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thankyou for all your responses so far, i feel like ive got alot of advice, from both sides of the argument.

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If you want, I can write some about what I've done

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thatd b good if u could do that jigsaw. even just a little spiel about your experiences would be awsome.

ive been thinking about it abit more, and ive lived a pretty sheltered life, like never really took many risks or anything. I think that another reason y i want to do this is to throw myself into the deep end, and force myself to get some life experiences. i mean, i dont really know how to open a bank account, or talk to strangers, or basic things like that, because for my whole life these things have been done for me. Of course im gunna make alot of mistakes along the way, but this'll help me learn.

note: im not just gunna go from living this 'sheltered life' to living by myself in an unknown country in one quick step. the plan is, im going skiing in new zealand in a month and abit with just friends, and this'll b the first big holiday ive been on without parents. then ill go to melbourne for a month or two where there's afew ppl i know there, but not a ton. Then if i feel comfortable ill do the big move to sum wierd country where i dont know anyone and i gotta start from scratch.

so yeh, thanx for the advice, and keep it coming in... this is a pretty big decision for me and im tryin to get as many ppls thoughts and opinions as i can