Selling all my stuff and moving to another country

After a few weeks of packing up my stuff and moving back into my parent's place (I know, the dream for any 23 year old...), I've decided that it's time for me to go out and see the world.

I was recently catching up with a friend and the topic of remote working came up. Just like me, he's an engineer who wanted to start a company, and had previously left his job to travel to the US to give it a go.

Now that he was back in the UK, the nasty weather and (sorry british public) moody people meant that he was thinking about moving to somewhere sunnier to work on the startup. He mentioned that he had previously been to Bali, and the living conditions there were ideal for building a company.

Whilst it was only a passing conversation, it piqued my interest and I quickly realised it would be a cool way to spend the coming year. With no responsibilities, job or mortgage, I really only needed to get rid of my car and a few superfluous items and hop on a plane.

It's really not even a competition

What's more, as I'm definitiely not planning on staying with my parents for a year, it would actually save me money to go out and get a flat in somewhere like cambodia compared to anywhere in the UK.

So, fast forward a few weeks and I've booked my flights, sold pretty much all of my stuff (bar my macbook, a few clothes and a very stylish fanny pack) and am mentally preparing myself for the 27-hour hell of two layovers before I reach a new world.

What's more, I've decided to try and do something constructive whilst on the other side of the world. I'm not a big partygoer and as I am travelling by myself, I need something to do to fill up the time in between lazing on the beach and exploring jungles. As a result, for the time I'm away, I will be building one startup per month, pooled from a set of ideas I have been coalescing for the past year.

The best case scenario is that I make enough money to be able to travel indefinitely, and the worst that could happen is that I build a load more portfolio projects and use them to help get me another software job when I return home with my tail between my legs.