Living in the USA?

This Blog Post was originally published on adagia.org.

So I've been a few days in Miami now. I travelled here with my uncle and my best friend to smoke some cigars and have a fantastic vacation. I'm really enjoying the trip but skip on today's "cigar lounge sitting", so I've got some time in the Airbnb on my own. Great to get some thoughts together.

As we were leaving the other Airbnb in Bonita Springs (we are now in Orlando), an idea struck my head: I've been working full-time remotely now since September last year, so why not do it in the USA? Of course, I would have to ask my workplace for permission and figure stuff out, but beforehand I'll have to see if I can pay it anyways.

Well, it turns out I can't with my current income. Staying a month in Florida (Bonita Springs, Miami, Fort Lauderdale or any other place) would cost at least 1k USD. Thinking about food and stuff that would add at least a few hundred more dollars. Since I've got a mortgage running on my Apartment back in Austria, a car to pay for and many other expenses that wouldn't stop, I can't do it. There is no way to calculate that number in a way that fits 🙈. So that's a no for no, but I think I will keep that idea in the back of my head. Well, it would also mess with my idea to buy a dog by the end of this year, but that's for another story.