It certainly sounds like you are having fun, but I have read so many blogs that start out “I sold the house, put the dog in a kennel, kissed the family good-bye, and headed off for years to see … ” These “wandering nomad” blogs are so much fun to read but they are a bit unrealistic for the bulk of your readers. How many of us can pick up and leave home, job, and family for years? Not very many. So what are the rest of us to do?

There is an alternative–what I call a working vacation. This is simply a short-term overseas posting that you take during a leave of absence (or summer vacation or sabbatical) from your regular job. I think that you get many of the benefits of living overseas with the added benefit of being able to come back to your home, family, and regular paycheck. My wife and I (both teachers) have lived and worked overseas 15 separate times–Australia to Zimbabwe, Mauritius to Mongolia–never once reaching into my wallet and never once giving up my day job. You can read about our realistic adventures on otherguysdime.wordpress.com.

Michael

I recently found your blog on TBEX and I thought you might be interested in UpTake’s new program called “Travel Gems” that features blog content from across the web on our site. It brings great blog content to a wider audience and helps bloggers like yourself increase traffic to their own blogs. I’d love to speak to you more about how this program works and see if you are interested in participating.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!

Best,
Brittany