Money

Real budgets, real numbers: what I spend, how I travel on points, and the money decisions behind a year abroad on $12,000.

Essays | Money
Everything I Own Is for Sale
ByDylan Harris November 10, 2026October 31, 2026 Reading Time: 6 minutes
I’m selling my car the day before I leave the country, because it’s both my biggest expense and the thing that pays for everything. What it’s like to turn a life into four totes and one number.
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Essays | Money | Moving Abroad
How I’m Planning to Travel Full-Time on $12,000 a Year
ByDylan Harris August 30, 2026October 31, 2026 Reading Time: 8 minutes
My real budget for a full year abroad on $12,000: Albania, Georgia and Southeast Asia, the three levers that make it work, and where the plan could break.
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Essays | Money
Why $4,000 a Month Stopped Feeling Like Enough
ByDylan Harris August 30, 2026October 31, 2026 Reading Time: 7 minutes
I went from about $1,500 a month to about $4,000 a month in Houston and ended up in the same place. Lifestyle inflation never feels like inflation.
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