It's a lot easier than you think. If you made up your mind, then ok, think what you want, but for the rest of the people who are reading this thread: trust me,

It's a lot easier than you think. If you made up your mind, then ok, think what you want, but for the rest of the people who are reading this thread: trust me, it's much more doable than you think. Honestly, the barriers are not so great, and definitely finances are not at the top of the list of things to overcome. Without giving any numbers it's not clear what is required to be secure, but it also depends a lot on where you live. That being said, I'd say language acquisition is more important than having a lot of money. Once you have enough money to reach escape velocity - again, this is personal, so I couldn't say what it is - more money doesn't really matter and just makes it more likely that you'd lose it because it's an easy button. Language acquisition and learning how to meet new people are far more important, but fortunately they're free! (almost)