<prompt> Human: Hello all, I am a 24 year old who graduated with a political science degree in April 2014. As stated above, I do not have any debt, Im not quite sure what to do career wise future schooling, and I make 25K during my intensive labor job in British Columbias northern forests for about 3 months. This amount increases every summer. I collected unemployment in September 2014 I know, Im a piece of shit, and left on a adventure in South East Asia and New Zealand for 6 months. Im now back home on unemployment piece of shit, I know, whilst volunteering and working out 6 days a week. I had the time of my life on my trip, and Im seriously considering backpacking Europe after this summers work. This is my plan thus far. Is travelling a bad idea? Should I be investing this money, despite my appetite for adventure? I do want to go to school soon, but I feel like I should capitalize on this unique position Im in. My parents are happy for me with whatever I do; I feel like an extremely lucky person. I have 2K in an retirement savings plan, and 4K to my name now. I will return to work in early May to make . After travelling I will have money saved for school, Id say around 5K.What would you do in my position, Reddit? Thank you for your time, Im very interested to hear both approval of my lifestyleharsh criticisms.  <response>: Sounds to me like youre delaying adulthood. Not unreasonable. I did the same thing. Bartender for 6 years. drank a lot. Had a lot of sex. Also totaled a car while blacked out drunk and ruined a number of relationships. The I decided to grow up, got a real degree, got a real job and started to save money for life and retirement. Im much happier where I am now than where I was. I would decide where you want to be at a certain age and then work your way back to now and determine how long you can fuck around before you need to get serious about growing up. 