Good article, but I thought that the title / headline was slightly misleading. I think a better wording of it would've been, "You don't really need a million dollars." The impression that I got from it, before reading it, was that it was yet another instance of someone winning a large sum of money through a lottery or other contest, and completely blowing it all away due to lack of proper financial foresight / other bad habits(or even being worse off because of lavish lifestyles; e.g. Lenny Dykstra).
That said, I agree with some parts of the post. If you can make it work, working for yourself in this field will give you the flexibility to live the kind of life you want if you make the proper adjustments. Once you do, seeing the world isn't as expensive as people may believe if you do the right research and strike a few good deals.
It's not for everyone, though. While a couple of my friends, who work in health care(married with kids; one is an RN, the other a radiologist), can certainly try to make lifestyle changes to save more money so that they can travel, I don't know how they would be able to work for themselves.
That said, I agree with some parts of the post. If you can make it work, working for yourself in this field will give you the flexibility to live the kind of life you want if you make the proper adjustments. Once you do, seeing the world isn't as expensive as people may believe if you do the right research and strike a few good deals.
It's not for everyone, though. While a couple of my friends, who work in health care(married with kids; one is an RN, the other a radiologist), can certainly try to make lifestyle changes to save more money so that they can travel, I don't know how they would be able to work for themselves.