Money & Me: Australian in Dubai dreams of a private island - The National
I think I just loved having money and the freedom to buy my own things, but then I went to Bali when I was 17 and then wanted to travel – a lot. I relocated to Dubai four years ago and have been travelling since, mostly spending my money on different adventures including Spain, Italy and Sri Lanka. I definitely haven’t saved as much money as I would have liked to, but I will be in Dubai for a few more years yet and have definitely shifted my saving patterns so that I am now planning for the future rather than just spending in the now. I’m not overly fussed with needing the best or newest things and would rather save this money to escape to another country. I’d be quite happy to chill on a beach, surf and lie in a hammock all day, but it would preferably be at my own house, on my own island. I’ll move in a few years’ time, most probably back to Australia, and living in Sydney isn’t cheap. How else am I going to have my own house on my own island. Dubai is essentially just a stopover for everyone, obviously for different periods of time, but I don’t think many will be in as strong a financial. Source: www.thenational.ae
