Hopeless saver looking to runaway overseas in the next 2 years. Thursday, October 6, 2011. I started this blog when I was out of control. I had no control over my spending habits, I had no control over my social partying and I had no control over my diet and health. I spent my time gleaning the archives of other PF bloggers, learning about budgets, credit card interest and paying off debt till it finally all clicked for me and I was able to pay off my credit card. Talk to you all .

So you want to go travelling? Just imagine relaxing on a golden beach in Thailand trekking through a teeming jungle in Peru . swimming up close and personal with the inhabitants of the Great Barrier Reef roaming the electric streets of Tokyo at 3am in a sake-fuelled haze ah, the possibilities! But as the real world back seeps back in - a dreary nine-to-five desk-job, perhaps? Your dream can feel so very distant, perhaps even unattainable. Won t it be expensive? How much will I need? .

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