lived and died just one more sad drop of water in an unhappy ocean. I don't mean to suggest here that you drop this book right this minute, put your hat on your head, go down and tell the boss what he can do with his job, draw your money out of the bank, and go to the local tourist agency and buy a ticket for Italy (although, frankly, I have known people who did just that and never regretted it). I do suggest that right this moment you decide in your own mind, and decisively, that you are going to do this thing. That you are going to get off the treadmill and start living. Decide it with determination. Burn it into your brain so definitely that it will remain there until you have accomplished it. Then read this book right on through with extreme care. Mark every passage that applies to you so that when you are finished you can go back and restudy them. All passages of course, don't and can't apply to you. If I give an example of opportunities for feminine teachers in Rome working part time at enjoyable employment for high pay, it obviously doesn't apply to a male, aged 25, who has no teaching experience but is a good driver. If I tell of a business opportunity in Southern Spain for anyone with two thousand dollars of capital, it obviously doesn't apply to someone who starts off with no capital at all. Or if I describe a beautiful spot in Greece where a couple with a pension can live in luxury for five hundred dollars a month, it obviously is of no interest to some young man or woman who wants to travel, rather than to settle down. But mark the sections that apply to you. Perhaps there are only two or three that fit all of your requirements but, if so, there will be many others that will give you ideas which you can possibly develop. Each reader of this book is an individual, and each has his own particular problems, so obviously there is no set blueprint for all. Each must adapt what I have to say to his own circumstances. Read this book through thoroughly, then go over and over those case histories that apply to your age group, your sex, your marital status, your desire or lack of desire to travel, your climatic or scenic wants. Start to work thinking about them.
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