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Gap year planning advice

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ginj.nz
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Me and my mate have been talking about doing a gap year after school for years and now its finally coming up. What would be some things you guy would recomend getting sorted before we leave?
Mar 1 2022 5:52PM
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CantCork
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Mar 1 2022 6:55PM
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MichiganCatFart
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I'd probably get a factory job and save up some money to pay for school. What's more fun than working 12 hour shifts with the boys.
Mar 1 2022 7:03PM
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johnoble
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tabs.
Mar 1 2022 7:23PM
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ScootSkiLyfe
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Figure out where you wanna be. You wanna sign a year long lease or do you have people you know you could live with somewhere? Vanlife? Camping? Europe? What are your goals/your budget
Mar 1 2022 7:28PM
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Abomber22
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Central America, specific Guatemala
Mar 1 2022 7:41PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Food costs so much more than you think
Mar 1 2022 10:00PM
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ginj.nz
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MichiganCatFartI'd probably get a factory job and save up some money to pay for school. What's more fun than working 12 hour shifts with the boys.


Got a factory job Rn lmao
Mar 1 2022 10:56PM
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ginj.nz
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ScootSkiLyfeFigure out where you wanna be. You wanna sign a year long lease or do you have people you know you could live with somewhere? Vanlife? Camping? Europe? What are your goals/your budget


Want to go Canada (specifically banf)atm because we can get working visas easy.
Mar 1 2022 10:59PM
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muffMan.
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I wish I did it all over and took a gap year. If you can serving pays pretty damn well. Weeknights I easily make >30hr for 5 hours of work. Just bum it with some homies and share a rental
Mar 1 2022 11:12PM
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ScootSkiLyfe
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ginj.nzWant to go Canada (specifically banf)atm because we can get working visas easy.


Well there you go. I guess next steps would be to find a living situation/employment probably. Then just figure out how you're getting there and send it.
Mar 2 2022 12:19AM
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Non_State_Actor
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Gap decade. Takes the pressure off figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life in just one short year.
Mar 2 2022 12:28AM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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I was about to say australia or nz then I realized where you are ha
ginj.nzWant to go Canada (specifically banf)atm because we can get working visas easy.
Mar 2 2022 4:18AM
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Mackaroni_space
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Save up as much money as possible and fucking doordash. Coming from someone who’s on a gap year rn I wish I saved up a lot more money, I still have dough left but it’s always nice to have more than you need laying around
Mar 2 2022 4:30AM
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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This. I did a gap year and traveled in Europe a little. Always assume the money goes faster than you expect
Mackaroni_spaceSave up as much money as possible and fucking doordash. Coming from someone who’s on a gap year rn I wish I saved up a lot more money, I still have dough left but it’s always nice to have more than you need laying around
Mar 2 2022 4:43AM
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ginj.nz
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mystery3Gap decade. Takes the pressure off figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life in just one short year.


Yeah, was honestly thinking about booking a one way flight and seeing how long I could last
Mar 2 2022 4:45AM
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ginj.nz
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Mackaroni_spaceSave up as much money as possible and fucking doordash. Coming from someone who’s on a gap year rn I wish I saved up a lot more money, I still have dough left but it’s always nice to have more than you need laying around


What would be a good amount to aim for roughly so I can set some goals
Mar 2 2022 4:47AM
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BearsOnKetamine
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Uh go to pc and get poop aids sue vail out of business own everything make everything parks for like 2 years then sell it idk
Mar 2 2022 7:44AM
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Abomber22
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What can you get by on for a day?
$10 average? $30? less?
Multiple times days+ 10% idk
ginj.nzWhat would be a good amount to aim for roughly so I can set some goals
Mar 2 2022 8:59AM
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Mackaroni_space
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ginj.nzWhat would be a good amount to aim for roughly so I can set some goals


I mean I saved up 7k, I wish I had gone for 15k and yeah I know that’s a lot of fucking money but dude it’s so worth it to work your ass off every day and work overtime and get treated like shit by your boss to take time to make memories that’ll last a lifetime
Mar 2 2022 6:34PM
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abcdefu
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ginj.nzMe and my mate have been talking about doing a gap year after school for years and now its finally coming up. What would be some things you guy would recomend getting sorted before we leave?

I would say you probably want to have your chickens sorted by that is gonna be your most valuable asset for life on the road you will want to have five chickens to start you want to have three hens and two roosters the first rooster will be your breeeding rooster you want this to be a big bad mean scary motherfucker so you can breed signma chickens the hens wil be your egg layers of course so that will be your main source of income and protein on the road the extra rooster you will have if a hen ever wants to cuckold the other rooster to mess with his def esteem because it will only make him angrier bigger and badder and you will get more aloha chicken from it. Then when you have a fresh batch of chickens hatched you can make sure you have some young roosters in the mix and it will be safe to kill the roosters and eat them up and don’t forget to have buffalo and barbecue sauce for when it’s time to do this. Next you will have a lot of chickens now probably already 10-15 so it’s time to start selling. You could probably sell them for $50 each live or about $1 dead so the choice is in your hands your sasquatcheon. So I would say you will want to sort out getting chickens and then also think about getting barbecue and buffalo sauce for Tehran the time comes
Mar 3 2022 3:39AM
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