The development of a long-term traveler

The development of a long-term traveler -

There are drawbacks to long-term travel: the five-hour friends quickly relationships, loneliness, solitude lines. It's not all rainbows and unicorns.

But then nothing ever.

Despite these occasional shortcomings, I think, something that people should at least once in their lives long-term solo travel is to try. Even if you do not like it, try it - it you learn about yourself a lot. It took me a much better and more awesome person, and I'll go to the grave to preach his gospel.

But a few weeks ago, I returned home to New York and the balance created in my life. To be found in this balance, I have come to a stark realization: has I am no longer a long-term travelers

The thought of spending on the road a long time not fill me with so much excitement ..

A month or two fixed travel? For sure.

More than that? No thanks.

I like a house need to. I like this site and with being involved work. I like a stable group of friends. I like traveling and to help travel around the country talking about the other.

spending extended time on the road makes it difficult to achieve what I want to do with my life now. Everything suffers when I try to cram too much stuff in the work / life / travel mix.

I still dream about traveling all the time ... literally.

When I sleep and dreams, it is usually about traveling. I recently had to lose such a vivid dream about my passport, I jolted out of bed and ran to where it was, to make sure it was still there! (It was).

Some years ago I wondered if it was possible to travel too long. At that time I did not know. I was four years in my travels, and the sky was the limit.

Four years later, I think the answer is yes, you can.

At least I can.

I will never give up travel, but right now, extended trips are a thing of the past. The road may never end, but now I want an off-ramp and a rest station before I continue.

long journey my life for a long time suitable, but as I am now even more passion for travel, traveling not only is what I want out of my life.

When I said last week, there is to be a balance.

Maybe one day, I will meet someone who will say to me: "Let the five of us spend months to wander Africa!" I'll look and say: "Let us spend six."

But as I write this today, I see look in the mirror and not a long-term travelers, just backpacking, budget a.

We go to a certain way of life used, and it is difficult to change. Whether it's cabin life, or life on the road, we identify with something. It is part of who we are.

What happens if I'm not nomadic? What is happening with me?

There is a quote that says: "A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for." My Port is the road. It's my comfort zone.

But I soon give my thirty-third year of life, I do not cling more to it. It's been two years since I wrote about "the end of my journey," but I've finally come to terms with what I wrote there.

And I could not be happier.

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