I am a Gypsy at heart. Every time I go to work or home, I just want to keep going…
Where? I don’t know. Every time I see an out of state license plate, hear a new accent, or hear about a city, town, or state that sounds like it would be good for exploring, I want to go. My dream is to not have an apartment, a lease, a mortgage, or a brick and mortar anchor. The longer I spend in one place, the more I feel the pull of the world. Some people take comfort in a set routine, in a set neighborhood, in one set, sedentary city. Not me! The thought of still living in the same apartment or city in 5 years makes me nauseous and depressed.
What to do…
Every time I go visit a new city, I spend the next few weeks applying to jobs, looking up apartments, seeing what the culture and events look like there, and exploring their particular subreddit. I constantly feel the pull that there is something out there that I am missing, somewhere that I haven’t explored, and my life won’t be complete until I experience it; that I haven’t found my true home yet. It feels like the description of the Portkey in Harry Potter, as if something is grabbing me and pulling me forward to somewhere unknown, and there is nothing that I can do about it.
“because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars…”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
There are so many places that I want to visit, and things I want to do, that being nailed down in one place from now until I die is just not an option for me. I just don’t accept that. My goal is to get a job that is 100% remote so that I can travel as much as I want, sell or store everything that I don’t absolutely need, and take off.
Things that I want to do and places I want to visit before I die (In no particular order):
- China
- New Zealand/Australia/Oceania
- Thailand
- All 50 States
- See the Panama Canal
- Be in two places at once
- Jump off of a mountain in a squirrel suit
- Drift down the Amazon
- Swim with Dolphins
- Run with the bulls in Spain
- Step foot on all 7 Continents
- Climb some mountains in the Himalayas
- Snowboard in the French Alps
- Climb the Eiffel tower
- Drive a car in the fast lane on the Autobahn
- Skydive
- Shake Tom Waits hand before he dies
- Para-glide
My girlfriend and I broke up over the summer, which was hard and painful, but there is a big benefit to that, as now I have nothing preventing me from just applying to jobs willy-nilly…and that’s what I have been doing. The first offer that looks solid and interesting that comes along, and it will be so long and thanks for all of the fish.
I am done with living my life in a way that makes sense to anyone but me, I don’t have to justify my existence to you, or anyone else…
I don’t know where it will be, when it will be, or for how long I will be wherever I end up…and that excites me and makes my soul smile so wide. If I find someone that is willing to have a partner that may just take off with little to no warning, that’s great, but if not, I may be just me for the rest of my life. I am ok with that, because I love myself today.
