Your blogs are very interesting. I love how it looks like a reality in todays world. I am also a frustrated traveler and money and responsibilities are always the issue when I think of travelling. I don’t know really my passion in life as I don’t have special skills nor talent. I don’t have also have a higher degree in education. As of now, I’m working abroad and it open my eyes to possibilities to travel and learn something what I really want in my life. I wish you more power to write more and inspire more people like me.

I honor your desire to see the world. We live on a gorgeous planet. And I completely understand the restraints that society tries to shackle us with.

I don’t enjoy traveling because there are too many unknowns. Too many unknowns that are uncomfortable. I would love to see all of the different wildlife and plant life Earth has to offer us. All of the interesting people, with their unique personalities and rituals. But there are so many things keeping me from wishing to visit them physically — bacteria and viruses, dangerous animals, dangerous plants, potential accidents (either by car or by plane), confusion between cultures which could result in harm, or getting sick from the unfamiliar food. Too much worry would prevent me from enjoying the pleasures of my surrounding environment.

But that’s okay! I experience freedom through my imagination. Life is short; we should enjoy it however it is most comfortable for us.

Anyway, at the moment, my husband and I are at a crossroads where we have enough saved up, despite the heavy financial crisis in Spain, to either a) head to the States, which is nice because all of my family and friends are there, but it’s not the lifestyle we have in mind, or b) head in the opposite direction, even further away from family and friends, but might perhaps be exactly what we’re looking for at this moment in time.

*sigh* I can only hope that we’ll have enough strength and balls to go through with what’s best for us, whatever that may be. Even if it involves family members probably wanting to disown us for… “running away”.

I want to quit my job right now.

I couldn’t agree more. For many of us travelers, we are simply experiencing life…there is definitely way more to life than to just stay at home behind the television, or even worse stuck at work behind a cubicle!

I have been away from my home in Canada and have been living in Asia for the past 6.5 years..the amount of new things I have learned is priceless!

All the nay sayers just got to learn push their boundaries and get of of their comfort zones!

A friend told me 10 years ago that when he was old he wanted to have stories to tell, have the grandkids all around talking about their amazing grandfather. He did not want the only story to be his cubicle. Thats it for me, the grandkids are going to be talking about me long after I am gone 🙂

Good post