A bright idea

I have done a lot of travel through the years, but not as much as I would like, due to family responsibilities or lack of money, or due to work and lack of time and money, always something followed by lack of money.

However, the desire to travel was always there. Deep inside I knew one day I would be able to do it, it was just a matter of time.

After leaving my job, (for reasons I will not go into), I looked for work for 2 years. Unable to find something suitable, that paid a decent salary, I started thinking of alternatives to working; I was fed up with looking for work and getting rejected. It is so frustrating, but out of frustrations come great ideas.

At that time, I started asking myself, how much longer will I wait, hoping for a job that was not happening? Nobody wanted me. Maybe because of my age (I am not as young as I think I am), or because of my vast education and experience, or, who knows why, the point it is that I could not find a job.

At that moment, I had two choices:

1.      Stay home moping and feeling sorry for myself because nobody wanted me

Or

2.      Try to do something with all the free time I had.

Guess which one I choose?

            Yes, I desired to travel the world.

Many people told me that I was mad.

            How can I think of going around the world by myself?

Being a woman?

Without that much money?

At my age?

It is bad enough that some people did not think I could do this, because I am a female, and going alone, but do they had to throw in my age? I am not that young but I am not that old either, actually, I refuse to be old.

Where that it says that only young people can backpack or gallivant through the world? I have a lot of energy and I am in great shape.  Because I am a little older, hopefully, I have common sense. (yea, sure)

So, why not?

After all, life is too short, and I wanted to enjoy mine now.

I still did have not that much money, so I had to figure a way to do all the travel I wanted to do without having a big expense.

That is when I came with the idea of house sitting. There are people all over the world looking for house sitters, you just pick where you want to go and when.

So, why not me.