Hi, fresh account here. Been on reddit on and off? for a couple years but I decided to finally make a dedicated account.
Anyways, hi. I'm a 24 year old… something that's lived indoors pretty much my entire life. I don't leave my house for much other than work, and for a while I thought I was happy. Not only having work, I knew I was miserable there, but in this… life of just kind of existing. The truth is, it's kind of killing me. I don't take care of myself anymore because I don't see the point, and everyone in my life does not care because at least I have a job.
That's my fault – I didn't for two straight years and was very over reliant on the people in my life at the time. I holed myself up in my room much like I do now, just. I didn't go anywhere at all.
I need to get out and see the world around me, before I just snap. The monotony is absolutely draining and driving me crazy. I do not get how people live like this, just day in and day out doing the exact same thing and not want to put their head in a wall.
I am realistic though, I know if I want to do this I need to save up a significant amount of money. Hotels alone would eat through things very quickly. So here's my question, to anyone that might know:
How much money, realistically, would you have to save to be able to go drifting around the US for a year? As much as I'd want to make a life out of it I don't think that's really possible in our day and age, but I at least need something. The only bill I really pay at the moment is a $40 phone bill, so I can start stashing away every penny I get now (and at the moment i have about 2k in savings).