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The question’s always there, usually unspoken, but always playing behind the eyes: “how on Earth do you afford to do that?” You see, we’ve engineered a lifestyle for ourselves which, at the age of 43, doesn’t include needing to work for a living. This sometimes puts us in a position where we need to explain how we’re able to spend ten or so months of the coming years travelling, which does, even to me, even now, sound implausible for folks in their 40’s.<\/p>\n

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43 is, of course, much earlier than most of us here in the UK ‘retire’, although we don’t consider ourselves retired – we’ve just removed the need to HAVE to work for a living. We will continue to work, but as and when we want to, and doing something which excites us – it will be on our terms. Also, we didn’t want to be reliant on ‘digital nomad’ type work – which means effectively working as a freelancer while you travel – perhaps writing articles for magazines. Neither of us wanted that kind of instability – we wanted a solid plan which should ensure we stay fed until we’re 90 or more.<\/p>\n

\"DSC05153At the moment we’re filling the great expanse of time freed up (by not commuting and being in an office 50 hours a week) with travel. With our pooch Charlie, the two of us plan to spend the next year or two (at least) wandering Europe and North Africa in a motorhome called Zagan. Odd name, yes. It’s the town in Poland adjacent to Stalag Luft III – the Great Escape camp (a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour there). We also have a small part of a house in the UK which we can use as and when we need it, which we call ‘the Cooler’ – again from the Great Escape! After those two years – who knows – whatever we do – we’ll want to do it.<\/p>\n

So, how did we get ourselves in this position? Here’s how:<\/p>\n