I recently finished the 4 Hour Work Week book by Timothy Ferris and thought I will put my readings to practice - and see if it will work for me. I’m definitely not working 4 hours per week, yet, but the other idea that caught my attention was coming up with a Total Daily Income schedule as a measurement of how close one gets to something “nice.”
Last Friday I spent wrote a post about a tour to the region of Brittany, France, for a culinary tour for one week. The total costs, including tour, flight, additional expenses, shopping money, etc comes up to an estimated $11,000 - and that’s to have a decent time and not be cheap about the vacation.
Keep in mind that the objective of this exercise is to get the extra money I need independent of my regular income streams. This is additional money I need for my mini vacation.
For me to accomplish this vacation in Brittany next year, I have to make an extra:
$916.67 / mo which translates into about $30.55 / day. To many people, saving $30.55 per day is extremely easy if they take it out of their paycheck. So why don’t people take more luxurious vacations? Beats me. If you break such a huge amount ($11,000) down to a daily income, then suddenly your annual vacation appears to be within reach. As a matter of fact, I bet if you followed this structure to save up for one thing very nice (and I don’t mean a fancy dinner at a seafood restaurant) each year, you will soon realize that whether its a luxurious getaway, world tours, buying that new boat, etc - it is more obtainable than you thought.
So, my goal starting July 1st, is to make extra $30.55/day and save for 12 months to make it to my mini vacation in Brittany 
Wish me luck and if you decide to test this formula, best wishes to you too!
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One of my favorite books of the past year. I’ve got the audio version and listen to random chapters whenever I can.
Now I’m going through Timothy’s suggested reading list, starting with The Monk and the Riddle, which I’m about halfway through. Good stuff.