Can you opt out of adult life?

[Giveuprobot]

For some background - I'm mid-30s, getting divorced, selling my home and getting made redundant. None of these things are particularly sad - I'm fairly contented on the divorce and restructuring is fairly common and considered one of those things in my industry. I have a nearly 3 year old daughter. My somewhat D-H works out of the country around 6-9 months per year. I'll get around 90k from the house sale and 20k redundancy.

My question is - do I have to buy a new house and get a new job? Could I just...not? Could I just take my DD on an adventure instead? I have no illusions that she'll remember it, but...it is still nice to be happy day-to-day. I also have an extremely loving and close family who would be perfectly happy for us to use a bedroom for periods of time.

I'm not talking forever, just 6-12 months. I suppose I'm thinking we'll never be able to do it again. Next time I get made redundant, she'll likely be school-aged...

Am I having a breakdown? Or is this a thing people do?

DO IT!!!!!

She's at the perfect age, before school starts and you'll both have the most amazing memories and you'll do so much growing with it

Have the best bloody time

How amazing would that be for you both, absolutely go!!

Not sure what sort of adventure you can have with a three year old in tow. All the fun things to do just wouldn't be possible with a young child.

What a sad way to think.

Hi OP. We recently took three of our children out of school for an adventure. So DP, me, an 11 year old, an eight year old, a six year old and a baby of 12 months packed up our back packs and went travelling. I faced quite a bit of opposition from the school but ultimately they realised they could only issue me a fine (a small sum all things considered) and provide school work to take with us. Not that the kids did the work mind, they were too busy making friends, snorkelling, scuba diving and exploring.
I'd say that if the opportunity presents itself for adventures and travel then you should grasp it with both hands. Those experiences are priceless. I do, however, feel that age 3 is very young to get anything out of the experience. Could you wait until she's older?

Do it!!
she may not remember but your have fabulous memories and photos.

use the dads address to apply for school

You could start in Malaysia or Singapore where pretty much everyone speaks English. Malaysia is cheaper but Singapore would feel more familiar/western.

Why not?!
research it all a lot though where to go with kids etc, plenty of people do it. Good luck !