I've been interested in building my own 120 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels (http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/) for the past couple of years. I particularly like the design of this one and think it would work best for me - Tarleton. If I had $10-20 thousand laying around I would be right on it. But I don't. I've been thinking about this again recently. I'm trying to figure out how I could swing this without a job. Unless I cash in all my savings and retirement investments, there is no way it's going to happen any time soon. I do have enough to buy a decent 24-28 foot travel trailer, but I don't know if I would be happy for the next three or four years living in a camper (seems kind of ghetto too). I am also loathe to spend all of my money and not have any cushion. I would have to start taking out loans for school sooner than I had planned. And I would want to park the trailer in someone's unused backyard instead of a trailer or RV park. I wish I had learned about tiny houses a few years before I did. I would probably have one right now. I am going to try and get rid of some of the junk that I have been carting around for the last few years but don't really need. Possessions can be nice, but they certainly tie you down and limit what you can do.
I have also been thinking about going overseas after I graduate and teaching English somewhere. Its an option that I will keep open and might be the only chance I have to travel to another country (I don't count going to Tijuana or Vancouver, BC as leaving the country) and really experience another culture. If I have a lot of school debt, this might or might not work.
And moving to Europe or Central America will always be an option also (possibly even Brazil). Although I would probably want to learn another language if I do either of these.
I'll be thinking more about these and many other issues in the future. This could get ugly.
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