Hi there.
So to explain my situation: I'm 24 and have lived at home since graduating and have a long term internship at a top Premier League football team. It is by no means my ideal job and although its provided me with great experience I don't find it challenging anymore and feel like I've learnt all I can.
The salary isn't great but I've managed to pay off my overdraft and save about £4k. Most of my friends have moved away to other places and I think the time is coming to move somewhere else, travel and become more independent.
I thought I'd ask people here who may have been/are in similar positions. Ideally I look at now as the perfect time to travel and see the world, but my parents have the view that you shouldn't really leave a secure job until you have something else in place. Then again, they grew up in a different generation so I’m not sure they see things from my perspective.
I understand their view but at the same time I don't want this time to pass me by, as before I know it I could have a home, a mortgage, a wife and kids (!) and everything will be even harder by that point.
However, the world just seems so big and I have no idea at all where to start. I know Spanish and conversational Mandarin from my Uni degree and spent a year in China and Spain so I am used to travelling abroad, although I have always been with other friends during these times. There are so many places I’d like to go such as the US, Tokyo, Russia but have no plan in sight.
I've considered teaching abroad, although I'm not massively keen, unless it was the only option to travel. I quite like marketing, and I'd like to use my languages somehow. I've read a lot of posts about things people wished they had done at my age and a lot of them said ‘travel while you were still free’, although it is scary when I realise I may have to do this on my own seeing as most of my friends are settled in their various placements.
Sorry for the long winded post, just wanted to get everything down. What advice would you give me? I’ll be sure to read every response.
Thanks for reading!!
tl;dr: Have £4k saved up and looking for a new job/adventure outside UK. Speak English, Spanish and Mandarin. Want to see the world. Help.