An interesting discussion from another adventuring nomad who raises some points to which I can totally relate.
I am a vagabond; that much is clear to me. But I am also drawn to building creative and meaningful community at home. This makes me feel torn on a near constant basis and the process of fuzing these two realities together seems to be more alchemy than a hard science. At least I have yet to discover the secret. It seems that the life of a vagabond is lonely and isolated from stability, while filled with adventure and personal growth; while life in community is repetitive and predictable, but gives the opportunity to know others and a place intimately. Now these two realities are not necessarily mutually exclusive, or even reflective of what I describe above, but for me it feels this way. And of course while traveling I dream of my life at home and while at home I can’t stop thinking of getting back into the unknown.
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I can relate to that. I’ve just settled into a great community and am looking forward to putting down roots and getting involved with my neighbors, but the thought of selling my possessions and being more free is definitely appealing.
Good luck with settling in and enjoying your community… the sense of belonging and really getting to know people over a longer period of time definitely is something special and valuable. I’m also in a similar situation to you now (my blog is quite behind my real life!) but I know that at some point the open road will call me again! Thanks for commenting (and I just had a peek at your blog – interesting topics and discussions).