The 3 lessons from the book most crucial to getting in the right mindset, taking your
first steps, and seeing if vagabonding is for you:
1. You must change your attitude towards money.
2. Adopt the mindset of vagabonding long before you start.
3. Start with simplifying material possessions in 3 steps.
Think long-term travel is just for gypsies? You’re about to learn something new!
Lesson 1: Your relationship with money has to change.
Are you independent? Most likely, you’ll answer this with a resounding no. The majority
of people depends on things. We depend on our location, because our job is there. We
depend on our job, because it’s where our money comes from.
Especially when it comes to financial independence, we only see it as this rare reality for
the two extreme ends of the spectrum: those who have absolutely nothing, and those
who are rich beyond their dreams.
But long-term travel is a dream that’s accessible to anyone in 2016. Just think of
Charlie Sheen in Wall Street. Even in the 80’s, his idea that he had to make a ton of
money to live his dream of riding a motorcycle across China was ridiculous. He probably
made enough money to do that in a week. Heck, you could clean dishes for six months
and have enough for a plane ticket, an old motorcycle and a few weeks worth of food.
Our relationship with money makes us see travel as a luxury, which is why we think
of “a vacation” just like we think of a new car or an expensive TV – it costs a ton of
money and is a one-time thing.
But tightly packed, stressful, calculated flat fee holiday cruises with a fixed budgets
provide none of the rich experiences travel is really about. If you think there might be a
vagabond inside you, the first thing that’ll have to change is your relationship with
money.
Here’s how.
Lesson 2: Vagabonding is really a mindset you have to adopt long before you
reach the airport.
If you’re like most people, you work to make a living, and then reward yourself
occasionally with a vacation. Vagabonds, however, work only to travel.
They travel solely for the sake of traveling, and therefore earning money is part of their
mission to earn the freedom to do just that. So vagabonding doesn’t start with picking a
departure date at the travel agent or arriving at the check-in counter at the airport.
It starts with saving money, poring over maps, figuring out your destination and your
why and finally stopping to make excuses and putting off your journey.
Vagabonds are like children in many regards, they look, they learn, they encounter their
fears and change their habits on the go. This attitude isn’t something you’re handed
with your passport at the security check. You’ll have to develop it over time, and
planning your journey is a big part of that.
And unless you’re a trustafarian, who never has to worry and just travels as a
distraction from their real life with their parents’ money, you’ll have to save some
money and think about what lies ahead, so get started on just that.
Lesson 3: Start with simplifying material possessions in 3 steps.
Here are some actionable things you can do as soon as today to develop a vagabonding
mindset. They all relate to simplifying your material possessions, because simplicity
is a core concept any vagabond must embrace. After all, you can’t take your entire
apartment with you, things just slow you down.
1. Stop expanding. Don’t buy more stuff. That’s it. Nope, not even travel
accessories. Do you know how many travel shops there are in the world?
Millions! Every airport sells water filters, batteries and plug adapters now,
there’s no need to get it all before even stepping on the plane. A pair of good
shoes and a durable backpack will get you almost anywhere these days.
2. Start saving. Don’t eat out so much. Cook at home. Bring lunch to work. Eat only
Ramen noodles for a week. Cut back a bit on luxuries and put some money into
a travel fund.
3. Reduce. Now it’s time to sell those old video games at a garage sale. Less stuff to
pack and more money in your travel fund, it’s a win-win!
As you’re planning you’ll see that every dollar saved now will pay off 3x later. For
example, for the price of two take-out pizzas in America, you can eat delicious food for
almost a week in India!
Once you’re done with those three steps, try to put everything you own into your
backpack and see how you fare. Depending on how much is left over, it might be time to
start the second round
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