Everyone says that i’m running

When I started traveling for the first time, my father used to ask what I am doing with my journey. Another time, a commentator asked me to stop running away from his problems and start living life. “Grow up,” he said.

And, years ago, there was even a blog, named “Mom Kaho I am running away.”

I am not sure why, but there is the impression that any person Travels for a long time And not interested in settling or getting a traditional job Sure running from Some?,

We passengers are running away from responsibility, growing up, heart pain, problems, etc., etc. We are all just Peter Pains who are refusing to be “adults”.

While the American Society feels that traveling is something that everyone should do at one point, it is only the difference after college or Small holidays It appears to be acceptable. Take it out of your system and return to the matrix.

All of us who lead the nomadic lifestyle, or who moved somewhere somewhere before reaching that final homestretch, are often accused of running away.

Yes, travel – but not very long, the world says. Responsible people do not travel just forever.

We nomadic There should be terrible, pathetic life, or strange, or something painful we are trying to escape. People believe that we are just running away from our problems, running away from the “real world”.

And for all those who think that I am running, I say: You are right.

I AM Escape.

I am running Yours The idea of ​​the “real” world.

I am avoiding Yours life.

I am running towards everything – World to the worldForeign places, new people, various cultures, and My own idea of ​​freedomI am making a life that makes me happy.

Although there may be exceptions (as everything is), most people who become nomadic do this because they want to experience the world, not their problems. They are running away from office life, traffic, and weekend work, and corporate 9 to 5. They are running away from the strict path that society has placed as “normal”. The one who marries us with mindless ants and fro.

We want to experience every culture (i) We see every mountain, eat different food, Participate in crazy festivals, Meet new peopleAnd enjoy different holidays around the world. We want to build a life that makes us happy on our terms.

Life is small and we only get to live it once. I want to look back and say that I did exciting things and lived life on my terms, I did not say that I have spent my life Read blog During my lunch break, there was a desire that I was doing the same thing.

No one dies saying this, “If only I had spent more time in the office!”

As an American, my approach may vary. in my countryThe approved path is tall and narrow: you go to college, do jobs, marry, buy a house, have 2.5 children, lift them, and then retire. Only then, when you put in your time, can you enjoy the fruit of your labor. The society is located inside you and limits its movements to their expectations.

And any deviation is considered unusual and strange.

People want to travel, they can tell you that they jealous what you do, and they say they want them to do the same thing. But They never do, Some people dare to jumpNo matter how much his heart pulls them. They are fascinated by only one lifestyle so outside the ideal.

While social media, Digital nomad riseAnd such websites have quit their jobs to travel to the world or Teach English in Thailand A little more acceptable, normal attitude still “follow the route if you want to be normal.”

Well, I do not want to be normal.

It seems to me that people tell us that we are running away that they cannot fathom the fact that we broke the mold and are living outside the ideal. To want To break all the conferences of the society, just something wrong must be with us. (Perhaps they are also a little jealous?)

But life is what you make it. Life is to make you. We are all below the burden, which we put on ourselves, whether they are bills, work, or, like me, Self-staggered blogging deadlineIf you really want something, You have to go after this,

Those who travel to the world are not running away from life. Just opposite. Those who break the mold, Explore the worldAnd live on their own terms, in my opinion, moving towards true life. We have a degree of freedom, many people will never experience. We become the captain of our ships.

But this is a freedom that we have chosen.

We looked around and said, “I want something different,

And then we went for this.

It was freedom and attitude I saw passengers in Thailand years ago This inspired me to lead the life that I am now. I saw that they break the mold and I thought myself, “why not me?”

I am not running away

No.

I am just running towards my idea of ​​a normal life.

And I never plan to look back.

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