Why the hell not?

The post below got me thinking - what would it REALLY take to accomplish that ongoing dream? And why the hell not do it?

Hmm...dangerous thought. It could just get me moving in a radically different direction, and scare the heck out of my entire family! :) Bear with me as I sort out the pro's and con's.

Issues:
* Danger as a single white woman with kid in Africa (and beyond), travelling alone - both from human and non-human "attack"
* Cash flow to keep the wheels turning
* Travel depends on visas - how easily can I obtain them while on the move?
* Wars and dissent in countries I may need to cross...
* Just what would it take to do this? What if it doesn't work out? What then? (there I go on the worst-case thing again)
* Medical issues - how prepared would I need to be "just in case"? Insurance? A cash stash? We're healthy, but there's always a chance something could happen (yet another worst-case thing, but I have to factor in reality)
* I'd need to develop skills in mechanics and survival (I have a few of the latter from some early years training in Zimbabwe already). But I've always wanted to anyway.
* (Post-lunch, after bringing up the subject) The kid doesn't want to. OK, that's a biggie! :) Trouble is, he likes his lie-around life, hooked on TV and PS2 and gathering possessions. He doesn't realize the adventure that life can be! Solution? - send him off to Australia on a study visa to his grandparents, to complete high school while I travel! :) (Or wait until he's out on his own and then do it on my own anyway)

You know, if I put my mind to it I could be ready to go by the end of next year - at which my son will have just completed primary school and I'll be 35. It would be a good time for some changes, and a year and a half is a lot of time to think things through completely, gain the skills and cash we'd need and see whether we'd be able to make a go of it.

This could turn out as another pipe-dream. Pie in the sky and all that. But as Dr Phil is fond of saying - the only difference between a dream and a goal is a timeline...

I've just got so many options at the moment. Long-term options. Get a different job / start my own business / keep trying for a move to Australia, or a million other paths I could travel. I've got itchy feet - I want change and a chance to fulfil my dreams. I'm just having trouble deciding which one to work at!