College Debt

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What a thing to write about just after my entry about us getting married, but I thought that you should know, I was reading an article about Korean college students in the Times today and felt a little jealous of Korean college students. The article states that the average students has about $10,000 dollars in debt after a four year degree. I won’t bring up my numbers, but they are a bit higher than that. It seems on average, American students have more than $27,000 in loans. I do appreciate though that the government stresses that education loans are good loans to have and that it should be a goal to pay them off. I am not sure how loan payments work here in Korea, but I will be paying mine off until I am 50 I think in America.

Anyway, the article says that the students sometimes take semesters off and work jobs to take the amount of debt down which is a great idea.
How do you build a life around adventure and travel?

Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had honest conversations about what they want from their lives.

What does an adventurous family lifestyle actually look like?

Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation.

How do you balance adventure with stability for kids?

By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.

What has travel taught your family?

That people are fundamentally similar across cultures. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.

How do you handle the pressure to live conventionally when you have chosen differently?

By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life.


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