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Took a year off from work to live in the woods, it was great.

Had some luck with crypto a few years ago and immediatly made plans to move out of the country and live in the woods for a while with my GF. Now, almost a year after I have left, and a few weeks before returning to my homecountry due to running out of money: I can confidently say that last year was one of the best years in my life. Not working rocks. Would advise everyone who is financially capable to do the same. Don't wait until you are retired. If I am ever going the get the same opportunity, I'll do it all again without a second thought. Costs: Total cost for everything past year was about ~30.000 euro's (including moving and literally everything else) for an entire year of not working and just doing what I feel like. You'd have to be careful with your expenses, but it was…


Had some luck with crypto a few years ago and immediatly made plans to move out of the country and live in the woods for a while with my GF. Now, almost a year after I have left, and a few weeks before returning to my homecountry due to running out of money: I can confidently say that last year was one of the best years in my life. Not working rocks.
Would advise everyone who is financially capable to do the same. Don't wait until you are retired. If I am ever going the get the same opportunity, I'll do it all again without a second thought.

Costs:
Total cost for everything past year was about ~30.000 euro's (including moving and literally everything else) for an entire year of not working and just doing what I feel like. You'd have to be careful with your expenses, but it was very doable for us! We spent about 1600 euro's per month on everything (groceries, electricity, rent, healthcare etc.) with the two of us and used the rest of the money for the cross-country move and back.

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