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edricarica  ·  3434 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 20 years from now what will you have wish you had done?

This is exactly what I did. I finished university (mid-collapse of economy) and went on a backpacking trip to Latin America, starting in Mexico...

Three years later, I'd never made it further south! I spoke fluent Spanish, had a Mexican boyfriend I lived with, a ranch full of horses and a job with the local television station.

When I got back to the UK, my British friends were still mostly jobless, mostly living at home. I got a job within 48 hours of arriving in London - it turned out that there was a huge demand for bilingual tech people in the British film industry.

So, yeah - getting lost basically got me my only marketable skills!

I'd definitely recommend it :)