[ayoubElk]

I quit my job in 2018 without any other opportunity lined up.

I used all of my savings to go on an extended trip to Asia, the idea being that I'll travel around, work on my own projects, and do some freelancing to cover my expenses.

Things didn't go as planned though, I got robbed in the hostel I was staying at and lost my macbook. Eventually I decided to cut my trip short and go back home where I started freelancing (which I'm still doing currently) and I would say it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

[serjester]

I think this is every traveller's worst nightmare. Looking back was there anything you could have done to prevent it?

[ayoubElk]

Agreed, the worst part was the fact that I had actually just purchased that macbook a few days before getting on the plane and I moved all my data to it without having it backed anywhere (Rookie mistake).

I could have:

- Picked a better hostel to stay at

- Backed up my data properly to minimize damage if it eventually happens

- Been more wary of other guests (99% of them were cool people but you still need to be aware of who's there with you)

- I used filevault, but forgot to enable find my device