Dear Lester:

I like your thinking. So you are pretty clear about what you want and what you need: you do want to travel, first stop being Puerto Rico. You need $5000 to do so. Your passion and dream is to build a farm.

I like moving to Chicago and paying something like $300 rent there, getting a job there. You hate your current job, so there can only be improvement on the job you find in Michigan- unless it is a back breaking job (watch your health and physical safety above all!)

It doesn’t make sense to try to save money in Santa Barbara. In a two bedroom apt you will only save a couple of hundreds dollars a month and… you hate the job. Doing a job you hate is really bad for your health and you will pay the price over time. Better quit this job, move out to Michigan/ elsewhere where the rent is low and a job is possible. I think it is a good idea.

anita