I long for the road
If you read my last post,thank you I appreciate that, but more importantly you will know that I am stressed. Life is kinda tough right now with university work and the drivers license stuff. My head is like the dashboard of a neglected tradesman's van. I am aware that might be a very region specific visual I'm using but it's very apt.
My go to way of relaxing or trying to disconnect from that chaos is consuming metric tons of travel content. I watch travel videos, read travel books and stare at maps. I find myself planning cycle routes and how I would deal with related issues in far off countries when I am supposed to be writing an essay. I am basically travelling in my head.
It has become apparent to me that I can't be in one place for a long time. Or maybe I can but I need an sort of emergency escape door where I can just drop everything for a while and get on the road for a few months. Imagine a world with that kind of freedom. Armed with this knowledge I need to figure out a way to make this a reality. I spend a lot of time thinking about this. How can I shape my life to facilitate this kind of freedom?
I don't really know. All I know is that I want to be on the road. Once on the road maybe the answers will make themselves known. I follow a travel vlogger named straybob and his most recent video really hit me in the feels. The final minutes of it feel a bit chaotic but it feels honest about being free out in the world. When I'm done with all my life admin stuff I want to go find that.