2 Million Dollar Bills

The desire to escape the rat race is a dream or desire that many people have, but it’s easier said than done. The reasons for escaping are usually down to being fed up with the country or city your living in, hate your job or you are the adventurous type that is seeking a new challenge. For me personally all three were reasons which were instrumental in me planning and implementing my escape from the UK.

The biggest challenge faced by many when the dream to escape the rat race, becomes something more than just a dream. You have to decide where your going to move to, for some people it could be a simple move to a little village or town which is away from the hustle and bustle of city live. For others it could be a move to another country thousands of miles away.

Once you have decided where you would like to move to, in order to escape the rate race, you then have the problem of making enough money to live. This is the real tricky bit for most people and it sure was for me.

From my personal perspective, i didn’t want to move somewhere and start working for someone else, I didn’t want to become a slave wage in another country. That would have defeated my whole purpose of escaping the rat race of the UK, which I was allowing to destroy my body, mind and soul.

Working for myself was the only thing that would work for me, I needed to figure out what business opportunities would be viable in my planned new country.

My advice to anybody planning an escape, is to think long and hard about how you are going to make money in your new home. If you have an existing trade or skill that you are taking with you, it is a possibility you could work in a similar environment. Unless your job is one of the things your trying to  escape.

What types of business opportunities exist for you, will of course to a certain extent be dependant on where your moving too, unless your business is based online. The business opportunities which I have listed, are what I would call real world business opportunities.

1. Tours: this could take the from of a walking tour, cycling, mini bus tour.

2. Buy/lease a bar/restaurant/fast food outlet: Where ever you go in the world there is always a need for the aforementioned.

3. Juice Bar/Stall: These are becoming huge business as people continue to look for more healthy alternatives to soda.

4. Consultant: A huge amount of opportunities exist for people with the correct skills in specific industries, such as health & fitness, diet, property, landscaping, etc

5. Import/Export: It really is as simple as finding things that you can buy and then sell for a profit in your chosen market. You of course will have to have some knowledge of how the the importer/exporter business works.

For some people the above business opportunities could be their version of hell, for others it could be the start of a fantastic new future working for themselves. Whatever you decide to do, don’t just jump into something, do a vast amount of research to see if there is a market for it.