traveling alone doesn't help you find jobs, because you meet other travelers and random locals, but it doesn't help you build a network even if you are not shy introvert.

my strategy was to look for jobs in the places i wanted to go to or take remote job offers and then visit or move to the places of my employer.

that is what allowed me to spend a year in new zealand for example.

that's where i learned that new zealand is not a good job market. that's why i left again. i only got there because pike programmers like me were not easy to find.

what are your options now? are you looking for remote jobs? why do you think you are unemployable? can you use your time to improve your skills? feel free to reach out in private if you like to chat. email is in my profile

I suspect there's very little overlap between that group and people who have $80k sitting around.

if someone is making poor life choices, they're going to be judged poorly for it. if those "poor" decisions aren't actually bad and are just outdated social attitudes, like judging gay people poorly because of the gender of who they love, then it's entirely right to question it. being gay isn't a choice so judging someone for that isn't right because they're consenting adults.

However, living beyond your means and buying luxuries you can't actually afford, and living a lavish lifestyle is entirely a personal decision. the problem with living paycheck to paycheck is that life happens. you get into an accident. there's a fire. your dog gets hurt. you get laid off, through no fault of your own. the company just decided to downsize. and now, because you don't have any savings, you can't absorb that loss, and then you're out on the street. homeless. hopefully not literally, there's a grace period before you're kicked out. but food and shelter aren't as solid as they were before. your life could become very difficult. all that hardship was an avoidable problem with an emergency fund because you weren't able to not doordash dinner.