Good question. It is possible, I think, especially if you can incorporate some craft or skill - like playing an instrument, writing, photography along the way.

Good question. It is possible, I think, especially if you can incorporate some craft or skill - like playing an instrument, writing, photography along the way. You have a chance to practice your craft in so many settings, any of which may "push you beyond a local minima", because you are lonely, homesick, inspired by kindness or natural beauty. On the flip side, every day life keeps you so busy - figuring out how and where to do laundry, what time something opens, where can eyeglasses get fixed, is there a better, cheaper place to stay than the current one, etc. If there is a will there is a way.