Living Abroad For A Month – My Next Midpractical Challenge
A Midpractical Challenge :: #VidaEnEspaña :: March – April 2023
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My next midpractical challenge is living and working in another country for 4 weeks and I want to share with you how I am planning for this trip the midpractical way — keeping budget, time and energy balanced.
While I am not yet abroad, I did want to share the one thing that made this whole trip possible – my Going membership.
I discovered Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights) a few years ago from a friend who has been alllllll over the world. I decided to try it and signed up for the free version.
Every email I received from them gave me pangs of wanderlust. A long weekend away to Aruba (from CLE) for $300? A trip full of all things cozy and hygge to Helsinki (from CIN) for $500? I started to daydream in itineraries.
I signed up for the paid premium memberships so I could get even more and better deals. There was one destination I had my heart set on – Spain. There had been a few deals that had come and gone when I wasn’t quite ready to take off. But I held out hope.
Finally, one chilly Monday evening as I was sitting on the couch mindlessly watching TV and scrolling on my phone, my dream became a reality.
Cleveland <-> Madrid
Roundtrip on Delta
Dates available November – April for…
$378.00 USD
WHAT?!?!
At the time, domestic flights to the west coast were in the $500s so this international flight was a STEAL.
My husband and I quickly looked at calendars and grabbed a flight that would allow us to be in Spain when the weather would be turning warmer.
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If I had never signed up for Going, I never would have received that email. And it’s unlikely that I would have found that deal on my own within the window of time it was available. The savings I got on this one deal paid for my membership and then some (and that was just the savings on one flight!).
What is the Midpractical Challenge?
It is a challenge for a set amount of time that puts extra focus and emphasis on a specific task to complete, trying something new or overcoming an obstacle. These challenges show how midpractical decisions around money, time and energy can help us not only live, but thrive, in the middle of a modern world.
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