking when we were 25, quitting our jobs in Alberta, selling our house and moving whatever was left of our belongings back to our home province of Ontario, before backpacking New Zealand, Oz, Malaysia, London, Paris and Barcelona. A crazy eight months for sure.

Now we’re itching again, and we need to get going before our little girl goes to Kindergarten. It would mean quitting jobs again — and I’m on the fast-track to a great career in journalism, although working 19 hour days and being addicted to a BlackBerry like my boss is hardly what the sane, carefree human in me sees as a future, as my mind and heart is already discovering new customs and countries around the world.

Taking the step to living the life we want to live is going to be tough, especially with all our less wordly friends and family judging us for giving up our “future” to travel (ugh, I can already hear the whispers), but with websites like yours, hopefully we can make it a reality.

I just wanted to thank you for the work you do to help guys like me chase what really matters in life, and that’s experiencing it.

Cheers.
.-= Dwight´s last blog ..Re-discovering my long-lost imagination =-.

]]> By: John http://www.jetsetcitizen.com/work-anywhere/my-one-year-plan-to-quit-my-job-and-move-to-a-new-country/comment-page-1/#comment-972 John Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:07:32 +0000 http://jetsetcitizen.com/?p=345#comment-972 Hi Lynna, I definitely understand your feelings. Big change is very scary. When I rationalize out the worst case scenarios, I understand that my wife and I will be better for the change. However, just doing drastically different things is such a shock. It is too easy to get complacent and never change again. Unfortunately, that is what most people seem to do. Hi Lynna,

I definitely understand your feelings. Big change is very scary. When I rationalize out the worst case scenarios, I understand that my wife and I will be better for the change. However, just doing drastically different things is such a shock. It is too easy to get complacent and never change again. Unfortunately, that is what most people seem to do.

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