We’re struggling. Apparently.
Ok so she is a kiwi but my hat goes off to her. She has 8 kids.
Yes you read that right. Eight kids.
Now I find this truly amazing. Not only is she intending to travel around the world she intends to take said 8 kids, 1 husband and 1 grandfather with her on the journey. Can you imagine the sheer willpower you would need to make that dream come true? Most of us have enough trouble saving and planning for ourselves let alone a hoard!
Now I’ve had a lot of questions about how I save for my trails in the world. Inevitably they then come with excuses. Now the ones I can not argue with are the ‘oh but you’re single’, or ‘you do not have/want kids’.
So to all of those, and the rest of you too. Check out Pilgrims’ Progress
She’s inspirational and I certainly intend to follow her travels, and that of her hoard!
“You don’t have kids” is probably not an unreasonable excuse. Surely, I can’t imagine how I could even afford to feed kids, let alone take them travelling. I have no idea how the pilgrim’s progress folks managed to pull it off (though they are admittedly travelling in somewhat different style than most backpackers.
But “You’re single” is a pretty silly excuse at the end of the day. Single people have the same expenses as coupled people, and indeed the economies of scale (shared rent/mortgage/utilities, reduced food costs) should actually make it easier for couples to travel. So long as they’re both on the same page when it comes to the importance of travelling and sticking to a budget. Which I guess is just an important thing to take into account when selecting a partner.