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Should We Just Go?

April 16th, 2009 at 05:04 am

We're about to hit a crossroads. DH is a Japanese Interpreter, and he has been working a short-term assignment in Seattle. It's been great...2 months of free accomodation, and a high salary. We have saved more money in 2 months than we ever have in our lifetime. But it's about to end in 2 weeks. DH has been working 2 full time jobs, one in Seattle, and one on the internet. He has been literally sleeping on average 4 hours a night for 2 months.
Now, we have to decide whether we should pursue another full time job in the US, or we could live overseas on his online salary. His online salary is not great, but it's enough to live on in South America. But we may not be able to save much money for a while.
Getting a good job in the US, and saving a lot of money sounds great, but DH is worn out. His online job is stable, but we don't know how permanent. He's hired on a yearly contract. He may not have this job next year. So we may never have this chance again to live anywhere in the world with a full time online job.

Anyone have any advice?

Hi!

April 10th, 2009 at 05:39 am

I've been a lurker for a couple of years. I finally decided to join in with the blogs!

This blog is about my family scrimping and saving up enough money to retire early overseas. DH and I are in our late 30's, and we'd like to retire in our 40's.

We plan to live in a less-developed country, where our savings will go farther. We don't know exactly where yet, but half the fun is deciding!