Travel. The best age to travel is now. I had a similar amount of money due to redundancy so went and backpacked up the East coast of Australia for 4 months, so

Travel. The best age to travel is now. I had a similar amount of money due to redundancy so went and backpacked up the East coast of Australia for 4 months, sometimes on my own, and sometimes as part of organised coach tours and it was probably the 4 most important months of my life because it opened my eyes to work-life balance after being on autopilot on the school-college-uni-job route. So put your flat stuff in storage, get a backpack and visit: Hong Kong (because it shows you what life is like if you live to work, and you can pick up a decent SLR and lens dirt cheap there) Vietnam (because its amazing) Cuba (before it changes) I can recommend Sydney for NYE; warm, strangers sharing beer and BBQ food and becoming friends. Great people. If no one wants to go with you then use organised backpacker coach tours where needed, and you'll meet people and will make friends easily as everyone is in the same situation.