I used to be young(er) too
I'm 47 now. I live here and support myself by writing software for companies in the US. But I'm good at what I do, and it took a long time to get to the point where I can do that, at my level, for the money I make.
However, I wish I had done some traveling when I was younger. I would not have probably had the same life I did to date if I had seen some of the things that I've seen in the last 15 years of traveling and the last 4 or so years of actually living as an expat.
You have to make a decision as to what you can tolerate. I've lived in the States at the poverty level before, when I was young. It's not as bad when you're young, but you sure as hell don't want to do it when you're older, after you've become used to living better than you did when you were young. I mention the poverty level in the States because if you are going to support yourself off of a job in Argentina, you will live similar to that in many ways, maybe even worse in other ways.
If you want to live overseas for awhile and then return to the States, do it now. Get a job in the States, save as much money as you can, find a skill as has been mentioned that you can use where you are going to go, spend the time learning the langauage and becoming as near fluent as you can - it makes a huge difference. Go, enjoy, come back when you've had enough. Don't forget to leave enough money in savings somewhere to get you back!
If you see living overseas as a long term goal (i.e., not particularly worried about returning), I'd counsel you to spend a few years building up a bigger savings account and developing some skills that you can use to work from the internet somehow and live more comfortably.
The one thing that I do regret from when I was younger is that I made some decisions based on thinking that if I don't do it now, I'll never do it. It's all a matter of looking ahead and figuring out how you want to live and accomplishing that.
BTW - I have a friend who makes more money than I do (I'm not rich - I make a modest salary) by nothing more than running forums (not this one!). He has a few forums that are paid, and a few forums that are free but make money off of their advertisements. It took him a couple of years to build them up. He is now looking to sell them in a few years, and thinks he may get a few million out of them - very possible.
That may be a real way to sit back in the States for now, get a job, save money, build a few forums that start to bring in money, and then take off and enjoy the world for the rest of your life.
However, I wish I had done some traveling when I was younger. I would not have probably had the same life I did to date if I had seen some of the things that I've seen in the last 15 years of traveling and the last 4 or so years of actually living as an expat.
You have to make a decision as to what you can tolerate. I've lived in the States at the poverty level before, when I was young. It's not as bad when you're young, but you sure as hell don't want to do it when you're older, after you've become used to living better than you did when you were young. I mention the poverty level in the States because if you are going to support yourself off of a job in Argentina, you will live similar to that in many ways, maybe even worse in other ways.
If you want to live overseas for awhile and then return to the States, do it now. Get a job in the States, save as much money as you can, find a skill as has been mentioned that you can use where you are going to go, spend the time learning the langauage and becoming as near fluent as you can - it makes a huge difference. Go, enjoy, come back when you've had enough. Don't forget to leave enough money in savings somewhere to get you back!
If you see living overseas as a long term goal (i.e., not particularly worried about returning), I'd counsel you to spend a few years building up a bigger savings account and developing some skills that you can use to work from the internet somehow and live more comfortably.
The one thing that I do regret from when I was younger is that I made some decisions based on thinking that if I don't do it now, I'll never do it. It's all a matter of looking ahead and figuring out how you want to live and accomplishing that.
BTW - I have a friend who makes more money than I do (I'm not rich - I make a modest salary) by nothing more than running forums (not this one!). He has a few forums that are paid, and a few forums that are free but make money off of their advertisements. It took him a couple of years to build them up. He is now looking to sell them in a few years, and thinks he may get a few million out of them - very possible.
That may be a real way to sit back in the States for now, get a job, save money, build a few forums that start to bring in money, and then take off and enjoy the world for the rest of your life.