You are right, ideas are great- but many things aren't rainbows. The bigger the dream, the harder to execute. What your story tells me is that no matter how much I prepare, walk into it knowing I could fail but I also could succeed.

I wrote a piece the other month telling about how a lot of people try to drop everything and move to Hawai'i but it doesn't work like that. Everyone here has known each other for most of our lives, so if you come from somewhere else- you can wind up homeless pretty easily.

I know that boat, I'm also in a single room with two other people Im not related to, but we are close friends. I have a beutiful 31 story view, free electric, and other perks, but it does come at a price/trade for other things.

It's good to go big, but not wise to give up everything in pursuit of it when there's a lack of contingency plans.

You are right that telecommuting and non localized work is the way to go. That's one of my goals when I graduate, to be able to work from anywhere. I'm two years in, but that was the plan from the start. These are the things a person should consider when thinking about moving abroad in the future.