Hi I'm almost 17, probably going to be a HS graduate by December 2017 or January 2018. I work at a Mcdonalds. I just started working last week, and by the time I get paid(in a week I think) I will probably have $375 saved up in my bank account. I get paid biweekly and not sure if my hours are going to be the same after the next couple weeks, right now I am working about 25 hours a week, and getting paid 9.25/hr. I am hoping to save up at the very least $500 a month, I dont know if I am under or over estimating.
Right at this very moment, not having been paid yet or anything, I have $75 to my name.
I go back and forth with my plans for my future. I definitely want to go to college at some point and will definitely start out at a community college.
I just learned of this website called WWOOF, its basically a place where you can find a host family basically anywhere in the world, and work on their organic farm in exchange for a bed and food. The Netherlands has been in my mind for a few years now, I would really really love to live there someday. There are a bunch of hosts with openings in the Netherlands, and they all offer different amounts of stays but I would most likely look for someone who was looking for a worker to stay for 6 months to a year or two. I have never worked on a farm, but have been around farms, and animals my whole life. Also have a teeny bit of experience with gardening/growing produce because my parents used to do that. I have very little experience or knowledge but its a huge interest of mine, mostly because I really love farm animals and I have always planned on owning my own farm when I am older.
I live in Texas right now and will graduate here. A plane ticket would cost anywhere between $300 and $500. I would have one large suitcase and a backpack for my clothes and whatever else. I would live rent free, and wouldnt have to worry about food, though I would be working everyday and won't make an income.
Are there anyways I can make money along with doing this? Could I invest money and let my savings grow? Besides the ticket, I would need money for other things as well such as shampoo/soap, pads/tampons, other bathroom sorta things. I would have my laptop and camera and phone with me. My phone will probably still be paid for by my mother thankfully but eventually I will need to pay for that. I cant really think of things that I may need money for but I know that there are a lot. I take medication and see a therapist but I wouldnt really worry about that too much to be honest. Maybe that is dumb but my mental health and the possibility of me moving to a different country is something I can figure out with my doctor and therapist.
Is this all a dumb plan? I dont like the thought of myself going straight to college, getting a job I dont particularly like, and feeling like my life is boring. Nothing against anyone who does that it just isnt for me, and I just want time before I actually go to college. I dont know what I want to study and I just see myself being genuinely happy learning how to grow produce and work with farm animals. I have never been anywhere except US and Canada but I am in love with the Netherlands and I just want to do something really different than I have ever done before. Despite how sure I am that I want to do something different and something I wouldnt have expected myself to do, I feel like I am young and people will think I am really ridiculous for wanting to this, and I am afraid of people thinking I will fail. Or I guess I am more afraid of people thinking that and actually being right.
Submitted February 09, 2017 at 05:11PM by idontwannadiepls http://ift.tt/2kxzIa4
