That makes sense! I was thinking about Japan next year or France and I was thinking too that if I go I should probably stay for at least a month bc I’ll be working my ass off lol.

Thank you so much for helping me see the light in this too! Plus it’s kinda cold in Italy anyways so I wouldn’t have dedicated that much time to walking I think lol.

Thank you for smacking me in the face with that solid fact lol that’s so true I’d rather be in Italy eating good ass pasta and working than be here in this small southern town where we have nothing but Walmart. Damn. Thank you seriously for putting that into perspective. I think I was comparing my situation to what I see others do and that’s where I went wrong. It’s a blessing I’m even taking this long of a trip by myself - first time in years I’ve been able to truly save money and actually enjoy it. I hope you have a great day :-)

Don’t do that 😭😭😭🤣 I figured if I said a $1000 y’all would drag me. I’ll look into your idea!

Yes I did. I applied for an entry level security researcher role and I had zero security experience and def put my home labs on there. I had an Active Directory lab for pentesting as well as Docker containers running vulnerable web apps. They said my passion and drive demonstrated by the home labs and my blog is what got me the job