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Right now...currently i'm practically screwed..
Basically I'm not doing well in college (due to gpa my financial aid got cut and i'm not sure if i want to go back to school) and over all no money to boot (digging in the couch for gas money status).
I was thinking about doing something different (ever since I read that damn book The Alchemist when I was 15 I can't help but feel I'm suffocating where I'm at). Financially and academically might not be the best of times but i remember a friend saying once "with or without money you're always screwed, but the difference is with money you're f***** in one place but being broke has the merit of being f***** in many places" (in his own way it somewhat make sense... i think he means your locked with obligations with money while being without money forces you fluidly adapt from situation to situation).
I'm thinking of traveling alone (first of course saving up some cash) just cause i'm tired of making promises with friends to travel during winter break or summer break and never actually going anywhere.

woah, a lot of background info but here is the gist
-im timid, short statured (5'6ish), male, and asian (i think to a certain degree ethnicity does matter due to cultural background and difference in utility of socializing); is it a good idea to travel solo?
-should I focus on stabilizing current situation before I leap (mainly I'm thinking of joining the millitary primarily for financial purposes and secondly to get a sense of discipline) or just jump.
-where do you guys (the guys/gals that have traveled alone) get the courage/balls to travel alone?

thank you ^^