RTW ticket booked - tick

If your interested, you can view the full itinerary (click).

Notice handed in - tick.

Very scary moment - drafted up a proper resignation letter at the last minute (well planned as always) - then whilst reviewing my goals for the end of this year with my boss, I decided now was the best time to confess my plans.

So far, no major comments at work - mainly surprise ! Feel a bit guilty... Ah well, I'm now offically beyond the "point of no return" !!!

So I'd better get a RTW ticket, I guess :)

4 days until I hand in my notice... still no RTW ticket purchased...

Good news is selling my life has gone well - both through amazon and work noticeboards. Chalked up aobut 400 quid from games, books and videos, with another 400-500 quid coming in from selling PCs and Palm Pilots.

One final selling drive of old board games and books once I'm back at home, and then see how the finaces are going. Should hopefulyl have sold enoguh stuff to pay for my entire ticket (leaving saved cash for rent and beer money).

Heck, I can sleep on long night bus journeys - more beer money that way :)

I declare today, April 22nd, "Sticking your tounge out" day
So there :)=

It appears there are a lot of people buying second hand shit out there... must of made alomst 200 quid on amazon marketplace in 2 weeks !
Been feeling the cold turkey of not buying CDs though... no new White stripes album for me... or Manitoba... or Massive attack... :(

Also been looking closer at routes and such - it looks like 1 grand will get me London -> NYC -> LA -> Fiji -> New Zealand -> Sydney -> Singapore -> Bangkok -> London, with a few thousands miles to spare for deviations.

Cancelled direct debits today - it's amazing how easily you rack up these "money leeches" to drain your salary. It feels so good to just lop them all off every year by moving house or travelling - to be able to confirm that every penny disappearing from your account is either being invested wisely, or contributing towards a painful Sat / Sun afternoon of hangover hell :)

Pre-holiday pledge :- no blogging while drunk !

Money - need money.

Apparently budgeting, like dieting, requires you to do more than say you are doing it - you actually have to do it as well !

So, in a killing 2 birds with 1 stone style-ee, I think I rigorous session on ebay should raise some extra funds, as well as clearing some of the old games / books / videos out of my folks place, for a fresh layer of crap to sit on top of.

Not sure I want to do a complete "all my life for sale" job, but anything that has gathered dust for 10 years is probably only worth keeping if dust replaces sterling as currency (In which case I will just haul all my old junk down the travel agents and blow in there direction...)