All You Have To Do is Go!

Money is always among the top excuses why people don’t go out to experience the world. It’s easy to fall back on and has the bonus of drumming up a bit of pity for yourself while disparaging the perceived privileges of others. But the only real excuse is fear. The fear of uncertainty, the fear of being uncomfortable, the fear of being vulnerable. Don’t pay the fear tax by keeping yourself in an expensive bubble when you venture out.

All you have to do is to go!

New Escapologist contributor Heather Delaney strikes again. Her guide to low-cost long-term travel is brilliant.

You won’t want to do every last thing she suggests, but she knows what she’s talking about. Think about the ethic of what she’s saying.

Non-Escapologists never get to grips with the fantastical truth that you really can go (almost) anywhere and do (almost) anything. You don’t need lots of money. You don’t really need much of anything:

Wherever you’re going, people survive there in jeans! You don’t want to look like you’re ready to summit Mount Kilimanjaro while getting espresso next to a little abuelita in Madrid.

Once you have a backpack (the only travel essential, imo), if you are going to any sort of large city, they will have everything you need there.

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