Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?

building a webapp will probably take you longer - getting the word out can be tough, and growth can be slow. but ultimately it's more scalable - you'll be earning money (in theory) while you're out exploring your new surroundings.

some quick tips from my experience: * rent an apt with good broadband. it's worth it to be able to plug in from your home to work instead of tracking down a close, open cafe with reliable broadband. hostels are noisy.

* buy icebreaker clothing - expensive but totally worth it. they don't smell. i've had the same 5 t-shirts for the past 2.5 years. merino wool is the best fabric known to the digital nomad.

* pay off your debt before you leave. it gives you flexibility and cuts down on stress.

* don't take more than a carry-on. you can always buy stuff at your destination.

* make time to see the region of the world you're staying in. i found it hard to balance this with enjoying the city where i'm living.

* enjoy the solitude and be selfish with your time. you'll probably have no obligations to anyone when you move somewhere. relish this - ultimate control over your time is a true luxury. use it wisely (see next bullet)

* before moving somewhere, figure out what you want to do there (learn the language? meet locals? go heads-down on a webapp? see the country? etc). then focus on the things you want to do knowing you're not trying to do it all. you can always come back.

* don't forget to improvise, deviate from your schedule / goals, jump on opportunities that come up, and go with the flow.

so excited for you - you're going to have a phenomenal time! drop me a line if you have any questions - blog at reemer dot com.

I am not being stopped by an internal critic. I have written a bit and I quite like what I have write, I was very much pleasantly surprised in fact. I do think though that if it will give me full satisfaction I should perhaps learn of ways of speaking by different people and also I plan to take some acting classes which might be of help.

But yeh I do think I will need some time, I think it will be a life project and probably never be published. I don't want to be a writer. I enjoy writing though, a lot, especially when you at some point you are not really the writer but witnessing and thinking wow where on earth did that come from, its coool!

How did your novels go though?

Her situation is the biggest roadblock - she didn't graduate from college (a big strike in the DHS's eyes) and has been self-employed as an esthetician for most of her career.

While she'd be open to working for someone else in the US, getting a visa for her will be tough without the college degree. And her preference is not to work for someone else so she can continue to run her practice while starting a skincare product line biz.

Also, this reminds me of a quip one of the SportsCenter anchors made back in the day: 'The NHL has made helmets optional. Injuries are also optional.'