@kayvin It is doable in theory. In practice it may be hard. But you should try it anyway.
I had somewhat similar plans and aspirations. I arrived to NZ 5 years ago, started saving like crazy and upskilling myself. Now I am in the top 10% earners in NZ.
My plan was, now that I have experience and contacts so that working remotely is totally possible from anywhere in the country, to do something similar next year. Move to a remote area and work and live from there.
Plan was to buy with a small mortgage a house with a bit of a section. Save more by living there and eventually build/put a second house on the back and rent it out.
But then I found a partner and my priorities changed.
So I never quite made it to Ithaka, but I am probably happier now.
Life doesn’t often go as we plan. And that’s okay.
I don’t see anything wrong in you trying as hard as you can to save and improve yourself. Doesn’t matter where you will end up, the journey is what matters. You will gain experience, resilience and drive which will be far more precious than any money you can make.
“Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her, you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.”