Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Life adventure

Ways To Finance Your Next Big Adventure

Properly managing your personal finances can afford you a lot of things in life.  When you know how to get the bills paid and have enough left over for savings, you’re on top of your game.  

Sometimes it’s nice to step away from the strict discipline and find your way into a big adventure.  Whether it’s the Northern Lights or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, you should be able to make your adventurous dreams a reality.  

Take a moment now to read a little about how you can take steps to fund your next big adventure, and start plotting a course today.  

You might want to go real big 

You might want to go huge with your next life adventure and move to another country!  If that’s the case, you could sell your house for cash.  Selling your house will bring in a pretty penny, and you can use that money to start a new life somewhere else.  

Take this step with caution, though.  You don’t want to do such a thing as selling your house without thinking it through.  Make sure you put plenty of planning and thought into this move before making a decision.  

Start a savings account 

If you want to go the more practical route, you could start a savings account solely aimed towards achieving your adventurous goals.  Work your savings into your weekly or monthly budget (however you do it), and watch the total grow every pay period.  

You may have to wait a while to actually be able to take your next trip, but slow and steady wins the race, right?  You’ll have more time to plan the details of your adventure when you take it slow.  

Get a personal loan 

If you have a good credit score, you could get a personal loan to fund your adventure.  A week at the beach or in the mountains could get expensive if you’re a fan of creature comforts.  

However, you could plan an off-grid adventure that won’t cost you much money at all.  You’ll just need the money to buy gear to keep you safe as you explore.  

Get a side hustle to make more dough

If you don’t really have much disposable income at this current moment, then your problem is that you need more money.  You could generate more money with a side hustle or a second job.  Side hustles are a bit more fun, though, as you can name your own work hours.  

Join the military 

You can really find adventure by joining the military.  It takes a special soul to really commit to military service, but you’ll have a heck of an adventure serving any branch of the military.