A HEALTH employee has revealed how he earns over £153,000 a yr and nonetheless manages to journey the world.
Aspen Tucker, 29, was working as a workers nurse at his native hospital over Covid-19 when he noticed an advert to change into a travelling nurse.
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Inside days, he had left his job, boarded a flight and noticed his wage rocket from $1,000 to $6,700 (£3,400) per week.
He informed CNBC: “I didn’t give discover. I acquired my stuff, went to Texas, and informed my supervisor after I acquired there, ‘I’m sorry, I’ve acquired to go.
“‘It is a once-in-a-lifetime alternative’.”
Since leaving his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 2020, Aspen’s world modified past all recognition.
Life on the highway sees him choose up nursing contracts that vary from 4 to 13 weeks lengthy.
He normally works a minimal 48-hours per week, which is roughly £71-an-hour.
However some weeks Aspen smashes out 60 hours of labor to rake in huge sums in extra time.
And it is paid off, in December alone, the travelling nurse netted an eye-watering $20,000 (£16,117) whereas on contract in Fresno, California.
However regardless of the large revenue, Aspen was pressured to shell out £2,200 on lease for his hometown home plus an AirBnB whereas in Fresno.
Different outgoings embrace £1,300 on automotive rental and £720 on automotive and medical insurance.
The relentless work schedule means he can solely realistically work eight or 9 months a yr, leaving loads of free time.
Explaining what he does when he’s not working, he stated: “The very first thing I’m doing is reserving a trip.”
Aspen’s wage coupled with time to kill has allowed him to tick off a bucket listing of nations he dreamt of seeing as a toddler.
In simply three years, he is already visited Belize, Colombia, Seychelles, Qatar and Kenya.
The 29-year-old says he’s impressed by his shrewd grandad who dropped out of faculty aged simply 12.
By the point he died, he had constructed a small fortune and owned six homes and instilled sturdy values in his household.
He is additionally at all times been capable of save, partially due to his mum and stepdad, each journey nurses, who allowed him to reside lease free till he was 27.
However Aspen has paid again his household’s generosity with money items and even arrange a scholarship to assist budding African-American nurses.
He says: “I at all times adopted my grandfather’s blueprint. He helped everyone.”
