Everyone said I ran away

When I first started traveling, my dad once asked me what to escape from on my trip. Another time, a commenter told me to stop escaping problems and start living. “Grown up,” he said.

And, a few years ago, there was even a blog called “Mom Says I Escape”.

I’m not sure why, but I have this view Long-term travel And not interested in solving or obtaining traditional jobs must escape something.

Our travelers escape responsibility and become adults, heartache, problems, etc. We’re all just Peter Pans refuses to be “adult”.

Although American society believes that travel is something everyone should do at some point, it is just a few years after college A short vacation This seems acceptable. Take it out of your system and return to the matrix.

Those who live a nomadic lifestyle, or who have been wandering somewhere for too long before reaching the final homestead, are often accused of running away.

Yes, go traveling – but not for long. The person in charge will not only travel forever.

We nomads It’s necessary to have a bad, painful life, or it’s weird, or something painful happens to something we’re trying to escape. People think we are just escaping the “real world” problem.

To all who think I’m running away, I said: You’re right.

I yes Escape.

I’ll escape your The idea of ​​the “real” world.

I’ve avoided it your Life.

I ran to everything – Toward the worldexotic places, new people, different cultures and My own concept of freedom. I am building a life that makes me happy.

While there may be exceptions (like everything), most people who become nomads do this because they want to experience the world rather than escape their own problems. They stay away from office life, commuting and weekend errands, while companies 9 to 5. They stay away from strict paths society has ruled it as “normal”. An ant that makes us ignorant back and forth.

We (I) want to experience each culture, see each mountain, eat different foods, Participate in a crazy festival,,,,, Meet new friendsenjoy different holidays around the world. We want to build a life that makes us happy in our own way.

Life is short, we can only live once. I want to go back and say I did exciting things and lived my life the way I did, don’t say I’ve been my whole life Read the blog I wish I was doing the same thing at the moment like this.

No one died by saying, “If I had spent more time in the office!”

As an American, my views may vary. In my countryThe road is recognized as long and narrow: you go to college, find a job, get married, buy a house, have 2.5 children, raise them, and then retire. Only in this way can you spend time and enjoy the fruits of labor. Society joins you and limits your movements to their expectations.

Any deviation is considered abnormal and weird.

People may want to travel, tell you that they envy your job and say they wish they could do the same. but They never do this. Few people muster up the courage to leapno matter how much their hearts are. They are just fascinated by a lifestyle.

When on social media, The rise of digital nomadsa website like this makes you quit your job or travel the world Teach English in Thailand The more acceptable general attitude is still “follow the path if you want to be normal.”

OK, I don’t want to be normal.

I think the reason people tell us we run away is that they can’t understand the fact that we’re destroying the mold and living outside of the norm. arrive think In order to violate all social practices, we must have problems at all. (Maybe they are a little jealous too?)

But life is what you do. Life is your creation. Whether it’s a bill, an errand or like me Self-implemented blog deadline. If you really want something You have to chase it.

People who travel around the world will not escape from life. on the contrary. Those who break the mold, Explore the worldIt seems to me that living their own way is running towards real life. We have a certain degree of freedom that many people will never experience. We will be the captain.

But this is the freedom we choose to have.

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

Then we went.

That’s freedom and attitude I’ve seen it among travelers in Thailand a few years ago This inspired me to live my current life. I saw them breaking the mold and I thought to myself, “Why not me?”

I didn’t run away.

No.

I just ran towards the idea of ​​my normal life.

And I never intended to look back.